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Strategic Projects Lead - Coding

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AI-Agency
B72 U65
📍 Mexico City, MX Manager 3+ yrs
SQLPython
TL;DR

Strategic Projects Lead at Scale AI managing high-impact customer pipelines and data quality initiatives for generative AI. Requires technical background (ML/CS/SWE degree), 3+ years leading teams or SWE experience, and SQL/Python proficiency.

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Job description

Scale’s Generative AI business unit is currently seeing historic levels of growth. As a Strategic Projects Lead (SPL), you will lead initiatives that will drive $XXM+ in new revenue for the business. This is a demanding role, and as an SPL, you should be prepared to wear many hats across all dimensions of Operations. The ideal SPL should have a strong entrepreneurial mindset, be comfortable getting into the weeds, and be excited about intense, impactful work that leads to accelerated career progression.

You will:

  • Serve as the full owner of our most visible and high impact customer pipelines, making decisions that directly impact data quality, operational efficiency, revenue, and margins
    • Understand customer requirements and design data taxonomy best suited to improving model performance based on customer needs
    • Build out pipeline infrastructure to ensure quality and efficiency
    • Train, coach, and manage dynamic and global teams
    • Build analytics to make data-driven decisions
  • Partner with diverse stakeholders (Engineering + Product + Ops + Go-to-Market) to work on problems that will drive advancements for the largest LLMs in the world
  • Give regular progress updates to Scale’s executive team
You Will Have:
  • A strong technical background is required for this position. For example, a degree in Machine Learning Engineering, Computer Science, or Software Engineering. The role requires the ability to do data analytics using SQL, Python, and a high proficiency in understanding Software Engineering processes
  • 3+ years of experience leading a team/projects, managing operational processes, or 3+ years of experience as a SWE
  • Strong problem-solving capabilities in technical environments - ability to come up with creative solutions to complex, ambiguous, operational, and technical problems
  • Entrepreneurial experience and mindset - you are excited about building things from scratch and can identify issues and execute quickly

 

PLEASE NOTE: Our policy requires a 90-day waiting period before reconsidering candidates for the same role. This allows us to ensure a fair and thorough evaluation of all applicants.

About Us:

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 work closely with industry leaders like Meta, Cisco, DLA Piper, Mayo Clinic, Time Inc., the Government of Qatar, and U.S. government agencies including the Army and Air Force. We are expanding our team to accelerate the development of AI applications.

We believe that everyone should be able to bring their whole selves to work, which is why we are proud to be an inclusive and equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability status, gender identity or Veteran status. 

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and mental disabilities. 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. Please see the United States Department of Labor's Know Your Rights poster for additional information.

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