Scale AI
Software Engineer, Platform
$180K–$225K
San Francisco, CA +3 · Full-time · Posted Aug 21, 2025
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
New York, NY
New York, New York, United States
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- 3+ years of full-time engineering experience post-graduation, specializing in back-end systems.
About the job
Designs and develops shared foundational platforms, data systems, cloud infrastructure, and engineering tools used across Scale.
What you'll do
- Design and implement foundational platforms and systems, refining requirements with stakeholders and internal customers.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and deliver features.
- Improve programming practices, tools, and processes, and advise teams on development technologies and processes.
What they ask for
- Extensive software development experience and a deep understanding of distributed systems and public cloud platforms.
- Track record of independently owning successful engineering projects.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, including explaining technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience with containerization and deployment, orchestration, databases, and CI/CD technologies.
Nice to have
- Experience with data warehouses and data pipeline/ETL tools.
- Experience with authentication/authorization systems or scaling products at hyper-growth startups.
Pay
$180,000 — $225,000 USD base salary
Tools
AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, Temporal, AWS Step Functions, MongoDB, Postgres
AI focus
Builds platforms supporting Scale products for LLMs and generative models, including human feedback, data generation, model evaluation, safety, and alignment.
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