Staff Software Engineer, Public Sector

Scale Inc
Washington, United States of America
5 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Compensation
$ 362K

Job location

Washington, United States of America

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Azure
Cloud Computing
Databases
Information Engineering
Data Governance
ETL
Data Retrieval
Data Warehousing
Software Deployment
Software Engineering
Systems Integration
Google Cloud Platform
Large Language Models
Multi-Agent Systems
Prompt Engineering
Reliability of Systems
Generative AI
Backend
Containerization
Kubernetes
Front End Software Development
Data Pipelines
Docker
Programming Languages

Job description

The Public Sector software engineers (SWEs) create the core product building blocks forward-deployed teams use to develop agentic capabilities that function across multiple domains. SWEs responsibilities include building the systems required to ingest and process federal datasets to support real-time decision-making in contested environments. We develop novel agentic enabling capabilities that includes:

  • Create multi-layered guardrails around agents
  • Optimize data retrieval for agents
  • Orchestrate fleets of asynchronous agents
  • Automatically alerts users to deviations in data
  • Illustrating how an agent reached a decision

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will orchestrate the implementation of vertical features and horizontal capabilities to include mentoring other engineers on defining requirements with stakeholders and communication tradeoffs of technical implementations on feature and capabilities until they are accepted by the stakeholders.

You will: Orchestrate feature implementation across the Federal engineering team to ensure architectural consistency.

  • Define technical strategy for agentic guardrails, explainability, and fleet orchestration.
  • Ensure system reliability and performance across multiple security classifications and network types.
  • Mentor engineers in the process of defining requirements with stakeholders and gathering acceptance.
  • Communicate high-level technical trade-offs and implementation strategies to senior government stakeholders and Scale C-Suite members.
  • Influence the long-term product strategy and technical roadmap for the Federal business unit.
  • Consult on the architecture of AI-powered solutions for large-scale federal contracts.

Requirements

  • Full Stack Development: Proficiency in front-end, back-end development and infrastructure, including experience with modern web development frameworks, programming languages, and databases
  • Cloud-Native Technologies: Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and experience in developing and deploying applications in a cloud-native environment. Understanding of containerization (e.g., Docker) and container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes) is a plus
  • Data Engineering: Knowledge of ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes and experience in building data pipelines to integrate and process diverse data sources. Understanding of data modeling, data warehousing, and data governance principles
  • AI Application Integration: Familiarity with integrating Large Language Models (LLMs) and building agentic workflows. Understanding of prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and agent orchestration is beneficial.
  • Problem Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to understand complex challenges and devise effective solutions. Ability to think critically, identify root causes, and propose innovative approaches to overcome technical obstacles
  • Collaboration and Communication: Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and customers. Ability to clearly articulate technical concepts to non-technical audiences and foster a collaborative work environment
  • Adaptability and Learning Agility: Willingness to embrace new technologies, learn new skills, and adapt to defining and evolving project requirements. Ability to quickly grasp and apply new concepts and stay up-to-date with emerging trends in software engineering

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 the company

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, Cisco, DLA Piper, 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.

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