Distinguished Engineer at Scale AI | San Francisco, CA / New York, NY

Job Description: Distinguished Engineer, Enterprise AI About Scale AI At Scale AI, we are dedicated to building robust AI systems that inform the world’s most critical decisions. Our Enterprise AI division specializes in delivering high-performance, reliable, and production-ready AI applications across various industries, leveraging our expertise in Generative AI and cutting-edge infrastructure. The Role We are on the lookout for a Distinguished Engineer—an influential technical leader operating at the VP level—to define the vision and technical trajectory of our foundational AI/ML infrastructure that drives enterprise AI applications. This role reports directly to the SVP of Engineering, Enterprise AI, and involves steering the long-term technical strategy for our Scale GenerativeAI Platform (SGP), shaping architectural decisions company-wide, and closely collaborating with engineering and product leaders to deliver advanced AI capabilities to our enterprise clients. As a cross-functional thought leader, you will set benchmarks for technical excellence, mentor senior engineers, and ensure our systems and models are equipped to handle global-scale deployments. This is a unique opportunity to influence the core AI infrastructure and the enterprise applications that build upon it.

Senior Software Engineer - ConnectivityThe Connectivity team at Scale owns the foundational platform that empowers us to consistently generate, assess, and deliver high-quality training data to our clients. Our systems are integral to Scale’s data and AI infrastructure, facilitating large-scale workflows while enabling cutting-edge AI functionalities such as multi-modality, long-horizon reasoning, and agentic behavior.We are seeking a seasoned engineer with extensive experience in developing robust platforms. The ideal candidate will possess strong architectural judgment, a commitment to correctness and reliability, and the capability to design systems that can scale and adapt effectively over time. This role is primarily backend-focused but includes full-stack responsibilities and substantial ownership from design to long-term operations.

Who We AreAt Pave, we are revolutionizing the compensation landscape with our cutting-edge platform that merges the largest real-time compensation dataset with advanced AI and machine learning capabilities. Our state-of-the-art solution empowers over 8,500 businesses to make informed compensation decisions with unparalleled confidence.Renowned companies such as OpenAI, McDonald's, Instacart, Atlassian, Synopsys, Stripe, Databricks, and Waymo leverage Pave to transform their pay strategies, managing over $190 billion in total compensation spend through our innovative workflows. Notably, 70% of the Forbes AI 50 utilize Pave to benchmark their compensation.As we pioneer the transition to real-time and predictive pay solutions, we are proud to have secured $160 million in funding from top-tier investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, Y Combinator, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Craft Ventures.The Paige Team @ PavePaige, Pave's AI compensation analyst, represents an innovative autonomous system built atop the world's largest proprietary compensation dataset and our existing workflow engine. This role involves crafting the technical vision and execution for Paige, collaborating with a team of talented engineers and data scientists to develop and market this groundbreaking product. We are seeking individuals with profound AI expertise, strong product intuition, and a founder's mentality to help us drive this initiative forward.

We are seeking a visionary Head of Engineering to lead our dynamic team at Gusto. As the Head of Engineering, you will play a critical role in shaping our technology strategy and driving innovative engineering solutions. This is an exciting opportunity to influence the direction of our engineering practices and to mentor and grow our talented engineering team.

