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Frontier Agents Engineer

United States, San Francisco, CA Employment contract 180000.00 - 225000.00 USD / Year · Job Posted May 29, 2026
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As a Forward Deployed AI Engineer on our Enterprise team, you'll be the technical bridge between Scale AI's cutting-edge AI capabilities and our most strategic customers. You'll work with enterprise clients to understand their unique challenges, architect custom AI solutions, and ensure successful deployment and adoption of AI systems in production environments. This is a hands-on technical role that combines deep engineering expertise with customer-facing problem solving. You'll work directly with customer engineering teams to integrate AI into their critical workflows.

Job Responsibility

  • Customer Integration & Deployment
  • AI Agent Development
  • Prompt Engineering & Optimization
  • Technical Leadership & Collaboration
  • Problem Solving & Innovation

Requirements

  • 4+ years of software engineering experience with strong fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and system design
  • Production Python expertise with experience in modern ML/AI frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LlamaIndex, HuggingFace, OpenAI API)
  • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and modern data infrastructure
  • Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to navigate ambiguous requirements and rapidly iterate toward solutions
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences

Nice to have

  • Deep understanding of LLMs including prompting techniques, embeddings, and RAG architectures
  • Experience building and deploying AI agents or autonomous systems in production
  • Knowledge of vector databases and semantic search systems
  • Contributions to open-source AI/ML projects
  • Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and CI/CD pipelines
  • Experience using Terraform, Bicep, or other Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools
  • Previous work in a devops, platform, or infra role
  • Familiarity with enterprise security, compliance, and governance requirements (SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA)
  • Proven ability to work with customers in a technical consulting, solutions engineering, or product engineering role
  • Domain expertise in verticals like finance, healthcare, government, or manufacturing
  • Experience with technical enablement or teaching programs

What we offer

  • comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage
  • retirement benefits
  • learning and development stipend
  • generous PTO
  • commuter stipend
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