Job brief: Staff Software Engineer, AI Developer Tooling

What JoRoute checked · Checked by JoRoute

• Listed on Scale AI's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-06 (1 day ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-07.
• The apply link opens job-boards.greenhouse.io, the address Scale AI's board gives for this job.
• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $252,000 to $315,000 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: San Francisco, CA; New York, NY · San Francisco, CA
• Posted: 2026-11-05

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Lead / staff. The title says "Staff".

Must have

• 8+ years of full-time engineering experience, post-graduation, with experience in build, test, or CI/CD systems.
• The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position and may be inclusive of several career levels at Scale;

Conditions

• Every person will have a personal tutor, coach, assistant, personal shopper, travel guide, and therapist throughout life.
• We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and mental disabilities.

Main duties

• Define next-generation AI development tooling and frameworks using products like Cursor, Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, and MS Copilot, as well as in-house custo…
• Drive the architecture, design, and implementation of our local development process, build, test, continuous integration, and continuous delivery systems, wo…
• Directly mentor software engineers ranging from new grads to experienced engineers.
• Proactively identify opportunities and drive improvements to software development practices, processes, tools, and languages.
• Present technical information to teams and stakeholders, providing guidance and insight on development processes and technologies.

Lines copied from the posting, not rewritten. "Preferred" or "nice to have" items are not listed as must-haves.

How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for software engineer jobs in New York, NY: $218k a year (215 listings, 23 employers). This listing is 30% higher.
• Across Scale AI's 125 open listings, 72% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Scale AI hires

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