Join our Frontier Tech Consultant team at Scale AI, where you will be instrumental in driving groundbreaking AI advancements. Your role will involve conducting impactful experiments and ensuring flawless execution that adheres to our high-quality standards. Your contributions will play a vital role in the growth and evolution of artificial intelligence. As an AI Strategy Consultant, you will engage in a diverse range of projects, including but not limited to: conducting research experiments, generating datasets, enhancing data quality, and performing comprehensive technical analyses. You will address intricate technical and operational challenges, collaborating closely with Scale’s ML research scientists and SPM team. The ideal candidate is analytical, detail-oriented, and results-focused, possessing strong problem-solving capabilities and exceptional communication skills. We seek individuals who excel in fast-paced environments, proactively tackle challenges, and are dedicated to delivering outstanding results. If you are passionate about being at the forefront of AI innovation, we encourage you to apply.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly crucial across all sectors of society. At Scale AI, our mission is to expedite the advancement of AI applications. With nine years of experience, we have established ourselves as the leading AI data foundry, facilitating groundbreaking developments in AI, including generative AI, defense applications, and autonomous vehicles. Following our recent investment from Meta, we are committed to enhancing our capabilities by developing cutting-edge post-training algorithms that are essential for optimizing complex agents in enterprises globally.The Enterprise ML Research Lab is at the forefront of this AI revolution. We are dedicated to crafting a suite of proprietary research tools and resources that cater to all of our enterprise clients. As a Machine Learning Research Engineer focusing on Agents, you will apply our Agent Reinforcement Learning (RL) training and building algorithms to real-world enterprise datasets across our clients and benchmarks. Your role will involve developing top-tier Agents that achieve state-of-the-art results through a blend of post-training and agent-building algorithms.If you are passionate about influencing the trajectory of the modern Generative AI movement, we would love to hear from you!

About UsAt Pave, we are revolutionizing the compensation landscape through our cutting-edge platform that merges the largest real-time compensation dataset with advanced AI and machine learning capabilities. Our solution empowers over 8,500 companies to make confident and informed compensation decisions.Leading organizations such as OpenAI, McDonald’s, Instacart, Atlassian, Synopsys, Stripe, Databricks, and Waymo leverage Pave to transform their pay strategies into competitive advantages. We oversee a staggering $190+ billion in total compensation spend, with 70% of the Forbes AI 50 utilizing Pave to benchmark their compensation.The future of compensation is real-time and predictive, and we are at the forefront of this transformation, having secured $160 million in funding from prominent investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, Y Combinator, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Craft Ventures.The Paige Team @ PaveJoin us in developing Paige, Pave’s AI compensation analyst designed to harness the world’s largest proprietary compensation dataset and our advanced workflow engine. As an autonomous agent, Paige will reason over structured compensation data and execute complex workflows including market pricing, cycle planning, and attrition analysis. In this role, you will define the technical vision and execution for Paige, collaborating closely with engineers and data scientists to build and launch the product. This position demands extensive AI expertise, strong product instincts, and a founder’s mindset.

As an AI Solutions Engineer at Scribe, you will be a pivotal part of our innovative team, dedicated to harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to deliver cutting-edge solutions. Your expertise will aid in designing and implementing AI-driven systems that enhance operational efficiency and drive business success.Join us and contribute to impactful projects that shape the future of technology!

Join Scale AI as a Senior Accountant, where you will play a vital role in our expanding accounting team. You will be responsible for managing daily corporate accounting tasks, facilitating the month-end close process, and assisting in the implementation of robust systems and processes to foster our growth. This is an exciting opportunity to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.The ideal candidate will excel in a start-up setting, demonstrating meticulous attention to detail alongside exceptional interpersonal and communication abilities. You will have a proven track record of forging scalable relationships across functions and driving process enhancements.Your Responsibilities:Execute journal entries and oversee daily corporate accounting functions while supporting the month-end close process to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting in compliance with U.S. GAAP.Enhance balance sheet account reconciliation workpapers, including reviewing and refining historical reconciliations.Collaborate with the Accounting and Finance teams on metrics, flux analysis, forecasts, and projections, contributing to the preparation of the monthly reporting package.Prepare documentation for internal and external audits and facilitate their successful completion.Support the adoption of new systems and processes to streamline the closing process and accommodate the company's growth.Identify opportunities for process improvements that enhance efficiency and shorten the close timeline.Develop, maintain, and refine internal controls related to your assigned areas.

