Field Engineer, Public Sector

Washington, DC💼 Full-time💰 $150,400–$150,400🗓 2026-07-22 → 2026-09-26

Core

Field Engineer supporting federal AI customers by building production-grade data pipelines, optimizing integrations, and ensuring smooth technology adoption.

Role type

Senior customer-facing software engineer (AI/Data)

Builds

End-to-end data integrations, API schemas, playbooks, internal tools, and SDKs

Domain

Public sector / Federal government / AI / Data Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Python, JavaScript, data pipeline optimization, API design, technical documentation, customer engagement, project management

Preferred skills

Large language models, 2D image annotation, DevSecOps, Kubernetes, Helm, Ansible, classified environment experience

Technologies

Python, JavaScript, Kubernetes, Helm, Ansible

Responsibilities

Build end-to-end data integrations syncing customer data to/from Scale's platform; Optimize customers' data pipelines and input/output schemas; Design and maintain playbooks, tools, and documentation; Resolve technical blockers and own escalations; Identify customer-specific feature requests; Represent Scale at major events

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with customer delivery focus

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About scaleai

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, Ernst & Young, 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.