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Scale AI forward deployed engineer jobs

29 open FDE rolesAI startupsscale.com

Median base

$243k

vs all FDE jobs

+$36k

market median $207k

Posted range

$124–373k

lowest to highest posted base

Roles with pay

18 of 29

US, full-time · how we count

What Scale AI calls the role

  • Staff Full-Stack Software Engineer,3
  • Frontier Agent Engineering Manager, Enterprise2
  • Frontier Agents Engineer2
  • Senior Frontier Agents Engineer2
  • Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer,2
  • Software Engineer2

Where and how

  • San Francisco Bay Area10
  • New York9
  • Washington, DC9
  • London6
  • Austin3
  • Denver3
On-site 26Hybrid 3Senior 20Mid 6Entry 3

Skills in the postings

Python 26LLMs 23Kubernetes 19Public Sector 13AWS 11TypeScript 9AI Agents 8React 8RAG 7Agentic AI 4Azure 3GCP 3

17 of 29 roles involve government or cleared work

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Frontier Agent Engineering Manager, Enterprise

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London, UK·Senior·Python, LLMs
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Staff Full-Stack Software Engineer, (Forward Deployed), GPS

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London, UK·Senior·Python, Node.js
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Staff Full-Stack Software Engineer, (Forward Deployed), GPS

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Doha, Qatar·Senior·Python, Node.js
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Senior Staff Frontier Agents Engineer

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San Francisco, CA; New York, NY·Senior·Python, LangChain
$288–360k
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Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer, (Forward Deployed), GPS

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Doha, Qatar; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia·Senior·React, TypeScript
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Senior Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)

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San Francisco, CA; New York, NY·Senior·Python, LLMs
$216–270k
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Principal Architect

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Washington, DC·Senior·LLMs, AI Agents
$298–373k
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Machine Learning Engineer, Public Sector

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Denver, CO; Honolulu, HI; Washington, DC·Mid·Python, PyTorch
$196–294k
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Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)

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San Francisco, CA; New York, NY·Mid·Python, LLMs
$180–225k
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Field Engineer, Data Engine

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Colorado Springs, CO; Omaha, NE; St. Louis, MO; Washington, DC·Mid·Python, ETL
$140–290k
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Engineering Manager, Saudi Arabia

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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia·Senior·AI/ML, LLMs
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Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer, (Forward Deployed), GPS

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London, UK·Senior·React, TypeScript
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Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)

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San Francisco, CA; New York, NY·Senior·Python, LLMs
$252–315k
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Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Public Sector

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Austin, TX; Colorado Springs, CO; Honolulu, HI; Omaha, NE; St. Louis, MO; Washington, DC·Senior·Python, TypeScript
$138–293k
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Applied AI Engineer, Global Public Sector

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Doha, Qatar; London, UK·Senior·Python, TypeScript
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Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Public Sector

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Denver, CO; Washington, DC·Senior·Agentic AI, Geospatial Reasoning
$274–343k
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Software Engineer, Frontier AI Infrastructure

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San Francisco, CA; St. Louis, MO; New York, NY; Washington, DC·Mid·Public Sector, Clearance
$138–259k
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Frontier Agent Engineering Manager, Enterprise

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San Francisco, CA; New York, NY·Senior·Python, LLMs
$252–315k
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Software Engineer, Public Sector - New Grad

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San Francisco, CA·Entry·Python, TypeScript
$124–162k
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Software Engineer - New Grad

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Doha, Qatar·Entry·Python, TypeScript

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