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Scale AI salaries

Scale AI, Inc. is an American artificial intelligence infrastructure and software company based in San Francisco, California.

53 posted ranges · median $243k · H-1B median $246k (51 filings)

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By title

Median of posted rangesMiddle halfH-1B median

Software Engineer$243kGeneral software engineering: backend, frontend, infrastructure and systems roles without a more specific title.H-1B $239kResearch Scientist$243kDesigns and runs experiments to push what models can do; usually a PhD role.H-1B $285kAgent Engineer$271kBuilds LLM agents that plan and call tools, and the harnesses that keep them reliable.H-1B $225kEngineering Manager$260kManages a team of engineers: hiring, delivery and careers.H-1B $288kForward Deployed Engineer$241kAn engineer who ships software inside a customer's environment, part builder and part consultant; Palantir coined it, AI labs made it common.H-1B $203kResearch Engineer$300kWrites the code that makes research run: training runs, experiments, infrastructure.H-1B $245kMachine Learning Engineer$265kTrains, ships and maintains machine learning models in production.H-1B $237kSolutions Engineer$239kThe technical half of a sale: demos, proofs of concept and integration help.H-1B $205kSecurity Engineer$267kFinds and fixes weaknesses in systems, code and cloud accounts.DevOps Engineer$255kAutomates builds, deploys and infrastructure; the title that took over from sysadmin.Data Analyst$207kAnswers business questions with SQL, dashboards and spreadsheets.Data Engineer$203kBuilds the pipelines, warehouses and platforms that move and store data.H-1B $248k
TitlePosted
Software EngineerGeneral software engineering: backend, frontend, infrastructure and systems roles without a more specific title.$243k$216k to $270k
Research ScientistDesigns and runs experiments to push what models can do; usually a PhD role.$243k$216k to $270k
Agent EngineerBuilds LLM agents that plan and call tools, and the harnesses that keep them reliable.$271k$241k to $301k
Engineering ManagerManages a team of engineers: hiring, delivery and careers.$260k$222k to $298k
Forward Deployed EngineerAn engineer who ships software inside a customer's environment, part builder and part consultant; Palantir coined it, AI labs made it common.$241k$200k to $281k
Research EngineerWrites the code that makes research run: training runs, experiments, infrastructure.$300k$250k to $350k
Machine Learning EngineerTrains, ships and maintains machine learning models in production.$265k$235k to $294k
Solutions EngineerThe technical half of a sale: demos, proofs of concept and integration help.$239k$212k to $265k
Security EngineerFinds and fixes weaknesses in systems, code and cloud accounts.$238k to $297k2 postings
DevOps EngineerAutomates builds, deploys and infrastructure; the title that took over from sysadmin.$198k to $311kone posting
Data AnalystAnswers business questions with SQL, dashboards and spreadsheets.$184k to $230kone posting
Data EngineerBuilds the pipelines, warehouses and platforms that move and store data.$180k to $225kone posting

Posted ranges

Manager$227k to $325k

Frontier Agent Engineering Manager, Enterprise

Engineering Manager · New York City

seen Oct 28Posting ↗
Staff$265k to $331k

Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Applied AI)

Agent Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Oct 14Posting ↗
Senior$166k to $249k

Systems Engineering Integration & Test Lead, Public Sector

Software Engineer · Washington DC area

seen Oct 14Posting ↗
Senior$216k to $270k

Senior Software Engineer, Orchestration Platform

Software Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Oct 7Posting ↗
Staff$302k to $378k

Senior / Staff Machine Learning Research Scientist, Agents

Research Scientist · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Manager$290k to $363k

Senior Manager, Research Scientist

Research Scientist · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$290k to $363k

Senior/Staff Machine Learning Research Engineer, General Agents, Enterprise GenAI

Research Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$252k to $362k

Staff Software Engineer, Public Sector

Software Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$288k to $360k

Senior Staff Frontier Agents Engineer

Agent Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$250k to $350k

Staff/Senior Machine Learning Research Engineer, Intelligent Systems

Research Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$274k to $343k

Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Public Sector

Machine Learning Engineer · Washington DC area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Manager$227k to $325k