Merge stands at the forefront of technology, providing innovative agentic tools and seamless customer-facing integrations for leading frontier LLMs, Fortune 500 companies, and B2B SaaS enterprises. Our platform features two flagship products: Merge Unified, which enables businesses to effortlessly integrate hundreds of applications through a single API, and Merge Agent Handler, which equips AI agents with secure access to a multitude of third-party tools. Renowned for its enterprise-grade capabilities, Merge oversees the entire integration lifecycle—from authentication and security to monitoring and maintenance. Countless organizations rely on Merge to enhance product development, streamline sales efforts, reduce customer attrition, and conserve engineering resources, allowing them to concentrate on their core offerings. Who are we looking for?We are seeking a proactive Solutions Engineer who will take charge of all technical interactions with prospects during their evaluation and deployment of Merge’s solutions. This role involves creating proofs of concept, providing technical demonstrations, and collaborating with engineering and platform teams to prioritize feature enhancements and resolve issues. As a Solutions Engineer, you will engage in high-value projects that command significant visibility both internally and externally.What you will do:Serve as the primary technical point of contact for prospects as they evaluate and implement Merge through proofs of concept and technical workshops.Develop and nurture relationships to ensure an exceptional developer experience.Collaborate with engineering and platform teams to identify product improvement opportunities based on insights gathered from prospects.Lay the groundwork for the rapid expansion of a successful solutions engineering team!

The Enterprise Account Executive will play a pivotal role in driving revenue growth through a designated portfolio of Scale AI’s largest and most influential enterprise clients. This position focuses on the sale of sophisticated, technical AI solutions to Fortune 500 companies, collaborating with executive leaders, technical teams, and operational stakeholders to foster long-term value and growth. As the primary point of contact, you will manage the entire enterprise sales cycle—from initial prospecting and deal strategy to closing, renewing, and expanding contracts—while acting as a key liaison among internal teams such as Solutions Engineering, Product, Research, and Operations. This role demands a strong sense of ownership, executive presence, and the ability to successfully navigate complex, multi-stakeholder buying processes in a fast-paced environment.

About HebbiaHebbia is an innovative AI platform designed for investors and bankers, delivering exceptional insights that generate alpha and maximize potential returns.Founded in 2020 by George Sivulka and supported by notable investors such as Peter Thiel and Andreessen Horowitz, Hebbia empowers investment decisions for major firms including BlackRock, KKR, Carlyle, and Centerview, along with 40% of the world's largest asset managers. Our flagship product, Matrix, offers unparalleled accuracy, speed, and transparency in AI-driven analysis, entrusted to manage over $30 trillion in global assets.We empower finance professionals with intelligence that provides a definitive competitive edge. Our AI uncovers unseen signals, reveals hidden opportunities, and accelerates decision-making with unmatched speed and confidence. We don't just enhance workflows; we revolutionize how capital is allocated, risk is managed, and value is created in the markets.Hebbia is not merely a tool; it is the competitive advantage that drives performance, alpha, and market leadership.The TeamThe Integrations team serves as the crucial link between Hebbia’s AI platform and the diverse data sources our customers depend on. We design and maintain the pipelines that integrate content from enterprise systems—such as Snowflake, S3, SharePoint, Dropbox, and more—enabling Hebbia to effectively analyze it.This role involves critical infrastructure work that directly impacts our customers. When integrations are swift, reliable, and seamless, our clients trust Hebbia with their most vital workflows. Conversely, any disruption is immediately felt. Our team is responsible for the entire process: creating new connectors, reinforcing existing ones, and ensuring a continuous data flow.The RoleThis is not a standard backend engineering position with just a few integrations. You will primarily focus on developing, troubleshooting, and managing data integrations across numerous third-party platforms. This hands-on role directly influences customer experiences and requires a passion for delivering exceptional solutions.

