Scale AI

Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Public Sector

We captured this posting once, on 2026-07-06, and did not track it afterwards — so we cannot tell you whether it is still open.

Employer: Scale AI
Location: Colorado Springs, CO · St Louis, MO
Seniority: Not stated
Experience asked for: Not stated
Pay band: $138K – $219K

When we saw it

Posted 2026-06-28 — the date the employer published it
Archived 2026-07-06 — when we saved this copy

Found via LinkedIn — US keyword pulls.

Skills the posting named

customer engagementsystem designdata integrationproblem solvinganalytical skillspythonjavascriptnodereactawsazuregcp

From the posting

Scale AI is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Mission Software Engineer to join our dynamic Federal Engineering team. As a part of this team, you will play a critical role in supporting Scale’s government customers by scoping and developing onsite solutions. Our scalable, high-performance platform is the foundation for these customer solutions, and your expertise will be instrumental in designing and implementing systems that can handle interactions with existing customer systems to help our products integrate into existing customer workflows. You will: Work directly with customers to understand their problems and translate those into features in Scale’s platform. Be open to >50% travel or relocation to a key customer geographic location. …

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