Security Engineer, Scale AI

Infrastructure, International Public Sector

Salary not provided
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
GCP
Elasticsearch
Azure
Grafana
Senior and Expert level
London
Scale AI

Training and validation data for AI applications

Job no longer available

Scale AI

Training and validation data for AI applications

1001+ employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceDeep TechRoboticsComputer VisionMachine LearningSaaS

Job no longer available

Salary not provided
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
GCP
Elasticsearch
Azure
Grafana
Senior and Expert level
London

1001+ employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceDeep TechRoboticsComputer VisionMachine LearningSaaS

Company mission

To accelerate the development of AI applications.

Role

Who you are

  • Cloud-Native Technologies: Understanding of containerization (e.g., Docker) and container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes) is required. Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and experience in developing and deploying applications in a cloud-native environment
  • Security Focused: Experience with Compliance frameworks, and requirements (e.g., GDPR, CIS Benchmarks, SOC2). Experience developing software and technical solutions that meet strict security and regulatory compliance requirements. Experience deploying security tools for authentication, monitoring, and logging (e.g., Elasticsearch, Grafana, Keycloak)
  • Problem Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to understand complex challenges and devise effective solutions. Ability to think critically, identify root causes, and propose innovative approaches to overcome technical obstacles
  • Collaboration and Communication: Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and customers. Ability to clearly articulate technical concepts to non-technical audiences and foster a collaborative work environment
  • Adaptability and Learning Agility: Willingness to embrace new technologies, learn new skills, and adapt to evolving project requirements. Ability to quickly grasp and apply new concepts and stay up-to-date with emerging trends in software engineering
  • Customer Focus: At least 2 years of experience interacting with external customers to understand and effectively respond to their security needs
  • At least 5 years of relevant experience, including strong IT / Software Engineering background in addition to Security experience

Desirable

  • Experience working at a startup
  • Experience working with multiple governments and ministries
  • Experience dealing with large-scale AI applications
  • 1+ years of experience managing engineers

What the job involves

  • As a Security Engineer (Infrastructure), you will play a critical role shaping our scalable and high-performance platform and your expertise will be instrumental in securing and implementing systems that can handle billions of data points with exceptional performance
  • While you will be dedicated to the International Public Sector team, you will sit on our Security Engineering team
  • At Scale, we’re not just building AI solutions—we’re enabling the public sector to transform their operations and better serve citizens through cutting-edge technology. If you’re ready to shape the future of AI in the public sector and be a founding member of our team, we’d love to hear from you
  • Design and implement secure scalable backend systems for public sector customers, leveraging Scale’s modern and cloud-native AI infrastructure
  • Own services or systems and define their long-term health goals, while also improving the health of surrounding components
  • Improve our high engineering standards, tooling, and process
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and execute the vision for backend solutions, ensuring they meet the unique needs of government agencies operating in secure environments
  • Participate in customer engagements, including occasional travel (approximately two weeks per quarter)
  • Design and build secure platforms supporting our public sector customers around the world
  • Start as a strong individual contributor and potentially serve as a team lead as our organization grows

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31% female employees

38% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Company benefits

  • Health, Dental & Vision Coverage: Our health plans give you the flexibility to select the right coverage for you and eligible family members through a variety of plan options
  • Easy to use 401(K): Plan and invest for the future with a 401(k) via Guideline. Scale’s 401(k) plan provides you an opportunity to defer compensation for your long-term savings
  • Wellness Fund: We care about the physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing of all Scaliens. Our $100/month wellness stipend can be used for gym memberships, acupuncture, meditation apps, and so much more
  • Virtual Social Activities: Being remote has not stopped us from hosting fun virtual events. From trivia night to candle making, we ensure employees are fostering connections & building strong relationships
  • Learning & Development: We know how important career growth is for Scaliens, so we offer a $500/year L&D stipend to help support continued development throughout your journey
  • Flexible Work Hours: Flexible hours allow you to work when you are most productive. You can work with your manager to best plan your daily work schedule
  • Generous Paid Time Off: Enjoy time to travel or plan a staycation. We encourage employees to take time off to recharge and prevent burnout. We have a flexible PTO policy where each employee is afforded the flexibility to take planned time-off as needed
  • Commuter Benefits: Set aside pre-tax dollars to use on qualified transportation expenses to help ease your commute
  • Parental Leave: 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

Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)

May 2024

$1bn

SERIES F

Apr 2021

$325m

SERIES E

Total funding: $1.6bn

Our take

When training AI models, lack of access to large scale, high quality, labelled data is often the barrier preventing machine learning teams from building something great. In fact, labelled data is even more essential than the algorithms themselves. Scale AI is solving this by providing easy access through developer APIs to a huge variety of labelled data sets covering a large range of areas within computer vision and natural language processing.

It seems that almost every company now is offering artificial intelligence enabled products to automate every aspect of our lives. By positioning themselves as the go-to source for high quality tagged data, Scale AI is in an excellent position as the AI sector continues it's exponential growth.

With innovative AI projects across a range of sectors including retail, energy, and healthcare, Scale AI is now a leader in the industry alongside OpenAI. It continues to forge partnerships with fintech tools and software engine developers such as Brex and Luminar to continue its evolution of digital markets.

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