Staff Software Engineer, Data Platform
Scale AI · San Francisco, CA; New York, NY · New York, NY · San Francisco, CA
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At a glance
Highlights
- Lead core data platforms powering the world's most advanced LLMs.
- Build systems behind Generative AI Data Engine, SGP and Donovan.
- Gain front-row exposure to AI work across startups and governments.
What they offer
- base salary
- equity
- benefits
Ideal candidate
Seasoned backend leader who loves owning large-scale data systems end-to-end, mentoring engineers, and translating complexity into clarity to advance cutting-edge AI.
Requirements
- 8+ years of full-time post-graduation engineering experience in back-end systems building large-scale data storage, streaming and warehousing systems
- Extensive experience in database technologies (MongoDB, Postgres), streaming/processing (Kinesis, Flink, Spark), indexing/caching (ElasticSearch, Redis) and query engines (Trino, Presto, Snowflake)
- Track record of mentoring and leading teams in successful projects
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills with ability to translate complex concepts for non-technical stakeholders
- Experience with containerization and deployment technologies like Kubernetes and public cloud offerings
- Deep understanding of distributed systems, cloud platforms and data systems
- Experience driving cross-functional collaboration and communication at organizational level
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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