Staff Software Engineer, AI Developer Tooling
About The Position
Scale’s Platform Engineering team provides the foundation for products including the Generative AI Data Engine, SGP, and Donovan. The Staff Software Engineer, AI Developer Tooling will redefine how engineers develop, build, test, and deploy software at Scale by applying AI development tools alongside traditional practices. The role offers exposure to AI work across enterprises, startups, governments, and large technology companies. The engineer will define next-generation AI development tooling and frameworks, and drive the architecture, design, and implementation of local development, build, test, continuous integration, and continuous delivery systems. The role works with stakeholders and internal customers to understand and refine requirements, mentors software engineers, identifies opportunities to improve engineering practices and tooling, and presents technical guidance to teams and stakeholders.
Requirements
- At least 8 years of full-time engineering experience after graduation, including experience with build, test, or CI/CD systems.
- Extensive experience defining and promoting best practices for AI development tools, including cost guardrails, security frameworks, and knowledge-sharing sessions.
- Extensive software development experience and a deep understanding of distributed systems and public cloud platforms; AWS is preferred.
- Experience configuring, testing, and enabling MCP servers, AI agents, and related systems.
- A track record of independently owning successful engineering projects.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, including the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience with infrastructure, containerization, and deployment technologies such as Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes.
- Experience with modern web frameworks such as NodeJS and NextJS.
- Strong knowledge of software engineering best practices and CI/CD tooling such as CircleCI, Helm, and ArgoCD.
Nice To Haves
- Experience scaling products at hyper-growth startups.
- Experience with modern build systems such as Bazel, Buck, and Pants.
Responsibilities
- Define next-generation AI development tooling and frameworks using products such as Cursor, Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, and Microsoft Copilot, as well as custom-built internal solutions.
- Drive the architecture, design, and implementation of local development processes, build and test systems, and continuous integration and continuous delivery systems.
- Work with stakeholders and internal customers to understand and refine requirements.
- Mentor software engineers ranging from new graduates to experienced engineers.
- Identify and drive improvements to software development practices, processes, tools, and languages.
- Present technical information and provide guidance on development processes and technologies to teams and stakeholders.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Retirement benefits
- Learning and development stipend
- Generous paid time off
- May be eligible for a commuter stipend
- Equity-based compensation for eligible roles, subject to Board of Director approval
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
