# Senior Mission Software Engineer, Public Sector at Scale

- Company: Scale
- What the company does: Backed by Accel, Index and Y Combinator.
- Company website: http://www.scale.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Austin, TX; Colorado Springs, CO; Honolulu, HI; Omaha, NE; St. Louis, MO; Washington, DC
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-07-31
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/scaleai/jobs/4720422005
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/scale-senior-mission-software-engineer-public-sector/

## About the role

At Scale, we build the AI systems behind some of the country's most important decisions. On the Public Sector Engineering team, you'll embed directly with U.S. government customers, including the Army, Air Force, Joint commands and Intelligence Community, to build and deploy AI applications that support their most critical missions.

## What they're looking for

- 5+ years of software engineering experience, ideally in customer-facing, forward-deployed, or government contexts
- Strong production coding in Python and TypeScript (or comparable modern languages)
- Comfort across the stack, including cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), containers, Linux, and networking fundamentals
- Ability to operate independently in ambiguous, fast-moving environments and make sound trade-offs under pressure
- An active TS/SCI clearance

Tags: Public Sector Engineering