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Scale AI

Hiring steadily

Software Development San Francisco, California Watching 4,000 employees Updated as of Jul 18

The read

Scale AI is building out engineering capacity while trimming AI consultant and applied-AI roles. Among recent moves, the company lost a Senior Applied AI Engineer to Pinterest and an entry-level Software Engineer to Anthropic, but brought on senior talent including an AI Researcher, a Forward Deployed Engineer, and Staff Mission Software Engineering. New hires span Amazon, IBM, and LILT AI. The 48-person engineering function dominates the org mix, with operations (36) running a distant second—consistent with a platform scaling its core infrastructure.

+0.1% of staff
Net headcount · 90d: +7; mostly Engineering
New hires · 90d: 11; vs 11 hires
Departures · 90d: 4; quiet
Leadership moves · 90d: 0

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Hiring pace

New hires per month, last 12 months. 94 total hires.

0 joined
Sep 2025

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Oct 2025

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Nov 2025

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Dec 2025

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Jan 2026

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Feb 2026

7 joined
Mar 2026

9 joined
Apr 2026

67 joined
May 2026

11 joined
Jun 2026

0 joined
Jul 2026

0 joined
Aug 2026

12 months agoLast month

Notable moves

Hires, exits and promotions over the last 90 days — by role and function.

5 people joined Engineering Aggregate
2 people left Aggregate
2 people left Aggregate
2 people joined Aggregate
1 person joined Aggregate
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Where they're growing

Net change by function, last 90 days.

Engineering +3

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Talent flow

Which companies Scale AI hires from — and loses people to — over the last 90 days.

Recruiting from

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Amazon+1

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IBM+1

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JLL+1

LLILT AI+1

MMediaMath+1

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Microsoft+1

Departing to

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Anthropic−1

DDefense Logistics Agency−1

PPinterest−1

SStealth AI Startup−1

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