Staff FullStack Software Engineer, (Forward Deployed), GPS
Role Overview
Scale's International Public Sector team uses AI to address critical challenges facing the public sector around the world.
Core work includes creating custom AI applications, generating high-quality training data for custom LLMs, and upskilling and advisory services.
As a Full Stack Software Engineer (Forward Deployed), you will collaborate directly with public sector counterparts to build full-stack AI applications.
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About the role
Scale's International Public Sector team uses AI to address critical challenges facing the public sector around the world.
Core work includes creating custom AI applications, generating high-quality training data for custom LLMs, and upskilling and advisory services.
As a Full Stack Software Engineer (Forward Deployed), you will collaborate directly with public sector counterparts to build full-stack AI applications.
What you will do
- Serve as the lead technical strategist for public sector engagements, converting ambiguous mission requirements into architectural roadmaps and guiding onsite implementation.
- Architect fundamental frameworks for production-grade AI applications integrating interactive UIs, backend systems and AI models at scale.
- Guide the evolution of cloud infrastructure, ensuring security, global scalability and long-term system integrity.
- Direct the development of core platforms and shared services for diverse global client use cases.
- Partner with cross-functional leadership to steer the technical roadmap and mentor senior and junior staff.
- Bridge the gap between the field and the core platform by turning client lessons into reusable patterns.
Ideally you'd have
- Masters or PhD in Computer Science or equivalent deep industry experience architecting complex, distributed systems.
- 10+ years of full-stack expertise across Python, Node.js and React, with high-scale architectures on Kubernetes and global cloud infrastructures (AWS/Azure/GCP).
- Expert ability to design and oversee production-grade ecosystems with strong system integrity, security and scalability.
- Extensive experience deploying and troubleshooting end-to-end solutions within complex, high-security client environments.
- Proven track record of building LLM-driven solutions with strategic foresight.
- A self-driven leader capable of resolving extreme ambiguity, mentoring senior staff and setting technical vision.
- A driver of asynchronous workflows and documentation-first cultures.
Nice to haves
- Past experience as a CTO, founding engineer, or in a forward deployed engineer / dedicated customer engineer role.
- Experience working cross-functionally with operations.
- Proficiency in Arabic.
Location and work authorization
- For those applying based in Qatar, residency and employment require permissions issued by the Qatari authorities.
- Candidates will be asked to provide residency status and nationality for visa processing, used solely for immigration compliance.
- Visa issuance is at the discretion of the Qatari authorities.
About Scale
Scale develops reliable AI systems, providing high-quality data and full-stack technologies that power leading models and help enterprises and governments build, deploy and oversee AI applications.
Scale works with industry leaders and governments including the Government of Qatar and U.S. government agencies.
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