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Question 1 of 3Hiring now
213
open professional roles
229
opened in the last 90 days
347 in the last 12 months
0%
of roles are remote
18
states hiring
California, New York, District of Columbia, Missouri, Texas, Washington
What it hires for: Engineering (143), Operations (25), Marketing (23), Product (23), Design (17). By level: senior ic (155), manager (45), early career (42), mid level (40), vp (16).
Where: San Francisco, CA; New York, NY (58), San Francisco, CA (49), New York, NY (28), Washington, DC (18), New York, NY; San Francisco, CA (15), New York Metropolitan Area, USA (13), San Francisco, CA, USA (12), Doha, Qatar (8).
Main hubs: San Francisco, CA (49), New York, NY (28), Washington, DC (18). Open a city for its job market, layoffs and training.
Scale AI outlook: Steady
From public records and our own hiring data, as of the last check. It looks at layoff notices, capital raised and how fast roles are opening. It does not judge the company by its industry or its city.
- 213 open professional roles, 229 opened in the last 90 days
- 1 layoff notice filed 12 to 24 months ago
Context
- Its industry, Technology & Software, is cooling nationally. Learn the skills it asks for.
- Its main hub, San Francisco, CA, sits in a county that is steady.
Where Scale AI ranks
Where Scale AI placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #13Employers growing their hiring fastest+63% · of 30
Rankings about engineering jobs
- Best cities for software and engineering jobs #1 San Francisco (3,412 openings)
- Best cities for engineering pay after cost of living #1 San Mateo ($216k)
- Most requested AI skills in engineering jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (6.1%)
- AI tools named most often in engineering jobs #1 Claude (1.7%)
- Employers with the most engineering jobs #1 Amazon (2,992 roles)
Scale AI in the industry job lists
Where Scale AI places in our weekly lists of the employers hiring in each industry, kept month by month.
November 2026
- #7Highest-paying defense and aerospace employers$211k · of 25
- #7Employers with the most open AI jobs106 open · of 25
- #8Entry-level AI jobs and who is hiring18 entry-level · of 25
Scale AI hiring at a glance
- We have tracked Scale AI's career site since Jul 2026; it has opened 348 professional roles in that time.
- 24 of Scale AI's 157 open roles (15%) are entry-level or early-career; 2 of them say people without experience are welcome.
- 85 open roles (54%) ask for a specific AI skill; tools named include OpenAI API/GPT, ChatGPT, LangChain/LangGraph, LlamaIndex.
- Of the 9 open roles that state where the work happens, 8 remote, 1 hybrid.
- Among open roles, 24 require a security clearance.
- 50% of its roles post a salary range, against a median of 35% for Technology & Software employers.
- 17 roles were posted in the last 7 days; the median open role was posted 80 days ago.
- By open professional roles, Scale AI ranks #99 of 1,821 Technology & Software employers we track.
Hiring trend, last 12 months
348 professional roles opened since we began tracking Scale AI in Jul.
What Scale AI asks for
Skills named most often in open roles
- python 36
- aws 27
- kubernetes 25
- machine learning 23
- azure 22
- gcp 21
- sql 21
- docker 17
- terraform 16
- onboarding 14
AI tools named: OpenAI API/GPT (6), ChatGPT (5), LangChain/LangGraph (4), LlamaIndex (4), Claude (3), Hugging Face (3).
Entry-level roles, in the employer’s words
Phrases from open postings that say people without experience are welcome or that training is provided.
- “Software Engineer, Public Sector - New Grad”Software Engineer, Public Sector - New Grad
- “Software Engineer - New Grad”Software Engineer - New Grad
How Scale AI compares with Technology & Software employers
| Measure | Scale AI | Median employer |
|---|---|---|
| Open professional roles | 157 | 19 |
| Roles that post a salary range | 50% | 35% |
| Roles that are remote | 0% | 3% |
Median across 1,781 Technology & Software employers with 3 or more open roles. Updated daily.
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What Scale AI pays
Across 173 postings with a posted range, pay is above the market range for the same roles. 50% of its roles post a salary range.
| Level | Function | Typical posted range | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Operations | $138,400–$234,000 | 3 |
| Manager | Product | $222,800–$300,000 | 2 |
| IC | Engineering | $212,000–$297,000 | 13 |
| IC | Various | $165,600–$207,000 | 2 |
| IC | Design | $140,400–$175,500 | 2 |
| IC | Sales | $203,600–$249,500 | 2 |
Only salary ranges the employer posted. No estimates.
Conferences where Scale AI appears
Listed as an exhibitor, sponsor or speaker on the event’s own pages.
Common questions
- Is Scale AI hiring?
- Scale AI has 213 open professional roles on its career site as of the last check. 229 opened in the last 90 days and 347 in the last 12 months. The most common function is engineering.
- How well does Scale AI pay?
- Across 173 postings with a posted salary range, Scale AI's pay is above the market range for the same roles. We compare each posted range with the market range for the same title, function and area.
- Does Scale AI hire entry-level candidates?
- Yes. 24 of Scale AI's 157 open roles (15%) are entry-level or early-career; 2 of them say people without experience are welcome. Entry-level means roughly 0 to 3 years of experience, read from the title, the employer and the full posting.
- Does Scale AI offer remote or hybrid jobs?
- Of the 9 open roles that state where the work happens, 8 remote, 1 hybrid.
- What skills does Scale AI ask for?
- Across its open roles the skills named most often are python (36), aws (27), kubernetes (25), machine learning (23), azure (22), gcp (21).
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