Mission Software Engineer, Public Sector

Responsibilities

• Work directly with customers to understand their problems and translate those into features in Scale’s platform
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and execute the vision for backend solutions for government agencies in secure environments
• Implement end-to-end data integrations, syncing customer data to Scale’s platform and back
• Deploy and maintain Scale software at customer sites
• Develop customer-requested features and work closely with them to ensure customer satisfaction
• Build robust and reliable backend systems that can serve as standalone products
• Participate actively in customer engagements, working closely with stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver innovative solutions
• Be open to >50% travel or relocation to a key customer geographic location

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI security clearance or the ability to obtain one
• Track record of success as a hybrid customer-facing engineer or forward deployed software engineer
• Prior experience developing with Python and JavaScript or other modern software languages
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and experience deploying applications in cloud-native environments
• Understanding of containerization (Docker) and container orchestration (Kubernetes)
• Linux experience including shell scripting and operating systems
• Networking experience including ports, protocols, and configuration
• Knowledge of ETL processes and experience building data pipelines to integrate diverse data sources
• Understanding of data modeling, data warehousing, and data governance principles
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Nice-to-Haves

• Familiarity with Node and React
• Experience working in secure government environments