Scale AI
Team Lead, ARC Software Engineering Team
$246K–$307K
Washington, DC +1 · Full-time · Posted Jul 24, 2026
- Location
- Washington, DC
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
About the job
Lead the ARC team in building secure backend systems, deployment tooling, and compliant environments for Scale AI’s Public Sector customers.
What you'll do
- Set technical direction, mentor team members, and manage their performance.
- Build internal tools and automated deployment processes, and establish safe software delivery standards.
- Design and re-architect backend systems for secure, compliant, and restrictive government environments.
What they ask for
- Hold at least an active Secret clearance.
- Support work three days a week from the DC, SF, NYC, or STL office.
Nice to have
- Experience delivering software to air-gapped or isolated environments.
- Knowledge of containerization, orchestration, cloud platforms, or federal compliance frameworks.
Pay
$245,600 — $307,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, GCP
AI focus
Build and deploy secure backend infrastructure supporting AI applications and Public Sector customers; no direct AI model development is stated.
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