Scale AI
Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack - Gen AI
$252K–$315K
New York, NY +4 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Jul 9, 2026
- Location
- New York, NY
San Francisco, CA
Seattle, WA
New York, NY
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- 7+ years of full-time engineering experience, post-graduation.
About the job
Leads cross-organizational engineering initiatives and platform architecture for contributor systems supporting AI data operations.
What you'll do
- Embed in high-priority product initiatives across Contributor teams and drive them through delivery.
- Lead platform architecture improvements for sustainability, scalability, reliability, performance, and integration with LLMs and foundation models.
- Mentor engineers, shape roadmaps with product and leadership, and own ambiguous problems across backend, frontend, and ML systems.
What they ask for
- 7+ years of full-time engineering experience post-graduation, with a track record as a Tech Lead, Architect, or Principal Engineer.
- Proficiency in Javascript/Typescript and SQL.
- Experience with Kubernetes.
- Experience with a major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, GCP).
Nice to have
- Experience tinkering with or productizing LLMs, vector databases, and other AI technologies.
- Track record of shipping high-quality products and features at scale.
Pay
$252,000 — $315,000 USD base salary
Tools
Javascript/Typescript, SQL, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, GCP, LLMs, vector databases
AI focus
Architects infrastructure for deep LLM and foundation-model integration and supports AI data operations.
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