About the Role
As the Tech Lead for the ARC team supporting Public Sector Engineering, you will define how the company ships software, establishing patterns for deploying into complex government and high-security environments. You will build and maintain internal CLIs/tools that standardize testing, deployment, and environment management, preventing downstream breakages. Your role involves executing automated deployment efforts, creating functional staging/testing environments, and defining standards for safe deployments. You will also provide mentorship, manage performance, and guide the technical direction of the team.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement secure scalable backend systems for Public Sector customers, leveraging Scale's modern and cloud-native AI infrastructure.
- Provide mentorship to and manage the performance of the other team members.
- Own services or systems and define their long-term health goals, while also improving the health of surrounding components.
- Re-architect the stack to run in compliant or restrictive environments by designing swappable components (auth, storage, logging) to meet government/security mandates without breaking the product.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and execute the vision for backend solutions, ensuring they meet the unique needs of government agencies operating in secure environments.
- Participate actively in customer engagements, working closely with stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver innovative solutions.
- Contribute to the platform roadmap and product strategy for Scale AI's Public Sector business, playing a key role in shaping the future direction of our offerings.
Requirements
- At least an active secret clearance.
- Must be able to support work 3 days a week from the DC, SF, NYC, or STL office.
Skills
- Full Stack Development
- Cloud-Native Technologies
- Security Focused
- Problem Solving
- Collaboration and Communication
- Adaptability and Learning Agility
Location
- DC
- SF
- NYC
- STL
Work Type
- Full-time
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Tech Lead
Salary/Compensations
- $252,000—$362,000 USD (San Francisco, New York)
- $227,200—$326,000 USD (Washington DC)
- $188,800—$272,000 USD (St Louis)
Benefits
- Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage
- Retirement benefits
- Learning and development stipend
- Generous PTO
- Commuter stipend (potential)
About the Company
- 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.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.
- We comply with the United States Department of Labor's Pay Transparency provision.
