Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer (Forward Deployed), GPS

About the role

Scale's Global Public Sector team builds AI applications that address critical public sector challenges worldwide, from custom AI apps affecting millions of citizens to training data for large language models and AI advisory services. As a Forward Deployed Full-Stack Software Engineer, you will work directly with public sector clients to build full-stack AI applications, solving their most pressing problems. You will spend up to two weeks per month in client offices.

Key responsibilities

• Partner with public sector clients to scope, collect feedback and implement solutions for complex problems, including up to two weeks per month in client offices.
• Architect production-grade applications integrating AI models with full-stack frameworks, from interactive UIs to backend APIs and systems.
• Deploy and manage infrastructure in cloud environments, ensuring integrity, security, scalability and reliability.
• Contribute to core platform features reusable across international client use cases.
• Work with design, product and data teams to build applications aligned with the technical architecture.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related quantitative field.
• 5+ years of post-graduation full-stack engineering experience.
• Proven ability to architect scalable, production-grade applications and work in customer infrastructure.
• Self-starter with the technical maturity to handle ambiguous requirements; driven by async communication.
• Nice to have: Arabic proficiency, past experience as a forward deployed or dedicated customer engineer, and cross-functional experience with operations.

Required skills

• React (required)
• TypeScript, Next.js, Python, Node.js
• PostgreSQL or MongoDB
• Docker, Kubernetes
• Azure, AWS or GCP
• Experience building solutions with LLMs and understanding of the Gen AI landscape