Software Engineer (Platform)

Join Scale, a leading AI company, as a Software Engineer on the Platform Engineering team. In this role, you will design and develop shared platforms used across the company, including foundational data platforms and cloud infrastructure. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, drive improvements to programming practices, and present technical information to stakeholders. Enjoy comprehensive health coverage, personal and career growth opportunities, a supportive community, and parental support.

• Support the design and development of shared platforms used across Scale, including foundational data platforms and cloud infrastructure.
• Drive the design and implementation of foundational platforms and systems, working closely with stakeholders to understand and refine requirements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and deliver new features, while proactively identifying opportunities for improvements.
• Extensive experience in software development and a deep understanding of distributed systems and public cloud platforms (AWS preferred)
• Experience with NoSQL document databases (MongoDB) and structured databases (Postgres)
• Strong knowledge of software engineering best practices and CI/CD tooling (CircleCI)
• Experience with orchestration platforms, such as Temporal and AWS Step Functions
• Possess excellent communication and collaboration skills, and the ability to translate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Excitement to work with AI technologies
• Show a track record of independent ownership of successful engineering projects
• Experience working fluently with standard containerization & deployment technologies like Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, etc
• 3+ years of full-time engineering experience, post-graduation with specialities in back-end systems
• Experience with data warehouses (Snowflake, Firebolt) and data pipeline/ETL tools (Dagster, dbt)
• Experience with authentication/authorization systems (Zanzibar, Authz, etc.)
• Experience scaling products at hyper-growth startups