Data Engineer, Public Sector (Washington)

Data Engineer, Public Sector

As a Data Engineer for the Public Sector business unit, you will build Scale's analytical and business-intelligence infrastructure. Scale's customers process millions of tasks through our APIs, and we're looking for a talented Data Engineer to build scalable solutions to support this growth. You will have widespread purview, with responsibility for understanding, mining, aggregating, and exposing data across the entire business unit to support timely and efficient decision-making and data exploration. You will also implement Scale's data warehouse, data mart, and business intelligence reporting environments, and help users transition their workflows to these systems.

This role requires collaboration with leadership and cross-functional teams to solve complex problems and develop sustainable, scalable data solutions. Your responsibilities will include both ad-hoc analyses and the creation of core data models and pipelines, directly impacting how Scale operates and evaluates its performance.

You Will :

• Work with operations, finance, and engineering to drive the development of pipelines that provide single-source-of-truth foundational accuracy
• Continually improve ongoing data pipelines and simplify self-service support for business stakeholders
• Perform regular system audits, and create data quality tests to ensure complete and accurate reporting of data / metrics
• Develop repeatable, scalable analytical solutions, such as data models, improved pipelines, or better underlying tables
• Have an active Secret security clearance (Top Secret preferred)

Ideally You'd Have :

The base salary range for this full-time position in the location of Washington DC is :

$119,000 - $155,000 USD

Our policy requires a 90-day waiting period before reconsidering candidates for the same role. This allows us to ensure a fair and thorough evaluation of all applicants.

At Scale, we believe that the transition from traditional software to AI is one of the most important shifts of our time. Our mission is to make that happen faster across every industry, and our team is transforming how organizations build and deploy AI. Our products power the world's most advanced LLMs, generative models, and computer vision models. We are trusted by generative AI companies such as OpenAI, Meta, and Microsoft, government agencies like the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force, and enterprises including GM and Accenture. We are expanding our team to accelerate the development of AI applications.

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