Job brief: Staff Software Engineer, Data Platform

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 2026-11-04 (2 days ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-06.
• 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 · New York, NY · San Francisco, CA
• Posted: 2026-01-15 · over 60 days ago

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 specialties in back-end systems, specifically related to building large-scale data storage, streaming, and wareh…
• 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

• Drive the architecture, design, implementation, and reliability of our foundational data platforms and systems, working closely with stakeholders and interna…
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and deliver new features.
• Proactively identify opportunities for, and driving improvements to, current programming practices, including process enhancements and tool upgrades.
• Present technical information to teams and stakeholders, providing guidance and insight on development processes and technologies.
• Provide technical leadership, including: upholding and upleveling engineering standards across the organization, mentoring junior engineers.

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: $219k a year (216 listings, 24 employers). This listing is 29% higher.
• Across Scale AI's 129 open listings, 74% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Scale AI hires

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