About AnthropicAt Anthropic, we are dedicated to developing AI systems that are reliable, interpretable, and steerable. Our goal is to ensure that AI serves as a safe and beneficial tool for users and society alike. Our rapidly expanding team comprises passionate researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders who collaborate to create beneficial AI technologies.About the TeamThe Security Engineering team at Anthropic is committed to safeguarding our AI systems and upholding user trust. We establish the authentication architecture for our training infrastructure, design cryptographic systems to protect model weights and training data, and oversee a developer security program that influences how our engineers create and deploy software.This team operates across various interconnected domains: identity and secrets management, developer security and supply chain, infrastructure security, and secure frameworks. You will take ownership of one or two of these domains while also contributing to others, with your area of focus influenced by your expertise and the team's objectives. This role primarily involves greenfield projects, allowing you to help shape the architectural landscape.About the Role:Design, scope, and implement complex security systems from start to finish, ensuring their maintenance in production while navigating ambiguous technical challenges with minimal supervision.Identify systematic risks through comprehensive threat modeling and risk assessment, subsequently developing the necessary controls and infrastructure to mitigate these risks.Mentor engineers within the security team and the wider engineering organization, participate in the hiring process, and foster a robust security culture at Anthropic.Empower other teams to develop their own security solutions by offering design pattern guidance and expanding security ownership beyond the security team.Developer Security and Supply ChainEnhance our developer security program by integrating security practices into the software development lifecycle and developer workflows.Fortify CI/CD pipelines against supply chain threats through isolated build environments, signed attestations, dependency verification, and automated policy enforcement.Identity and Secrets ManagementDesign systems that safeguard sensitive assets, including model weights, customer data, and training datasets.Establish and maintain credential issuance, rotation, and workload authentication across our multi-cloud environments.

Join Anthropic as a Product Designer and help shape the future of AI technology. We are looking for a creative and detail-oriented individual who thrives in a collaborative environment. In this role, you will work closely with engineers, product managers, and other designers to create innovative solutions that enhance user experience.

Become a Key Player in the Sleep RevolutionAt Eight Sleep, our mission is to unlock human potential through the power of optimal sleep. As pioneers in the sleep fitness industry, we are redefining wellness and developing cutting-edge hardware, software, and AI technology to enhance sleep quality. Our innovative products provide a personalized, data-driven recovery experience, empowering peak mental, physical, and emotional performance. Trusted by high achievers, professional athletes, and health enthusiasts in over 30 countries, we have been recognized as one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies in 2019, 2022, and 2023, and have earned a place in TIME's “Best Inventions of the Year” twice. Our high-performance team operates with agility, focus, and an unwavering commitment to delivering impactful solutions that help our members sleep better and wake up stronger.Every position at Eight Sleep offers the opportunity to create groundbreaking technology, collaborate with elite talent, and contribute to a future where sleep is an active instrument of personal well-being. If you seek to break free from the ordinary and are passionate about pushing the boundaries of innovation, this is your chance. Join us in leading the transformation of how the world sleeps and the potentials we unlock with every awakening.Excellence Without CompromiseOur mission demands intensity at Eight Sleep. We embody the mindset of the world's top performers: focused, relentless, and striving to be among the elite in our field. This is more than just a job; it requires a commitment akin to a 60+ hour work week—not because it’s expected, but because we are invested in our craft. We are here to innovate rapidly, push boundaries, and deliver exceptional outcomes. If you thrive in high-pressure environments and are eager to engage in the most meaningful work of your career, you will find your place here. If you are looking for an easier option—this is not it.Your RoleEight Sleep is at the forefront of sleep optimization technology, and we are seeking a talented Data Engineer to propel our next phase of growth. You will design and build the data infrastructure that informs decisions for millions of users while collaborating with some of the brightest minds in health tech.This role transcends standard data responsibilities; you will be the technical architect behind impactful systems that enhance human wellness at scale and drive our rapid growth trajectory. From real-time sleep analytics to machine learning-driven personalization to the data framework supporting our global expansion, your contributions will be pivotal.

