Field Engineering Manager, Public Sector

spacedefense.ai

San Francisco, CA, USA
Base: $273,700—$341,550 usd (san francisco, new yo...
On-site
Generative ai systems expertise
Customer engagement and technical delivery
Cross-functional collaboration
Lead a team of 6-8 field engineers focused on federal AI projects, impacting millions in revenue and ensuring customer success

Job Summary

  • Lead a team of 6-8 field engineers focused on federal AI projects, impacting millions in revenue and ensuring customer success.
  • Split time equally between technical planning/execution and people management/team development, collaborating with product, engineering, and delivery teams.
  • Work directly with customers to understand complex problems, translate them into custom workflows, and deliver end-to-end technical solutions within Scale's platform.

Matching Summary

Lead a team of 6-8 field engineers focused on federal AI projects, impacting millions in revenue and ensuring customer success.

Salary

Base: $273,700—$341,550 USD (San Francisco, New York, Seattle); Base: $238,050—$297,850 USD (San Francisco, New York, Seattle); Base: $213,900—$267,950 USD (Washington DC, Texas, Colorado, Hawaii); Equity: Subject to Board of Director approval; Benefits: Comprehensive health, dental, vision, retirement, learning stipend, PTO, commuter stipend

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Generative AI systems expertise
  • Customer engagement and technical delivery
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Backend solutions vision
  • End-to-end data integration
  • Federal compliance and security needs

Nice-to-have

  • Strong relationship builders
  • Great project managers
  • Software engineering generalists
  • Thrives in technical environments
  • Meaningful problems impacting real world operations

Key Requirements

  • 5+ years full-time engineering experience
  • 2+ years engineering management experience
  • Active TS/SCI security clearance or ability to obtain
  • Experience developing with Python and JavaScript
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
  • Understanding of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Linux experience and shell scripting
  • Data Engineering and ETL processes knowledge

Work Rights

Must have active TS/SCI security clearance or ability to obtain

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