Forward Deployed AI Engineering Manager, Enterprise

About Scale AI Scale AI is the data foundation for AI, helping organizations build and deploy reliable production AI applications. We partner with leading enterprises and government organizations to accelerate their AI initiatives through our data annotation platform, generative AI solutions, and enterprise AI capabilities.

Role Overview As a Forward Deployed AI Engineering Manager 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, lead a team that architects specific AI solutions, and ensure successful deployment and adoption of AI systems in production environments. This is a Management role that combines deep engineering and AI expertise, leading a team, and working on customer-facing problems.

You'll work directly with customer engineering teams to integrate AI into their critical workflows.

, 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 Preferred Qualifications Agent Development Wiz 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 Infrastructure Guru 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) Customer Product Whisperer 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 Sample Projects The following are some examples of the types of projects we’ve worked on with customers.

All of these projects leverage customer data, integrate directly into customers’ existing systems, and are deployed on their infrastructure. Deep Research for Due Diligence For a global professional services firm, we developed a sophisticated deep research agent to assist in due diligence.

This agent employs a multi-agent architecture for robust fact-checking, integrates several internal MCP tools, and processes complex, unstructured data sources. This solution reliably saves employees hundreds of hours weekly. Churn Prediction Working with a TelCo organization, we built a model utilizing customer data to predict churn likelihood.

The system then curates personalized offers based on this prediction. This model was integrated into a "next best action" copilot, enabling call center agents to proactively surface relevant offers to customers, leading to a significant reduction in churn.

Data Extraction Voice Agent We partnered with a healthcare organization to create a lifelike voice agent and avatar designed to gather unstructured health information from patients. Engineered for low latency, the agent adeptly manages conversational flow, adheres to safety guardrails, and efficiently handles data extraction.

This automation saves the organization's nurses hundreds of hours each week.

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You’ll also receive benefits including, but not limited to: Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits, a learning and development stipend, and generous PTO. Additionally, this role may be eligible for additional benefits such as a commuter stipend. Please reference the job posting's subtitle for where this position will be located.

For pay transparency purposes, the base salary range for this full-time position in the locations of San Francisco, New York, Seattle is: $216,000 — $270,000 USD PLEASE NOTE: Our policy requires a 90-day waiting period before reconsidering candidates for the same role. This allows us to ensure a fair and thorough evaluation of all applicants.

About Us: At Scale, our mission is to develop reliable AI systems for the world's most important decisions. Our products provide the high-quality data and full-stack technologies that power the world's leading models, and help enterprises and governments build, deploy, and oversee AI applications that deliver real impact. S. government agencies including the Army and Air Force.

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