Staff Software Engineer, AI Developer Tooling
Scale AI · San Francisco, CA; New York, NY · Horizontals EPD · listed November 5, 2026
The shape of it
Seniority
Staff
Experience asked
8+ years
Where
Not stated
Stated pay
$252,000 – $315,000 USD
Requirements listed
6
Length
931 words
In the posting’s own words
At the foundation of these products is the Platform Engineering team. In this role, you will redefine how engineers develop, build, test, and deploy software at Scale using AI development tools in addition to traditional practices. You’ll also get widespread exposure to the forefront of the AI race as Scale sees it in enterprises, startups, governments, and large tech companies.
What it asks for · 6
- 8+ years of full-time engineering experience, post-graduation, with experience in build, test, or CI/CD systems.
- Extensive experience in software development and a deep understanding of distributed systems and public cloud platforms (AWS preferred).
- Show a track record of independent ownership of successful engineering projects.
- Possess excellent communication and collaboration skills, and the ability to translate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience with modern web frameworks like NodeJS, NextJS, etc.
- Experience with modern build systems like Bazel, Buck, Pants, etc.
Tools and skills named
Cloud & infra
- CI/CD4×
- AWS
- Distributed systems
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Terraform
Models & research
- LLM2×
- Reinforcement learning
Frameworks
- Next.js
- Node.js
Security & compliance
- Security
Ways of working
- Testing
Words the posting leans on
- experience9×
- development7×
- software7×
- products5×
- systems5×
- engineering4×
- build test3×
- data3×
- engineers3×
- frameworks3×
- platform3×
- practices3×
- stakeholders3×
- world3×
- ci/cd2×
- continuous2×
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