Senior Software Engineer, Orchestration Platform

Scale AI · San Francisco, CA; New York, NY · Horizontals EPD · listed October 1, 2026

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The shape of it

Seniority
Senior
Experience asked
5+ years
Where
Not stated
Stated pay
$216,000 – $270,000 USD
Requirements listed
7
Length
868 words

In the posting’s own words

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will help build and evolve this foundational orchestration platform. You will design the primitives, services, and developer experience that enable teams across Scale to author, operate, observe, and safely scale distributed workflows. This is a high-leverage role for an engineer excited by distributed systems, reliability, and platform infrastructure used by many internal teams.

What it asks for · 7

  • Experience building and operating production systems with strong requirements for reliability, availability, and scale.
  • Deep familiarity with workflow orchestration platforms such as Temporal, Cadence, AWS Step Functions, Kubernetes, or similar systems.
  • Deep familiarity with Kubernetes and containerized production environments, and familiarity with Terraform, Docker.
  • A track record of leading technically complex projects from design through rollout and ongoing operation.
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with platform consumers and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Experience with data warehouses (Snowflake, Firebolt) and data pipeline/ETL tools (Dagster, dbt).
  • Experience with authentication/authorization systems (Zanzibar, Authz, etc.)

Tools and skills named

Cloud & infra
  • Kubernetes3×
  • Distributed systems2×
  • Observability2×
  • AWS
  • Docker
  • Terraform
Data
  • Data pipelines
  • dbt
  • ETL
  • Snowflake
Ways of working
  • Cross-functional
  • Testing
Security & compliance
  • Security

Words the posting leans on

  • platform9×
  • systems9×
  • workflow9×
  • experience7×
  • data4×
  • distributed4×
  • infrastructure4×
  • products4×
  • build3×
  • design3×
  • engineer3×
  • kubernetes3×
  • orchestration platform3×
  • reliability3×
  • building2×
  • complex2×

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