University Student Careers
Kickstart your career at Scale — work on high-impact projects, learn from world-class mentors, and help build the future of AI from day one.
Kickstart Your Career at Scale
At Scale AI, our mission is to develop reliable AI systems for the world's most important decisions. We empower organizations to successfully adopt and scale AI by providing high-quality data infrastructure and tools. Our Data Engine and suite of annotation products — trusted by industry leaders — support advanced AI models like LLMs, generative AI, and computer vision. By combining this with deep expertise, we help businesses and governments move from AI pilots to impactful, real-world applications.
For university students and new grads, Scale offers the opportunity to start your career on the front lines of innovation. You'll work on meaningful, high-impact projects from day one, with mentorship from world-class talent and a culture that values ownership, speed, and truth-seeking.
Who should apply
If you're driven by curiosity, energized by tough problems, and excited to contribute to the future of AI, Scale is the place to launch and accelerate your career.
University Program Benefits
Scale's University Program is built for students and new grads who want to do serious work early. From your first week, you'll be on real projects with real customers, backed by a team invested in how fast you grow. As part of the program, you'll get:
- Ownership from day one — Not shadow projects. You'll own product areas, ship to customers, and make technical decisions that actually matter.
- Coaching and mentorship — Direct access to world-class engineers and researchers who will pressure-test your thinking and help you level up faster than you thought possible.
- Frontier work — Build at the edge of AI: LLMs, generative AI, agents, and robotics, on problems the industry hasn't solved yet.
- Community — A new grad cohort that ramps together, plus the offsites, team traditions, and culture that make the hard days worth it.
What our team says
Lily Ma
Machine Learning Engineer, GenAI
“Joining Scale as my first job out of university has been such a fulfilling experience, and the opportunities here have blown past what I imagined. It's been great working on the frontier and owning impactful products, and best of all, trying all the snacks!”
Sandesh Ghimire
Software Engineer
“Joining Scale as a new grad, I've been given more ownership than I expected and more support than I hoped for. The pace is fast, but the team around me has made the ramp-up feel energizing. Working on frontier problems this early in my career isn't something I take for granted.”
Emma Cao
Software Engineer, Agents
“I came to Scale because I wanted to work on hard problems in AI and become a better engineer quickly. What I didn't expect was how much responsibility I would be trusted with so early on. I've gotten to build things that solve real customer problems, make technical decisions that actually matter, and learn from some of the smartest people I've worked with.”
Brian Chu
Software Engineer, Agents
“Scale is exactly what I was looking for coming out of college. It enabled me to have ownership from the beginning on helping customers and enabling others with orchestration software. The environment is a great combo of speed and growth. I am also extremely comfortable collaborating with those in Scale.”
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