Software Engineer (Public Sector, New Grad)

• Public Sector engineers build the core product including the systems required to ingest and process federal datasets that support real-time decision-making in contested environments
• As a New Grad Software Engineer on this team, you will own meaningful, mission-facing work from day one: shipping features, sitting with the government stakeholders who use them, and iterating fast
• Example Projects:
• Build multi-layered guardrails that keep agents safe and predictable in high-stakes federal environments
• Optimize data retrieval for agents, including RAG pipelines over large, heterogeneous federal datasets
• Build orchestration for fleets of asynchronous agents running long-horizon tasks
• Develop systems that automatically alert users to deviations and anomalies in incoming data
• Create interfaces that illustrate how an agent reached a decision, so operators can audit and trust its output
• Develop data pipelines and ML infrastructure that make previously siloed government data sources accessible to agents
• Build evaluation infrastructure that measures model reliability against mission requirements
• Ship full-stack tooling that lets analysts query, visualize, and explore mission data
• Deploy and harden applications into secure, air-gapped, and cloud-native government environments

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.- Strong written and verbal communication — you will work directly with government stakeholders and must be able to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences
• Comfort with ambiguity and evolving requirements, and a willingness to learn new domains quickly
• Track record of shipping high-quality products and features at scale
• Previous Product/Software Engineering internship experience
• A graduation date in Fall 2026 or Spring 2027 with a Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field (Computer Science, EECS, Computer Engineering, Statistics)
• Experience building systems that process large volumes of data
• Product engineering experience such as building web apps full-stack, integrating with relevant APIs and services, talking to users, figuring out ‘what’ to build and then iterating
• Experience with Python, Typescript, React, and/or MongoDB
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), containerization (Docker), and orchestration (Kubernetes)
• Hands-on experience with LLMs, evaluations, or agentic systems — whether from internships, research, or personal projects
• Open source contributions or a portfolio of shipped side projects
• Exposure to ETL, data modeling, data warehousing, or data governance
• Prior experience with, or demonstrated interest in, national security, defense, or civil government technology