Frontier Agent Engineering Manager, Enterprise

Engineering Manager · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$252k to $315k

Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)

Forward Deployed Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$252k to $315k

Staff Software Engineer, Data Platform

Software Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$252k to $315k

Staff Software Engineer, Enterprise GenAI

Software Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$252k to $315k

Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack - Gen AI

Software Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$252k to $315k

Staff Software Engineer, RL Environments

Software Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$198k to $311k

DevOps Engineer, Infrastructure & Security

DevOps Engineer · Washington DC area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Senior$246k to $307k

Team Lead, ARC Software Engineering Team

Software Engineer · Washington DC area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$238k to $297k

Security Engineer, Infrastructure

Security Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$238k to $297k

Security Engineer, Product Security

Security Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$235k to $294k

Machine Learning Engineer, Public Sector

Machine Learning Engineer · Washington DC area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Senior$235k to $294k

Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Public Sector

Machine Learning Engineer · Washington DC area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$184k to $293k

Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Public Sector

Forward Deployed Engineer · Washington DC area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Senior$223k to $279k

Senior Mission Software Engineer, Public Sector

Software Engineer · Washington DC area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Senior$216k to $270k

Senior Infrastructure Software Engineer, Enterprise AI

Software Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Manager$216k to $270k

Engineering Manager, Customer Platform (GenAI)

Engineering Manager · New York City

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$216k to $270k

Research Scientist, Agent Robustness

Research Scientist · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$216k to $270k

Research Scientist, AI Controls and Monitoring

Research Scientist · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$216k to $270k

Research Scientist, Frontier Risk Evaluations

Research Scientist · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$216k to $270k

Research Scientist, Safety Post Training

Research Scientist · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Senior$216k to $270k

Senior Frontier Agents Engineer (Applied AI)

Agent Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Senior$216k to $270k

Senior Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)

Forward Deployed Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Senior$216k to $270k

Senior Software Engineer, Platform

Software Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Manager$214k to $267k

Engineering Manager, Frontier AI Infrastructure - Public Sector

Engineering Manager · Washington DC area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$212k to $265k

Solutions Architect, Enterprise

Solutions Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Staff$212k to $265k

Staff Solutions Architect, Enterprise

Solutions Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$184k to $259k

Software Engineer, ARC Team

Software Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$184k to $259k

Software Engineer, Frontier AI Infrastructure

Software Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$190k to $237k

ML Research Engineer, ML Systems

Research Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$186k to $233k

Solutions Engineer (Clearance Required)

Solutions Engineer · Washington DC area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Senior$184k to $230k

Senior Data Analyst, Public Sector

Data Analyst · Washington DC area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$180k to $225k

Frontier Agents Engineer (Applied AI)

Agent Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$180k to $225k

Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)

Forward Deployed Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Senior$180k to $225k

Senior Data Engineer, Public Sector

Data Engineer · Washington DC area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$180k to $225k

Software Engineer, Platform

Software Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$179k to $224k

Infrastructure Software Engineer, Enterprise GenAI

Software Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$179k to $224k

Software Engineer, Enterprise AI

Software Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$166k to $207k

Machine Learning Research Scientist, Evaluations

Research Scientist · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$166k to $207k

Machine Learning Research Scientist, Post-Training

Research Scientist · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$149k to $186k

IT Systems Engineer

Software Engineer · Washington DC area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Entry$124k to $162k

