Field Engineer, Public Sector
Scale AI · Austin, TX; Colorado Springs, CO; Omaha, NE; St. Louis, MO; Washington, DC · Washington, DC
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Infrastructureonsite$181k–$227k
At a glance
Highlights
- Build end-to-end data integrations for large federal AI projects.
- Own the technical experience for Scale's largest public sector customers.
- Represent Scale and engage customers at major industry events.
What they offer
- Equity based compensation
- Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage
- Retirement benefits
- Learning and development stipend
- Generous PTO
- Commuter stipend
Ideal candidate
Generalist software engineer who loves client-facing problem solving and thrives on ambiguity. Curious, empathetic and fast-moving collaborator excited by federal AI missions.
Requirements
- Active TS/SCI clearance required
- Experience as a customer-facing engineer or similar hybrid role
- Hands-on technical experience working with clients in a pre- or post-sales capacity
- Development experience with Python, JavaScript, or other modern languages
- Strong engineering background, ideally in computer science, mathematics or quantitative field
- Strong project management and interpersonal skills
- Ability to present credibly to executives and front-line engineers
- Comfort communicating across internal and external teams
- Intellectual curiosity, empathy, and ability to move quickly
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