engineering
Posted 2 weeks agoSenior Engineering Manager, Defense
at scaleai
Doha, QatarOn-site
Responsibilities
- Manage and grow the engineering team in the region, driving technical delivery across defense and public sector engagements
- Design, build, and optimize backend services for advanced AI-driven applications, with a strong focus on AI agents, evaluation tooling, and automation
- Lead full stack engineering efforts end-to-end—from system design and architecture through to debugging, testing, and production deployment
- Architect and deploy AI agent frameworks and API integrations tailored to defense and government workflows
- Own the full product lifecycle from conceptualization through production, ensuring high-velocity delivery without sacrificing quality
- Deliver experiments and MVPs at a high velocity and level of quality to drive engagement with defense customers
- Influence the culture, values, and processes of a growing engineering team in the region
- Inspire and mentor engineers, fostering a technically excellent and mission-driven team environment
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new product features and experiences tailored to defense
- Track record of shipping high-quality products and features at scale in fast-paced, high-stakes environments
Requirements
- 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
- Upskilling and advisory services to spread the impact of AI
- At Scale, we're not just building AI solutions - we're enabling the public sector to transform their operations and better serve citizens through cutting-edge technology.
- If you're ready to shape the future of AI in the public sector and be a founding member of our team, we'd love to hear from you Role Overview
- This senior leader will drive delivery of custom AI applications for defense and national security clients, bridging deep domain knowledge in the defense space with cutting-edge AI and full stack engineering expertise. What You'll Do
- experience managing and leading engineering teams, with a proven track record of developing high-performing teams in complex, mission-driven environments
- Demonstrated domain knowledge in the defense sector—understanding of defense operations, national security priorities, and the regulatory and security
- Deep expertise in AI and machine learning, specifically with AI agents, LLM-powered applications, and agentic frameworks Hands-on
- experience with AI/ML APIs and third-party defense or government platform integrations
- Full stack engineering proficiency—comfortable across the entire stack including backend services, APIs, data pipelines, and frontend delivery
- Excellent problem-solving skills, and ability to work independently and as part of a cross-functional, international team •
- Experience working in or with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region is strongly preferred; Arabic language skills a plus
- At Scale, our mission is to develop reliable AI systems for the world's most important decisions.
- Our products provide the high-quality data and full-stack technologies that power the world's leading models, and help enterprises and governments build, deploy, and oversee AI applications that deliver real impact.
- We are expanding our team to accelerate the development of AI applications.
Experience
- 10+ years of relevant software engineering experience, with a strong emphasis on backend systems and full stack development 5+ years of
Benefits
- We comply with the United States Department of Labor's Pay Transparency provision .
Contact
- If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation in the application or recruiting process due to a disability, please contact us at accommodations@scale.com.
Additional details
- Generating high-quality training data for national LLMs
- As these applications move from prototype to production, we're investing heavily in the infrastructure and people that keep them reliable, secure, and trusted by our government partners.
- We are looking for a highly technical and strategic Senior Manager, Defense Engineering to lead our engineering efforts across the Middle East region, specifically supporting defense-related projects.
- Serve as the senior technical authority on defense-related projects, applying domain knowledge to ensure solutions meet mission-critical standards and security requirements
- Work comfortably cross-functionally across internal engineering teams and external defense and government clients
- experience designing, building, and integrating APIs in production environments (cloud and on-premises), including
- Proven success leading, managing, and developing high-performing Engineering teams at scale
- Expertise in identifying product engagement patterns and trends for large-scale applications, ideally in government or defense contexts
- Ability to turn complex defense business and mission
- requirements into pragmatic, scalable engineering solutions