Applied AI Engineer, Scale AI
Global Public Sector
2-3 days a week in office
Training and validation data for AI applications
Open for applications
Training and validation data for AI applications
1001+ employees
Open for applications
2-3 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To develop reliable AI systems for the world's most important decisions.
Role
Who you are
- If you’re ready to shape the future of AI in the public sector and be a member of our rapidly expanding team, we’d love to hear from you
- A strong engineering background, with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field (or equivalent practical experience)
- 7+ years of post-graduation engineering experience, with demonstrated proficiency in languages such as Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, Java, or C++
- 2+ years of experience applying AI/ML in production environments, such as deploying deep learning solutions, building generative/agentic AI applications or setting up evaluations pipelines
- Familiarity with cloud-based machine learning tools and platforms (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Strong problem-solving skills, with a data-driven approach to iterating on machine learning models and datasets
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills to collaborate effectively in a cross-functional environment
Desirable
- Experience working at a startup, particularly as founding engineer
- Experience building and deploying large-scale AI solutions
- Strong written and verbal communication skills to operate in a cross-functional team environment
- Proficiency in Arabic (if focused on language models)
What the job involves
- We are hiring Applied AI Engineers to build custom end-to-end AI applications for our public sector clients using the latest developments in the field of AI
- You will also get the opportunity to develop and be part of creating custom datasets, evaluations, and fine-tuning these sophisticated models to maximize performance and apply on real world use cases with global reach
- At Scale, we’re not just building AI solutions—we are building repeatable blocks to enable the public sector to transform their operations and better serve citizens through cutting-edge technology
- Partner with public sector clients to deeply understand their challenges and define AI-driven solutions
- Build and deploy end-to-end AI applications into production leveraging latest developments from the biggest AI labs, and open source models
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including data annotation specialists, to create high-quality training datasets
- Design and maintain robust evaluation frameworks to ensure the reliability and effectiveness of AI models
- Participate in customer engagements, including occasional travel (approximately two weeks per quarter)
- Contribute to the scaling of AI capabilities in the public sector through hands-on knowledge sharing
Salary benchmarks
Our take
When training AI models, lack of access to large scale, high quality, labelled data is often the barrier preventing machine learning teams from building something great. In fact, labelled data is even more essential than the algorithms themselves. Scale AI is solving this by providing easy access through developer APIs to a huge variety of labelled data sets covering a large range of areas within computer vision and natural language processing.
It seems that almost every company now is offering artificial intelligence enabled products to automate every aspect of our lives. So, by positioning themselves as the go-to source for high quality tagged data, Scale AI is in an excellent position as the AI sector continues it's exponential growth.
With innovative AI projects across a range of sectors including retail, energy, and healthcare, Scale AI is now a leader in the industry alongside OpenAI. It continues to forge partnerships with fintech tools and software engine developers such as Brex and Luminar to continue its evolution of digital markets.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
May 2024
$1bn
SERIES F
Apr 2021
$325m
SERIES E
Total funding: $1.6bn
Company benefits
- Health & Wellbeing: Our holistic approach to supporting Scaliens includes comprehensive health coverage, dental and vision insurance, mental healthcare services, and more. PTO policies and accommodating schedules ensure you’ll get time off when you need it to relax and recharge. Note that our offerings may vary by region as we strive to respond to the unique needs of Scaliens around the globe.
- Personal & Career Growth: Continuously learn and grow through annual learning & development stipend, attending leadership breakfasts, manager training, speaker series, and joining an ERG.
- Building Scale Community: We welcome guests to our offices, and you can expect to see Scalien families and friends around. Join local happy hours, and accept invites to game nights, book clubs, and many other employee-led community events.
- Parental Support: Balancing work and family is essential, and Scale understands the importance of having adequate leave policies in place to promote a healthy home and work life.
Company HQ
Rincon Hill, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Alexandr Wang
(Founder & CEO)Previously, Alexandr was an Algorithm Developer at Hudson River Trading, a Tech Lead and Quora and a Software Engineer at Addepar.
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