Software Engineer - New Grad

Software Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Entry$124k to $162k

Software Engineer, Public Sector - New Grad

Software Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
PostingRange
Frontier Agent Engineering Manager, Enterprise (the posting, opens in a new tab)Engineering ManagerManagerNew York City$227kto $325k
Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Applied AI) (the posting, opens in a new tab)Agent EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$265kto $331k
Systems Engineering Integration & Test Lead, Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerSeniorWashington DC area$166kto $249k
Senior Software Engineer, Orchestration Platform (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$216kto $270k
Senior / Staff Machine Learning Research Scientist, Agents (the posting, opens in a new tab)Research ScientistStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$302kto $378k
Senior Manager, Research Scientist (the posting, opens in a new tab)Research ScientistManagerSan Francisco Bay Area$290kto $363k
Senior/Staff Machine Learning Research Engineer, General Agents, Enterprise GenAI (the posting, opens in a new tab)Research EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$290kto $363k
Staff Software Engineer, Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$252kto $362k
Senior Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)Agent EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$288kto $360k
Staff/Senior Machine Learning Research Engineer, Intelligent Systems (the posting, opens in a new tab)Research EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$250kto $350k
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerStaffWashington DC area$274kto $343k
Frontier Agent Engineering Manager, Enterprise (the posting, opens in a new tab)Engineering ManagerManagerSan Francisco Bay Area$227kto $325k
Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering) (the posting, opens in a new tab)Forward Deployed EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$252kto $315k
Staff Software Engineer, Data Platform (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$252kto $315k
Staff Software Engineer, Enterprise GenAI (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$252kto $315k
Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack - Gen AI (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$252kto $315k
Staff Software Engineer, RL Environments (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$252kto $315k
DevOps Engineer, Infrastructure & Security (the posting, opens in a new tab)DevOps EngineerNot statedWashington DC area$198kto $311k
Team Lead, ARC Software Engineering Team (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerSeniorWashington DC area$246kto $307k
Security Engineer, Infrastructure (the posting, opens in a new tab)Security EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$238kto $297k
Security Engineer, Product Security (the posting, opens in a new tab)Security EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$238kto $297k
Machine Learning Engineer, Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerNot statedWashington DC area$235kto $294k
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerSeniorWashington DC area$235kto $294k
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)Forward Deployed EngineerNot statedWashington DC area$184kto $293k
Senior Mission Software Engineer, Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerSeniorWashington DC area$223kto $279k
Senior Infrastructure Software Engineer, Enterprise AI (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$216kto $270k
Engineering Manager, Customer Platform (GenAI) (the posting, opens in a new tab)Engineering ManagerManagerNew York City$216kto $270k
Research Scientist, Agent Robustness (the posting, opens in a new tab)Research ScientistNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$216kto $270k
Research Scientist, AI Controls and Monitoring (the posting, opens in a new tab)Research ScientistNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$216kto $270k
Research Scientist, Frontier Risk Evaluations (the posting, opens in a new tab)Research ScientistNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$216kto $270k
Research Scientist, Safety Post Training (the posting, opens in a new tab)Research ScientistNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$216kto $270k
Senior Frontier Agents Engineer (Applied AI) (the posting, opens in a new tab)Agent EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$216kto $270k
Senior Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering) (the posting, opens in a new tab)Forward Deployed EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$216kto $270k
Senior Software Engineer, Platform (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$216kto $270k
Engineering Manager, Frontier AI Infrastructure - Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)Engineering ManagerManagerWashington DC area$214kto $267k
Solutions Architect, Enterprise (the posting, opens in a new tab)Solutions EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$212kto $265k
Staff Solutions Architect, Enterprise (the posting, opens in a new tab)Solutions EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$212kto $265k
Software Engineer, ARC Team (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$184kto $259k
Software Engineer, Frontier AI Infrastructure (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$184kto $259k
ML Research Engineer, ML Systems (the posting, opens in a new tab)Research EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$190kto $237k
Solutions Engineer (Clearance Required) (the posting, opens in a new tab)Solutions EngineerNot statedWashington DC area$186kto $233k
Senior Data Analyst, Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)Data AnalystSeniorWashington DC area$184kto $230k
Frontier Agents Engineer (Applied AI) (the posting, opens in a new tab)Agent EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$180kto $225k
Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering) (the posting, opens in a new tab)Forward Deployed EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$180kto $225k
Senior Data Engineer, Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)Data EngineerSeniorWashington DC area$180kto $225k
Software Engineer, Platform (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$180kto $225k
Infrastructure Software Engineer, Enterprise GenAI (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$179kto $224k
Software Engineer, Enterprise AI (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$179kto $224k
Machine Learning Research Scientist, Evaluations (the posting, opens in a new tab)Research ScientistNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$166kto $207k
Machine Learning Research Scientist, Post-Training (the posting, opens in a new tab)Research ScientistNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$166kto $207k
IT Systems Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerNot statedWashington DC area$149kto $186k
Software Engineer - New Grad (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerEntrySan Francisco Bay Area$124kto $162k
Software Engineer, Public Sector - New Grad (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerEntrySan Francisco Bay Area$124kto $162k
About

