Staff Software Engineer, Data Platform
Scale AI
New York City, NY · Posted October 31, 2026
Just laid off? Start here: a plan for the first weeks
See every open role at Scale AI
More in New York job market · All Staff Software Engineer jobs (882) · Technology & Software · Data & Analytics jobs
More roles at Scale AI
- Engagement Manager, Public Sector (CO Springs) · Colorado Springs, CO
- Engagement Manager, Public Sector (Midwest) · Omaha, NE
- Senior Frontier Agents Engineer (Applied AI) · San Francisco, CA
- Staff Software Engineer, Data Platform · San Francisco, CA
- Web Designer, Brand Web Experience · New York, NY
- Staff/Senior Machine Learning Research Engineer, Intelligent Systems · San Francisco, CA
Similar jobs
- Software Engineer, Credit · Ramp · New York, NY
- Software Engineer, Developer API · Ramp · New York, NY
- Senior Software Engineer - Archer · Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company · Buffalo, NY
- Lead Software Engineer - Mainframe · Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company · Buffalo, NY
- Java/Python Sr Software Engineer · Ameriprise Certificate · New York, NY
- Embedded Software Engineer, SR · Curtiss Wright · NY
Where New York City, NY ranks
Where New York City, NY placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #1Best cities for operations jobs1,429 openings · of 100
- #1Best cities for sales jobs2,774 openings · of 78
- #1Best cities for finance jobs1,932 openings · of 78
- #1Best cities for data and analytics jobs1,713 openings · of 58
- #1Best cities for HR jobs994 openings · of 30
- #1Best cities for marketing jobs1,754 openings · of 31
Rankings about data & analytics jobs
- Best cities for data and analytics jobs #1 New York (1,713 openings)
- Best cities for data and analytics pay after cost of living #1 Foster ($232k)
- Most requested AI skills in data and analytics jobs #1 Machine learning engineering (17.1%)
- AI tools named most often in data and analytics jobs #1 Databricks (7.6%)
- Employers with the most data and analytics jobs #1 Amazon (711 roles)
Data & Analytics jobs · Top Data & Analytics employers · All rankings
Pay compared with the market
This listing does not state pay. Across 425 open staff software engineer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $222,500 to $271,000 and the median is $242,500.
Listed pay is what employers advertise, not what people are paid.
Staff Software Engineer salaries by state · Check your own pay
How AI is used in this kind of work
Among software developers, AI is already used for some of the tasks. Measured exposure for software developers: 29% (some).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
About the job
Software is eating the world, but AI is eating software. We live in unprecedented times - AI has the potential to exponentially augment human intelligence. Every person will have a personal tutor, coa