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Strategic Projects Lead, Public Sector - Cyber
Scale AIAI Infrastructure company
Washington, United States$139,200 - $174,000 USDLead
Accel
Y Combinator
Founders Fund
Index Ventures
Coatue
Meta
Operations & Strategy
About the role
TL;DR
Lead high-impact cyber projects for public sector generative AI initiatives.
- •Scale AI is seeking a Cyber focused Strategic Projects Lead to lead high-impact cyber projects that drive experimentation in the Generative AI, Public Sector space.
- •This role offers a rare opportunity to make a meaningful impact at the intersection of cyber, AI and national security.
- •Key Responsibilities Develop, build, and maintain the operations infrastructure required to ensure data labeling pipelines are efficient, scalable, and produce high-quality outputs.
- •Partner closely with customers to understand their requirements and design dataset taxonomies that evaluate agents and models or improve model performance.
- •Take ownership of day-to-day progress on high-priority data production pipelines, ensuring projects move forward efficiently.
- •Own the financial health of programs by managing project-level COGS through workforce planning, tooling decisions, and process optimization.
- •Utilize analytics and data visualization tools to track progress, identify bottlenecks, and make data-driven decisions to optimize pipeline performance.
- •Requirements An active Top Secret security clearance.
- •Demonstrated experience in cybersecurity domains such as penetration testing, red/blue teaming, vulnerability assessment, network security, or cyber operations. 2-3 years of experience in product development, data science, or operations.
- •A history of successful project management and comfort in ambiguity.
- •Technical aptitude to understand how to produce data for state of the art post-training techniques such as supervised fine tuning (SFT), reinforcement learning through human feedback (RLHF), Reinforcement Learning with Verifiable Rewards (RLVR) etc.
Required skills
PythonSQLBashPenetration TestingProject ManagementOpenAI APIAnthropic APIGemini APILangChainHugging Face
Nice-to-have skills
GitLinuxJiraConfluencePostmanREST API
Domain expertise
cybersecuritydefensegovernmentai
Benefits & perks
Equity, Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, Retirement Benefits, Learning and Development Stipend, Generous PTO, Commuter Stipend
Tech stack
PythonJavaScriptSQLBashGitLinuxJiraConfluencePostmanREST APIOpenAI APIAnthropic APIGemini APILangChainHugging Face