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Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer, (Forward Deployed), GPS
Forward-deployed senior full-stack engineer on Scale's Global Public Sector team in Doha, building production AI applications directly with government clients — from interactive UIs to backend APIs and cloud infrastructure. Core stack: React, TypeScript, Next.js, Python, Node.js, PostgreSQL/MongoDB, Docker, Kubernetes, and major clouds.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Doha, Qatar
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Fullstack
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related quantitative field
- 5+ years of post-graduation, full-stack engineering experience
- Proficiency in React, TypeScript, Next.js, Python, Node.js, PostgreSQL or MongoDB
- Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and Azure/AWS/GCP
- Proven ability to architect scalable, production-grade applications with strong handle on cloud environments and infrastructure health
- Experience working directly within customer infrastructure to deploy, maintain, and troubleshoot complex end-to-end solutions
- Self-starting approach with technical maturity to navigate ambiguous requirements and deliver reliable software
- Driven async communication methodologies to reduce communication frictions
- Experience building solutions with LLMs and deep understanding of the Gen AI landscape
Nice to have
- Proficient in Arabic
- Past experience in a forward deployed engineer / dedicated customer engineer role
- Experience working cross-functionally with operations
Full description
Job Description
Scale’s rapidly growing Global Public Sector team is focused on using AI to address critical challenges facing the public sector around the world. Our core work consists of:
- Creating custom AI applications that will impact millions of citizens
- Generating high-quality training data for custom LLMs
- Upskilling and advisory services to spread the impact of AI
As a Full Stack Software Engineer (Forward Deployed), you’ll collaborate directly with public sector counterparts to quickly build full-stack, AI applications, to solve their most pressing challenges and achieve meaningful impact for citizens.
You Will
- Partner with public sector clients to scope, collect feedback and implement solutions for complex problems, including spending up to two weeks per month in client offices for feedback and delivery.
- Architect production-grade applications that integrate AI models with full-stack frameworks, managing everything from interactive UIs to backend APIs and systems.
- Deploy and manage infrastructure within cloud environments, ensuring the highest levels of system integrity, security, scalability, and long-term reliability.
- Contribute to core platform features designed to be reused across diverse international client use cases.
- Partner with design, product, and data teams to build robust applications aligned with the broader technical architecture.
Ideally you’d have
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related quantitative field
- 5+ years of post-graduation, full-stack engineering experience with demonstrated proficiency in React (required), TypeScript, Next.js, Python, Node.js, PostgreSQL or MongoDB plus hands‑on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and Azure/AWS/GCP.
- Proven ability to architect scalable, production‑grade applications with a strong handle on cloud environments and infrastructure health.
- Experience working directly within customer infrastructure to deploy, maintain, and troubleshoot complex, end‑to‑end solutions.
- A self‑starting approach with the technical maturity to navigate ambiguous requirements and deliver reliable software.
- Driven async communication methodologies to reduce communication frictions
- Experience building solutions with LLMs and a deep understanding of the overall Gen AI landscape
Nice to haves
- Proficient in Arabic
- Past experience working in a forward deployed engineer / dedicated customer engineer role