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Chief of Staff, Public Sector Engineering & Security

Scale AI · Washington, DC

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Infrastructureonsite$182k–$228k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Partner with VP to drive critical initiatives for Public Sector business.
  • Lead strategic planning and own operational rhythm for business unit.
  • Support client development and AI applications advancing national security.

What they offer

  • Equity compensation
  • Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage
  • Retirement benefits
  • Learning and development stipend
  • Generous PTO
  • Commuter stipend

Ideal candidate

A scrappy, low-ego generalist obsessed with impact and analytical rigor, energized by fast-paced execution and cross-functional leadership. Deeply curious about AI for national security and motivated to scale a growing public-sector business.

Requirements

  • Strong orientation towards outcomes and history of being scrappy when it counts
  • Effective interpersonal style across technical and executive audiences
  • Proven ability to build high-trust relationships across the organization
  • Experience leading small teams and managing multiple, complex workstreams
  • Excellent qualitative and quantitative analytical skills
  • Deep intellectual curiosity about AI and machine learning for national security
  • 4+ years in a highly strategic, analytical and operational role
  • 2+ years experience in top-tier consulting, venture capital, or tech
  • MBA, JD, or technical degree from a top program
  • Experience using Python, SQL or similar analytical tools

Lab profile

About Scale AI

AI data foundry providing high-quality data for training, fine-tuning, and evaluating AI systems.

What they build

  • Training, fine-tuning, and evaluation data for frontier models
  • Multimodal and coding data for audio, image, video and world models
  • Custom AI applications for enterprise and global public sector

Known for

  • Leading data partner for frontier model developers
  • Trusted across enterprise, defense and public sector
  • Depth in multimodal, coding and physical AI
  • End-to-end capability from strategy to delivery and evaluation

Key facts

  • Founded in 2016
  • Headquartered in San Francisco, California
  • Private company backed by Accel, Founders Fund, Index Ventures, Nvidia and Meta
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