About AirOpsAirOps is pioneering the first comprehensive content engineering platform designed for the AI era. As the landscape of discovery transitions from traditional search to AI-driven platforms, we empower brands to enhance their visibility and maintain relevance. Our recent phase of rapid growth has seen a remarkable 5x increase in revenue over the past year, supporting marketing teams at renowned organizations like Ramp, Chime, Carta, and Rippling to transform content quality into a sustainable competitive edge.Our innovative platform enables marketers to adeptly navigate the evolving discovery landscape, identify high-impact opportunities, and generate precise, on-brand content that garners citations from AI and earns human trust. With backing from esteemed investors such as Greylock, Unusual Ventures, Wing VC, and Founder Collective, we are dedicated to building intelligent systems that will empower the next generation of marketing leaders. AirOps has its headquarters in San Francisco, New York, and Montevideo.About the RoleAt AirOps, we operate at the convergence of AI and brand intelligence, processing millions of AI-generated responses daily across all major AI providers. Our data platform is experiencing exponential growth: currently processing 2 million answers each day, with an increase of hundreds of thousands monthly, as new providers and product features come online regularly. The data engineering decisions you make today will directly influence our product tomorrow. You will take charge of the pipelines, ingestion infrastructure, and data quality systems that underpin everything our customers interact with. As we establish a dedicated data team for the first time, the frameworks you create will shape the operational patterns of this function for years to come. You will engage with technologies such as ClickHouse, distributed ingestion pipelines, and a multi-provider scraping stack, with significant responsibility for ensuring reliability and accuracy. If you are eager to work on data that is central to our product rather than merely internal tools, this is the opportunity for you.

Join a pioneering team of former Google engineers who have developed ground-breaking defensive technologies, such as Safe Browsing and reCAPTCHA. We are on a mission to confront an urgent challenge: combating the rising tide of adversarial AI attacks that threaten organizations globally.Operating in stealth mode, we are targeting a lucrative $5B+ market that is primed for innovation. Conventional detection methodologies are proving inadequate against the speed and sophistication of AI-driven assaults. Current adversaries are leveraging AI to engineer tailored, high-evasion attacks, leaving traditional systems vulnerable.Your Role:You will design a network of AI agents that are rapid, cost-effective, and precise, collaborating to identify and neutralize emerging threats. Your work will dive deep into real-time threat data, continuously evolving your agents in a fast-paced environment. These agents will function under an orchestration layer that fosters quick adaptation and learning.The Excitement of the ChallengeRapidly Evolving Models: The landscape changes daily; solutions that worked yesterday may be outdated today.Intelligent Adversaries: We are engaged in a real-time arms race against cunning, AI-enhanced attackers crafting sophisticated payloads.No Existing Playbook: We are forging new detection paradigms as swiftly as threats evolve. This high-stakes work places you in the heart of the action from day one.If you thrive on solving challenging problems with rapid feedback, this is your opportunity.Why We Are Positioned to SucceedExpansive Market: The market is vast at $5B and expanding quickly, while established players struggle to adapt.Proven Track Record: Our team has previously developed the foundational technology for Safe Browsing (serving over 5B users) and reCAPTCHA (protecting more than 5M websites) during our time at Google.Experienced Team: This is our third endeavor in creating a category-defining security enterprise, and we know how to scale our technology and our organization effectively.Deeply Integrated AI and Security: We embed AI from the outset rather than layering it on top.Top Talent: We hire only the highest achievers; many on our team were in the top 1% of engineers at Google. If you excelled in your previous role, you will fit right in.Agility: We prioritize speed and efficiency in everything we do.