Scale AI, Inc. is an American artificial intelligence infrastructure and software company based in San Francisco, California. Source

Job board: Greenhouse (job-boards.greenhouse.io/scaleai). Robots check on 2026-11-04: robots.txt allows careers and jobs paths (31 other paths disallowed).

By level

LevelPostedH-1B
Entry2 posted$124k to $162k2 postingsNone
Senior11 posted$243k$216k to $270kFew2 filings
Staff13 posted$298k$252k to $331k$320k3 filings
Manager5 posted$276k$227k to $325k$288k4 filings
Not stated22 posted$222k$185k to $259k$243k41 filings

H-1B wages by title

Software Engineer$239kGeneral software engineering: backend, frontend, infrastructure and systems roles without a more specific title.Research Scientist$285kDesigns and runs experiments to push what models can do; usually a PhD role.Research Engineer$245kWrites the code that makes research run: training runs, experiments, infrastructure.Engineering Manager$288kManages a team of engineers: hiring, delivery and careers.Applied AI Engineer$243kTurns frontier models into working products for specific customers or use cases.Machine Learning Engineer$237kTrains, ships and maintains machine learning models in production.Forward Deployed Engineer$203kAn engineer who ships software inside a customer's environment, part builder and part consultant; Palantir coined it, AI labs made it common.Data Engineer$248kBuilds the pipelines, warehouses and platforms that move and store data.Data Scientist$290kUses statistics and models to answer questions with data; the "sexiest job" of 2012.Solutions Engineer$205kThe technical half of a sale: demos, proofs of concept and integration help.Head of Data$325kLeads a company's data team: analytics, data science and data engineering.Agent Engineer$225kBuilds LLM agents that plan and call tools, and the harnesses that keep them reliable.
TitleH-1B
Software EngineerGeneral software engineering: backend, frontend, infrastructure and systems roles without a more specific title.$239k22 filings
Research ScientistDesigns and runs experiments to push what models can do; usually a PhD role.$285k8 filings
Research EngineerWrites the code that makes research run: training runs, experiments, infrastructure.$245k5 filings
Engineering ManagerManages a team of engineers: hiring, delivery and careers.$288k4 filings
Applied AI EngineerTurns frontier models into working products for specific customers or use cases.$243k3 filings
Machine Learning EngineerTrains, ships and maintains machine learning models in production.$237k3 filings
Forward Deployed EngineerAn engineer who ships software inside a customer's environment, part builder and part consultant; Palantir coined it, AI labs made it common.Few1 filing
Data EngineerBuilds the pipelines, warehouses and platforms that move and store data.Few1 filing
Data ScientistUses statistics and models to answer questions with data; the "sexiest job" of 2012.Few1 filing
Solutions EngineerThe technical half of a sale: demos, proofs of concept and integration help.Few1 filing
Head of DataLeads a company's data team: analytics, data science and data engineering.Few1 filing
Agent EngineerBuilds LLM agents that plan and call tools, and the harnesses that keep them reliable.Few1 filing

H-1B median by quarter

Fiscal quarterFilingsMedian
FY2025 Q14$243k
FY2025 Q24$212k
FY2025 Q316$230k
FY2025 Q45$241k
FY2026 Q15$283k
FY2026 Q23$290k
FY2026 Q338$245k

Posted median by week

Week ofRangesMedian
Sep 2161$243k
Oct 557$243k
Oct 1259$243k
Oct 1954$243k
Oct 2655$243k
Nov 253$243k

Recent changes

ReopenedNov 4 · 6d ago

Put Staff Software Engineer, Data Platform back on its board at $252k to $315k. Posting ↗

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