# Principal Software Engineer, GPS

Principal Software Engineer, Global Public Sector 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 national LLMs Upskilling and advisory services to spread the impact of AI We are hiring a Principal Engineer to join a small team of our most senior engineers who take on the problems no one else can. You will work at the earliest stage of our engagements: shaping the technical approach with clients, defining the technology we build on, and turning ideas into working prototypes fast. You will step in when a project is stuck or a problem is unusually hard, and turn what you learn in the field into shared capabilities every team can build on. This is a very senior, hands-on role. Our engineering organisation is young, so mentoring is a core part of the job: you will raise the bar for how we design, build and deliver, and grow the next generation of technical leaders around you. The role is based in London. At Scale, we’re not just building AI solutions,

- **Id**: 3802883
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/scale-ai-principal-software-engineer-gps>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: London, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T11:32:33Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T18:23:06Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 3
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 8629
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Government, LLM & Generative AI, AI Training Data & Annotation, AI Evaluation & Observability

## Company

- **Id**: 27
- **Name**: Scale AI
- **Domain**: scale.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/scale-ai>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 84
- **Open postings**: 158
- **Ghost share**: 0.19
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 97
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Technologies

- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **Azure** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: no
- **GCP** — Optional: no
- **JavaScript** — Optional: no
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **RAG** — Optional: no
- **TypeScript** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: company_stale
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T12:15:20Z

## Visa

- Country: GB; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Licensed UK visa sponsor (Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker); Route: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 97
- **Reasons**: conf:3, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

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