✦ Luna Orbit — Software Engineering

Staff Software Engineer, Public Sector

at Scale AI

📍 San Francisco, CA; St. Louis, MO; New York, NY; Washington, DC Onsite Posted April 02, 2026
Type Full-Time
Experience lead
Exp. Years Not specified
Education Not specified
Category Software Engineering

Staff Software Engineer, Public Sector leads architecture for agentic AI across federal datasets, ensuring reliability and security across multiple classifications.

  • Architect and drive feature implementation across the Federal engineering team to ensure architectural consistency
  • Define technical strategy for guardrails, explainability, and fleet orchestration
  • Ensure system reliability and performance across security classifications
  • Mentor engineers in gathering requirements and stakeholder communication
  • Influence long-term product strategy for the Federal unit

Cloud-native architecture using AWS/Azure/GCP; containerization with Docker and Kubernetes; ETL/data pipelines; data warehousing and governance; LLM integrations with prompt engineering, RAG and agent orchestration.

The ideal candidate is a staff/senior SWE for public sector with full-stack capability and cloud-native experience across AWS/Azure/GCP; able to navigate federal engagements and communicate with stakeholders including C-suite.

None listed

multi-domain experiencefederal contractinggovernancesecurity compliancecloud-nativeAI integration
DockerKubernetesAmazon Web ServicesAzureGoogle Cloud PlatformLLMsprompt engineeringRAGagent orchestration
Front-end developmentBack-end developmentInfrastructureAmazon Web ServicesAzureGoogle Cloud PlatformDockerKubernetesETLdata pipelinesdata modelingdata warehousingdata governanceLLMsprompt engineeringretrieval augmented generationRAGagent orchestration
Front-end developmentBack-end developmentInfrastructureAmazon Web ServicesAzureGoogle Cloud PlatformDockerKubernetesETLdata pipelinesdata modelingdata warehousingdata governanceLLMsprompt engineeringretrieval augmented generationRAGagent orchestration
communicationproblem solvingstakeholder managementleadershipmentoringcross-functional collaboration
Industry Government/Public Sector
Job Function Architect and implement AI-powered solutions for large-scale federal contracts across multiple security classifications
Role Subtype Platform Engineer
Tech Domains Amazon Web Services, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Docker, Kubernetes, ETL, data pipelines, data warehousing, data governance
staff software engineerpublic sectorfederalcloud nativeawsamazon web servicesazuregoogle cloud platformdockerkubernetesetldata pipelinesdata warehousingdata governancellmsprompt engineeringretrieval augmented generationragagent orchestrationguardrailsexplainabilityfleet orchestrationproduction deploymentgovernment stakeholders
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