Software Engineering Manager (Public Sector)

Join Scale AI, a rapidly growing company in the public sector AI space. As a Software Engineering Manager, you will lead a team of engineers in building core products and infrastructure for government agencies. You will split your time between technical planning and execution, and people management and team development. You will work cross-functionally with product, security, and customer-facing teams to ensure compliance with federal regulations. This role requires a strong background in software development, engineering management, and experience with AI technologies.

• Lead a team of software engineers in building core products and infrastructure for government agencies, focusing on backend systems, distributed platforms, and ML tooling.
• Split time between technical planning and execution (50%) and people management and team development (50), providing guidance, mentorship, and technical leadership.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and execute strategic roadmap, ensuring engineering efforts meet complex federal compliance, security, and performance needs.
• This role is ideal for someone who thrives in technical environments, enjoys managing teams while staying close to the code, and wants to work on meaningful problems that impact real world operations across the U.S Government
• Excitement to work with AI technologies and their applications for the public sector
• Show a track record of mentoring and leading teams in successful projects
• 5+ years of full-time engineering experience, post-graduation
• Extremely strong track record as an individual contributor
• Possess excellent communication and collaboration skills, and the ability to translate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Have extensive experience in software development
• Experience scaling products at hyper-growth startups
• 2+ years of prior engineering management or equivalent experience and has managed an engineering team
• TS/SCI Clearance
• Have experience with AI platforms and technologies, including generative models and LLMs
• Deep technical knowledge of Software Development, willing to get deep into the weeds to solve problems alongside the team
• Have previous experience in government or government facing technology roles
• Experience with cloud-native technologies, full stack development, data engineering, and ml ops infrastructure