Full-Stack Software Engineer

Join the team shaping the future of AI at Scale.

Scale’s rapidly growing Global Public Sector team is focused on using AI to address critical challenges facing the public sector around the world. Our core work consists of:

• Creating custom AI applications that will impact millions of citizens
• Generating high-quality training data for custom LLMs
• Upskilling and advisory services to spread the impact of AI

As a Full Stack Software Engineer (Forward Deployed), you’ll collaborate directly with public sector counterparts to quickly build full-stack, AI applications, to solve their most pressing challenges and achieve meaningful impact for citizens.

At Scale, we’re not just building AI solutions—we’re enabling the public sector to transform their operations and better serve citizens through cutting-edge technology. If you’re ready to shape the future of AI in the public sector and be a founding member of our team, we’d love to hear from you.

You will:

• Collaborate with senior engineers to implement features for public sector clients, including spending time with the client  to understand user feedback and assist with delivery.
• Develop and maintain full-stack components that integrate with AI models, focusing on building responsive UIs and reliable backend APIs.
• Assist in deploying and monitoring applications within cloud environments, ensuring basic system stability and security.
• Help build and refine reusable features that support diverse international client use cases.
• Work within a multi-disciplinary team of design, product, and data specialists to build robust features that follow established technical architectures.

Ideally you’d have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related quantitative field 
• Professional full-stack experience with a focus on React, TypeScript, and Python/Node.js. Familiarity with Next.js and NoSQL/Relational databases, along with exposure to containerization (Docker) and cloud deployments.
• Experience building and deploying web applications with a good understanding of cloud fundamentals and scalable coding practices.
• A self-starting approach to navigate ambiguous requirements and deliver reliable software.

Nice to haves:

• Experience working cross functionally with operations
• Experience building solutions with LLMs

PLEASE NOTE: Our policy requires a 90-day waiting period before reconsidering candidates for the same role. This allows us to ensure a fair and thorough evaluation of all applicants.

About Us:

At Scale, our mission is to develop reliable AI systems for the world's most important decisions. Our products provide the high-quality data and full-stack technologies that power the world's leading models, and help enterprises and governments build, deploy, and oversee AI applications that deliver real impact. We work closely with industry leaders like Meta, Ernst & Young, Mayo Clinic, Time Inc., the Government of Qatar, and U.S. government agencies including the Army and Air Force. We are expanding our team to accelerate the development of AI applications.

We believe that everyone should be able to bring their whole selves to work, which is why we are proud to be an inclusive and equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability status, gender identity or Veteran status. 

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and mental disabilities. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation in the application or recruiting process due to a disability, please contact us at accommodations@scale.com. Please see the United States Department of Labor's Know Your Rights poster for additional information.

We comply with the United States Department of Labor's Pay Transparency provision. 

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