Scale AI
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Public Sector
$138K–$293K
Austin, TX +6 · Full-time · Posted Oct 9, 2024
- Location
- Austin, TX
Colorado Springs, CO
Honolulu, HI
Omaha, NE
St. Louis, MO
Washington, DC
Washington, District of Columbia, United States - Experience
- 5+ years of software engineering experience; customer-facing, forward-deployed, or government experience is ideal.
About the job
Build and deploy AI applications and software for U.S. government customers, owning delivery from initial prototype through production and supporting adoption in the field.
What you'll do
- Work with government customers to understand mission needs and turn them into working software.
- Design, build, deploy, and maintain customer-site solutions, including backend systems and data integrations.
- Serve as a technical customer contact and relay field feedback to product and engineering teams.
What they ask for
- Strong production coding in Python and TypeScript, or comparable modern languages.
- Experience across cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), containers, Linux, and networking fundamentals.
- Ability to work independently in ambiguous, fast-moving environments and make sound trade-offs under pressure.
- Active TS/SCI clearance or eligibility to obtain one.
Nice to have
- Experience building or deploying systems powered by LLMs or generative models.
- Familiarity with Node and React, Kubernetes and Docker, Terraform, or data engineering.
Pay
$184,000 — $292,560 USD (base salary); $165,600 — $263,304 USD (base salary); $138,000 — $219,420 USD (base salary)
Tools
Python, TypeScript, AWS, Azure, GCP, Linux, Node, React
AI focus
Build and deploy AI applications for government missions; bonus experience includes systems powered by LLMs or generative models.
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