Scale AI

Scale AI

Software Engineer, Public Sector - New Grad

San Francisco, CA · Junior · Internship

Sponsorship not specified$124k-$162kDetected 4 days ago
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odds of building a lasting career here

59Sponsors, lottery-bound
Cap-exempt (no lottery)0
Sponsors this role100
Entry-level history0
PERM / green-card track0
Lottery odds (Level III)83
Fits your clock70

Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~45% per draw at Level III). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.

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H-1B wage level

the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry

Level I · 1×
Level I$137,0931 entry
Level II$165,1312 entries
Level III$193,1493 entries
Level IV$221,1874 entries

The bottom of this range ($124,000) is below the Level I prevailing wage of $137,093. An H-1B cannot be filed below the prevailing wage, so an offer at the floor of this band could not be sponsored as posted.

DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Software Developers (15-1252) · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.

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Files H-1B transfers

42 transfer filings in the last year, covering 42 workers. Median labor-condition decision: 8 days. An employer that already files transfers is one that can take over an existing H-1B.

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About the role

  • The base salary range for this full-time position in the location of San Francisco is: $124,000 - $162,000 USD PLEASE NOTE: Our policy requires a 90-day waiting period before reconsidering candidates for the same role.
  • This allows us to ensure a fair and thorough evaluation of all applicants.
  • If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation in the application or recruiting process due to a disability, please contact us at accommodations@scale.com.

Responsibilities

  • Team Flow - ideas, energy, and support move freely across teams; optimize for the whole
  • Quality is Our Cheat Code - the systems that deliver quality consistently are a structural advantage
  • Find the 20% - find the inputs that drive the outcomes and execute them completely
  • Write the Market - our research puts us at the frontier, and we bring our partners there first

Requirements

  • A graduation date in Fall 2026 or Spring 2027 with a Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field (Computer Science, EECS, Computer Engineering, Statistics)
  • Previous Product/Software Engineering internship experience
  • Track record of shipping high-quality products and features at scale
  • Experience with Python, Typescript, React, and/or MongoDB
  • Strong written and verbal communication - you will work directly with government stakeholders and must be able to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences
  • Comfort with ambiguity and evolving requirements, and a willingness to learn new domains quickly
  • Public Sector engineers build the core product including the systems required to ingest and process federal datasets that support real-time decision-making in contested environments.

Nice to have

  • Hands-on experience with LLMs, evaluations, or agentic systems - whether from internships, research, or personal projects
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), containerization (Docker), and orchestration (Kubernetes)
  • Exposure to ETL, data modeling, data warehousing, or data governance
  • Prior experience with, or demonstrated interest in, national security, defense, or civil government technology
  • Open source contributions or a portfolio of shipped side projects
  • Our credos shape how we make decisions and work as a team:
  • Earn Customer Love - trust is earned with every interaction, every delivery, and every problem we solve
  • Three Moves Ahead - consider the consequences of consequences, and plan accordingly

Skills

  • Ship full-stack tooling that lets analysts query, visualize, and explore mission data
  • Deploy and harden applications into secure, air-gapped, and cloud-native government environments

Compensation

  • packages at Scale for eligible roles include base salary, equity, and benefits.
  • Scale employees in eligible roles are also granted equity based compensation, subject to Board of Director approval.
  • Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process, and confirm whether the hired role will be eligible for equity grant.
  • The base salary range for this full-time position in the location of San Francisco is: $124,000 - $162,000 USD PLEASE NOTE: Our policy requires a 90-day waiting period before reconsidering candidates for the same role.
  • $124,000 - $162,000 USD

Benefits

  • comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits, a learning and development stipend, and generous PTO.
  • Additionally, this role may be eligible for additional benefits such as a commuter stipend.

Company info

  • At Scale, our mission is to develop reliable AI systems for the world's most important decisions. Our products provide the high-quality data and full-stack technologies that power the world's leading models, and help enterprises and governments build, deploy, and oversee AI applications that deliver real impact. We work closely with industry leaders like Meta, Ernst & Young, Mayo Clinic, Time Inc., the Government of Qatar, and U.S. government agencies including the Army and Air Force. We are expanding our team to accelerate the development of AI applications.
  • We believe that everyone should be able to bring their whole selves to work, which is why we are proud to be an inclusive and equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability status, gender identity or Veteran status.
  • We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and mental disabilities. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation in the application or recruiting process due to a disability, please contact us at accommodations@scale.com. Please see the United States Department of Labor's Know Your Rights poster for additional information.
  • We comply with the United States Department of Labor's Pay Transparency provision.
  • We collect, retain and use personal data for our professional business purposes, including notifying you of job opportunities that may be of interest and sharing with our affiliates.
  • We limit the personal data we collect to that which we believe is appropriate and necessary to manage applicants' needs, provide our services, and comply with applicable laws.
  • At Scale, our mission is to develop reliable AI systems for the world's most important decisions.
  • Our products provide the high-quality data and full-stack technologies that power the world's leading models, and help enterprises and governments build, deploy, and oversee AI applications that deliver real impact.
  • We work closely with industry leaders like Meta, Ernst & Young, Mayo Clinic, Time Inc., the Government of Qatar, and U.S. government agencies including the Army and Air Force.
  • We are expanding our team to accelerate the development of AI applications.
  • We believe that everyone should be able to bring their whole selves to work, which is why we are proud to be an inclusive and equal opportunity workplace.
  • We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability status, gender identity or Veteran status.
  • We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and mental disabilities.
  • Please see the United States Department of Labor's Know Your Rights poster for additional information.
  • PLEASE NOTE: We collect, retain and use personal data for our professional business purposes, including notifying you of job opportunities that may be of interest and sharing with our affiliates.
  • Any information we collect in connection with your application will be treated in accordance with our internal policies and programs designed to protect personal data.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • al employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability status, gender identity or Veteran status
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