Staff Software Engineer

Staff Software Engineer - Developer Experience Scale is looking for an experienced Software Engineer to help shape the developer experience. The ideal candidate is someone who can design and develop automation frameworks and efficient workflows for the developer population at Scale. You will be responsible for building and maintaining automated frameworks, feature testing, code promotion, code review, and documentation, among other expectations What we are looking for: Strong proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, or Go Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure Familiarity with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes Understanding of infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible Knowledge of build systems such as Bazel, Gradle, Maven or Make Experience with version control systems such as Git Familiarity with continuous integration and deployment tools such as Jenkins, CircleCI or Github Actions Proficiency in database technologies such as MySQL, Postgres, or MongoDB Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK stack Experience with Agile methodologies and project management tools such as JIRA or Asana Strong leadership experience What you’ll do Work with a team of technically sophisticated engineers who make developer experience their first priority. Solve problems for fellow Scale engineers by understanding their needs and coming up with both tactical and strategic solutions. Utilize qualitative and quantitative metrics to prioritize tasks and evaluate outcomes Provide practical, dependable self-service tools and procedures to Scale's engineering team. Develop and maintain infrastructure for artifact publishing, codegen, and import of schemas across all Scale repositories. Balance and prioritize conflicting objectives while working with stakeholders throughout Scale. Provide mentorship and lead the developer experience team. Responsibilities: Improve how Scale engineers develop, share, review, and merge code through best practices, automated testing, infrastructure, and processes. Developing tooling to make it easier and safer for Scale developers to build and evolve schemas, regardless of the use case, language, or repository they work in. Develop better tooling and metrics so that we, and our users, understand the health of our systems. Work with developers to resolve their day-to-day issues doing development and build scalable solutions to fix or mitigate them. Compensation packages at Scale for eligible roles include base salary, equity, and benefits. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position, determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, interview performance, and relevant education or training. Scale employees in eligible roles are also granted equity based compensation, subject to Board of Director approval. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process, and confirm whether the hired role will be eligible for equity grant. You’ll also receive benefits including, but not limited to: Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits, a learning and development stipend, and generous PTO. Additionally, this role may be eligible for additional benefits such as a commuter stipend. Please reference the job posting's subtitle for where this position will be located. For pay transparency purposes, the base salary range for this full‑time position in the locations of San Francisco, New York, Seattle is: $216,000 - $270,000 USD PLEASE NOTE: Our policy requires a 90‑day waiting period before reconsidering candidates for the same role. This allows us to ensure a fair and thorough evaluation of all applicants. About Us: At Scale, our mission is to develop reliable AI systems for the world's most important decisions. Our products provide the high-quality data and full‑stack technologies that power the world's leading models, and help enterprises and governments build, deploy, and oversee AI applications that deliver real impact. We work closely with industry leaders like Meta, Cisco, DLA Piper, Mayo Clinic, Time Inc., the Government of Qatar, and U.S. government agencies including the Army and Air Force. We are expanding our team to accelerate the development of AI applications. We believe that everyone should be able to bring their whole selves to work, which is why we are proud to be an inclusive and equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability status, gender identity or veteran status. We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and mental disabilities. 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