Staff Software Engineer, AI Developer Tooling

San Francisco, CAFull-time$252k–$315k2026-11-05 → 2026-11-10

Core

Redefine how engineers develop, build, test, and deploy software at Scale using AI development tools in addition to traditional practices.

Role type

Staff Software Engineer (AI Developer Tooling & Platform Engineering)

Builds

Local development process, build, test, continuous integration, and continuous delivery systems

Domain

Generative AI, LLM infrastructure, Platform Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

AI development tools (Cursor, Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, MS Copilot), distributed systems, public cloud platforms (AWS), MCP servers, AI agents, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), infrastructure as code (Terraform), CI/CD tooling (CircleCI, Helm, ArgoCD), modern web frameworks (NodeJS, NextJS)

Preferred skills

Scaling products at hyper-growth startups, modern build systems (Bazel, Buck, Pants)

Responsibilities

Define next-generation AI development tooling and frameworks, drive architecture and implementation of CI/CD systems, mentor software engineers, identify opportunities to improve software development practices, present technical information to stakeholders

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with mentorship

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.