Product Security Engineer, Public Sector
Scale AI · New York, NY; St. Louis, MO; Washington, DC · San Francisco, CA · St. Louis, MO · Washington, DC
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Infrastructureonsite$198k–$342k
At a glance
Highlights
- Ensure security and integrity of products serving public sector customers.
- Influence security strategy for infrastructure serving government AI applications.
- Guide engineering teams to build secure, privacy-aware long-term solutions.
What they offer
- Base salary plus equity based compensation
- Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage
- Retirement benefits
- Learning and development stipend
- Generous PTO
- Commuter stipend (role may be eligible)
Ideal candidate
A mission-driven product security engineer who thrives on complex problem-solving and clear communication. You care about securing AI for public-sector missions and guiding teams toward robust, privacy-conscious design.
Requirements
- Secret level government security clearance
- Proven experience as a Security Engineer focused on product security
- Proficiency in NodeJS, TypeScript, Python and/or Kubernetes
- Strong understanding of modern JavaScript application design
- Production experience with Kubernetes-backed services
- Hands-on experience with SAST and DAST tools and methodologies
- Familiarity with Terraform orchestration for infrastructure management
- Ability to structure complex problems and diagnose root causes independently
- Excellent communication skills for technical and non-technical stakeholders
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