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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
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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
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