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Scale AI
About Scale AI
Labeled data and model evaluations, sold to the labs that build frontier models, are Scale AI's original business; it also delivers AI systems to the US government, its allies and large companies. Its security openings are mostly engineering: security engineers for infrastructure and for product security, and a DevOps engineer covering infrastructure and security, with a London public sector lead for defence and security on the sales side. Washington, DC, New York, San Francisco and Seattle carry most of the listings.
Typical pay, live
, CyberJobs.cc shows 4 security openings at Scale AI, and their stated salaries usually fall between $261k and $340k a year (midpoint $267k).
Scale AI security openings
Read 11 Nov 2026, 15:57 UTCDevOps Engineer, Infrastructure & Security (opens the job details)
Security Engineering · Washington, DC, United States· 7mo agoDetails
$198,400–$311,000/yrSecurity Engineer, Infrastructure (opens the job details)
Security Engineering · New York, NY; San Francisco +3 more· 10mo agoDetails
$237,600–$297,000/yrSecurity Engineer, Product Security (opens the job details)
AppSec · New York, NY; San Francisco +3 more· 10mo agoDetails
$277,600–$347,000/yr
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Working at Scale AI
Founded in 2016 by Alexandr Wang and based in San Francisco, Scale AI is privately held; Meta bought a 49 percent stake in 2025. Its security postings state $261k–$340k/yr typically (median $267k/yr).
Hiring now, with salaries read from its own postings4 open roles at Scale AI, confirmed on its careers system 11 Nov 2026.
Office jobs in four US cities at a company in which Meta holds 49 percent.
Its security roles are listed in Washington, DC, New York, San Francisco and Seattle, with one in London.
Salaries at Scale AI
From its open postings · 11 Nov 2026Midpoint $267k/yr, across 3 postings with a salary range. Stated salaries range from $198k/yr to $347k/yr.
Computed from 3 different pay ranges employers posted, by this employer, each counted as a year's pay (an hourly rate times 2,080 hours). 1 of the 4 open roles in this set give no salary.
| Kind of work | Open roles | Typical pay | Highest rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Security Engineering | 3 | $198k–$311k/hr2 rates | $311k/yr |
| AppSec | 1 | $278k–$347k/hr1 rate | $347k/yr |
Scale AI's best-paid open roles
Sort all 4 by salarySecurity Engineer, Product Security (opens the job details)
AppSec · New York, NY; San Francisco +3 more· 10mo agoDetails
$277,600–$347,000/yrDevOps Engineer, Infrastructure & Security (opens the job details)
Security Engineering · Washington, DC, United States· 7mo agoDetails
$198,400–$311,000/yrSecurity Engineer, Infrastructure (opens the job details)
Security Engineering · New York, NY; San Francisco +3 more· 10mo agoDetails
$237,600–$297,000/yr
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Scale AI: common questions
What salary does Scale AI offer security staff?
Scale AI's security postings usually state $261k–$340k/yr, centred on $267k/yr, going by the 3 open roles with a salary range. The lowest stated salary is $198k/yr and the highest $347k/yr.
What sort of company is Scale AI?
Founded in 2016 by Alexandr Wang and based in San Francisco, Scale AI is privately held; Meta bought a 49 percent stake in 2025.
What is it like to work in security at Scale AI?
Its security postings state $261k–$340k/yr typically (median $267k/yr). As a cloud and data company, its security work runs at infrastructure scale, with heavy cloud and identity focus.
What kind of employment are Scale AI's security roles?
Office jobs in four US cities at a company in which Meta holds 49 percent.
Where are Scale AI's security jobs based?
Its security roles are listed in Washington, DC, New York, San Francisco and Seattle, with one in London.
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