Become a Catalyst in the Sleep Fitness RevolutionAt Eight Sleep, we are dedicated to unlocking human potential through exceptional sleep. As pioneers in the sleep fitness industry, we are reshaping the concept of restful sleep by developing state-of-the-art hardware, software, and AI technologies that facilitate this transformation. Our innovative products enhance mental, physical, and emotional performance, converting each night’s rest into a personalized, data-driven recovery journey.We have earned the trust of high achievers, professional athletes, and health-focused individuals across over 30 countries. Celebrated as one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies in 2019, 2022, and 2023, and recognized by TIME's “Best Inventions of the Year” on two occasions, we pride ourselves on operating as a high-performance team: swift, focused, and driven by impactful outcomes. We don’t merely deliver; we continuously enhance and obsess over the details that empower our members to sleep better and awaken stronger.Every position at Eight Sleep presents an opportunity to engineer groundbreaking technology, collaborate with elite talent, and contribute to a future where sleep is not just a passive experience, but a formidable tool for improved living. If you are seeking to break free from the mundane and are passionate about pushing the boundaries of what's possible, seize this moment. Join us as we lead the transformation of how the world sleeps and the potential we can unlock upon waking.Uncompromising Standards. Relentless PursuitWe operate with unmatched intensity, driven by the demands of our mission. At Eight Sleep, we embody the focus and relentless spirit of the world’s top performers: always striving to be in the top 1% of our craft. Inspired by Kobe Bryant’s mamba mentality, we apply this mindset to bold concepts, next-gen technologies, and impeccable execution. This isn’t a standard 9-to-5; our team commits to extra effort, not out of obligation, but from a genuine concern for the impact of our work. We are here to innovate rapidly, challenge limits, and deliver without compromise. If you excel under pressure and desire to engage in the most significant work of your career, you’ll find your place with us. If you seek something easier, this may not be the right fit.The RoleWe are in search of a Full Stack Engineer to serve as the technical cornerstone of our Customer Experience (CX) transformation. In this role, you will develop tools, integrations, and monitoring systems that enable our AI agents and human support teams to resolve customer issues with increased speed and efficiency. This is a unique opportunity to work at the convergence of AI, customer experience, and software engineering, creating solutions that tangibly impact hundreds of thousands of customers.

Join Scale AI as a talented Infrastructure Security Engineer, where you'll play a pivotal role in safeguarding the integrity and security of our platform. This position focuses on securing expansive cloud environments, managing and fortifying various compute clusters, and reviewing infrastructure as code. Your proficiency in cloud security, infrastructure automation, and advanced security practices will be crucial in upholding and advancing our security framework.Your responsibilities include:Securing infrastructure across major cloud hosting platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).Implementing and maintaining comprehensive security configurations and policies for cloud environments.Conducting regular security assessments and audits to identify vulnerabilities and propose enhancements.Developing and enforcing security best practices for infrastructure automation and orchestration.Collaborating with Developer Experience, IT, and product teams to integrate security into every phase of the infrastructure lifecycle.Reviewing and securing infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation).Mentoring team members on infrastructure security best practices and emerging threats.

About Hebbia Hebbia is an innovative AI platform designed for investors and bankers, focused on generating alpha and driving exceptional financial outcomes. Founded in 2020 by George Sivulka and supported by notable investors such as Peter Thiel and Andreessen Horowitz, Hebbia empowers investment decisions for prominent firms including BlackRock, KKR, Carlyle, and Centerview, among 40% of the world’s largest asset managers. Our flagship product, Matrix, is known for its unmatched accuracy, speed, and transparency in AI-driven analysis, and is trusted to manage over $30 trillion in assets worldwide. We provide the intelligence that gives finance professionals a decisive edge. Our AI uncovers insights that are beyond human perception, reveals hidden opportunities, and accelerates decision-making with extraordinary speed and confidence. We don’t just streamline workflows; we revolutionize capital deployment, risk management, and value creation across markets. Hebbia is not merely a tool; it is the competitive advantage that enhances performance, alpha, and market leadership. The Role We are seeking a Site Reliability Engineer who prioritizes software engineering principles. You will take ownership of critical production systems from design to deployment, focusing on building and optimizing rather than just operating. Your responsibilities will include writing production-quality code to ensure platform reliability at scale, collaborating with product engineering teams to influence architecture from the outset, and developing essential internal tools that support every engineer at Hebbia. This role is not about managing tickets; it is primarily about coding—instrumenting services, resolving performance bottlenecks, creating deployment platforms, and translating incident analyses into meaningful architectural enhancements. Responsibilities Take full responsibility for critical production services, overseeing design, code review, deployment, operations, and incident response. Profile, benchmark, and refactor critical paths to eliminate bottlenecks as Hebbia scales.