Scale AI
Staff Software Engineer, Public Sector
$189K–$362K
San Francisco, CA +4 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Mar 31, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
St. Louis, MO
New York, NY
Washington, DC
San Francisco, California, United States
About the job
Leads development of software capabilities for federal teams building agentic AI systems that process datasets and support real-time decision-making.
What you'll do
- Orchestrate feature implementation across the Federal engineering team and maintain architectural consistency.
- Set technical strategy for agentic guardrails, explainability, and fleet orchestration; ensure reliability and performance across security classifications and network types.
- Mentor engineers, communicate technical trade-offs to stakeholders, and influence product strategy and architecture for federal solutions.
Nice to have
- Full-stack development proficiency, including front end, back end, infrastructure, and modern web frameworks.
- Familiarity with cloud-native technologies, data engineering, and integrating LLMs into agentic workflows.
Pay
$252,000 — $362,000 USD (base salary); $227,200 — $326,000 USD (base salary); $188,800 — $272,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, LLMs, RAG
AI focus
Develops agentic AI capabilities, including guardrails, data retrieval, asynchronous-agent orchestration, alerts for data deviations, and decision explainability; consults on AI-powered federal solutions.
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