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Scale AIScale AISan Francisco, CA

Software Engineer, Platform

Build foundational data platforms, cloud infrastructure, and orchestration systems that power Scale's Generative AI Data Engine and RLHF products for leading LLMs. Requires 3+ years backend engineering experience with distributed systems, Kubernetes, Terraform, and databases.

180k – 225k/yr
On-site3+ YOEBackend Engineering

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Drive the design and implementation of foundational platforms and systems, working closely with stakeholders and internal customers to understand and refine requirements.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and deliver new features.
  • Proactively identify opportunities for improvements to current programming practices, including process enhancements and tool upgrades.
  • Present technical information to teams and stakeholders, providing guidance and insight on development processes and technologies.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of full-time engineering experience post-graduation with specialties in back-end systems.
  • Extensive experience in software development and a deep understanding of distributed systems and public cloud platforms (AWS preferred).
  • Track record of independent ownership of successful engineering projects.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills, and the ability to translate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Experience working fluently with standard containerization & deployment technologies like Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, etc.
  • Experience with orchestration platforms, such as Temporal and AWS Step Functions.
  • Experience with NoSQL document databases (MongoDB) and structured databases (Postgres).
  • Strong knowledge of software engineering best practices and CI/CD tooling (CircleCI).

Nice-to-Haves

  • Experience with data warehouses (Snowflake, Firebolt) and data pipeline/ETL tools (Dagster, dbt).
  • Experience with authentication/authorization systems (Zanzibar, Authz, etc.).
  • Experience scaling products at hyper-growth startups.
  • Excitement to work with AI technologies.

Compensation and Benefits

Compensation packages at Scale for eligible roles include base salary, equity, and benefits. The base salary range for this full-time position in San Francisco is $180,000–$225,000 USD. Employees in eligible roles are granted equity. Benefits include comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits, a learning and development stipend, generous PTO, and potentially a commuter stipend.

Skills

Backend SystemsDistributed SystemsAWSKubernetesTerraformDockerTemporalaws step functionsMongoDBPostgresCircleCI
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