Position Details

Type Full-Time

Experience lead

Exp. Years 5+ years

Education Not specified

Category Software Engineering

About this role

Field Engineer, Public Sector, leads field engineering efforts for federal AI projects, delivering production-grade data integrations, APIs, and data workflows while collaborating across product, engineering, security, and delivery teams.

Key Responsibilities

Recruit and develop field engineers
Drive technical delivery for federal AI projects
Design and implement backend solutions and data integrations
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet security and performance needs
Maintain customer relationships and provide technical escalations

Technical Overview

Hands-on software engineer with a focus on data pipelines, API design, and cloud-native deployments. Comfortable working with Python/JavaScript in production and interfacing with DoD/USG-compliant environments.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a hands-on software engineer with 5+ years of experience and a track record of leading a small team in customer-facing federal projects. They should be proficient in Python and JavaScript, comfortable building data pipelines and APIs, and able to travel or relocate for customer engagements.

Must-Have Skills

5+ years of full-time engineering experience2+ years of prior engineering management or equivalent experiencePrior experience developing with Python and JavaScript

Nice-to-Have Skills

Experience with DoD/USG constraintsCloud-native architecturesExperience with Python and JavaScript in productionExperience with API design for scaleDoD/USG compliance knowledge

Tools & Platforms

PythonJavaScriptAPIsKubernetesDockerAWSAzureGCPLinux

Required Skills

PythonJavaScriptAPIsData pipelinesETLCloud platformsDockerKubernetesLinuxShell scriptingData modelingData warehousing

Hard Skills

PythonJavaScriptAPIsData pipelinesETLCloud platformsDockerKubernetesLinuxShell scriptingData modelingData warehousingAPIs

Soft Skills

strong analytical abilityproblem solvingcommunicationcollaborationcustomer-facingflexibilityleadership

Industry & Role

Industry Government/Public Sector

Job Function Lead Scale AI's public-sector field engineering efforts to deliver production-grade AI solutions for federal customers.

Role Subtype Field Engineer

Tech Domains Python, JavaScript, APIs, Data pipelines, Kubernetes, Docker, Linux, Shell scripting, Data modeling, Data warehousing

Keywords for Your Resume

Field Engineering ManagerPublic SectorgovernmentPythonJavaScriptAPIsdata pipelinesETLKubernetesDockerLinuxShell scriptingdata modelingdata warehousingAWSAzureGCPDoDUSGTS/SCIData pipelines

Deal Breakers

No experience with Python/JavaScript in production, Inability to travel or relocate, Lack of experience with data pipelines and APIs

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