Scale AI is seeking an AI Applications Ops Lead to manage the production lifecycle of AI applications aimed at improving public sector operations. The role emphasizes accountability for system reliability and compliance while requiring extensive technical expertise in AI infrastructure and system architecture
Job Summary
Scale’s Global Public Sector team is focused on using AI to address critical challenges facing the public sector around the world.
As a Production AI Ops Lead, you will design and develop the production lifecycle of full-stack AI applications, while supporting end-to-end system reliability, real-time inference observability, sovereign data orchestration, high-security software integration, and the resilient cloud infrastructure required for our international government partners.
Partner with our Engineering and ML teams to ensure the lessons learned in the field directly influence the technical architecture and decisions of future use cases.
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Scale AI is seeking an AI Applications Ops Lead to manage the production lifecycle of AI applications aimed at improving public sector operations. The role emphasizes accountability for system reliability and compliance while requiring extensive technical expertise in AI infrastructure and system architecture.
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
production lifecycle of AI applications
end-to-end system reliability
real-time inference observability
sovereign data orchestration
high-security software integration
resilient cloud infrastructure
Nice-to-have
ownership of production deployments
proactive problem-solving
understanding public sector risks
Key Requirements
6+ years in a high-impact technical role (SRE, FDE or MLOps)
Experience in the public sector
Familiarity with international government security standards
Proficiency in Kubernetes, vector databases, agentic development, and LLM observability tools