Senior Staff Software Engineer @ Shield AI

Salary Range: 174200.8 to 261301.2 (Currency: USD) (Pay period: per-year-salary)

About Shield AI

Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed defense technology company focused on protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its flagship autonomy software, Hivemind, powers aircraft, drones, and other platforms, enabling complex missions with high reliability in contested environments. With offices in San Diego, Dallas, Washington, D.C., and internationally, Shield AI’s products actively support U.S. and allied operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn,Twitter, and Instagram.

As a Hivemind Software Engineer – Infrastructure, you will design and implement engineering automation across the organization. You will work closely with the rest of the Software Operations team maintaining infrastructure-as-code. This role requires you to be very hands on and contribute to discussions with cross-functional teams across the organization. We embrace an attitude that focuses on solving the root cause of problems efficiently. A large part of your day to day will be building out solutions to automate infrastructure, talking to enterprise operations (IT, Cyber), and the Developer Experience team.

Own all infrastructure-as-code for Hivemind
Own the monitoring tool stack, focusing on build infrastructure metrics
Own internal build containers used by all of the Hivemind organization
Support AI engineers with any infrastructure they need
Manage and own the performance, maintenance, and administration of Hivemind enterprise infrastructure including Azure DevOps, AWS, Artifactory, Containers, K8s, etc.
Work closely with the Developer Experience and Build & Release teams to improve engineer efficiency

Required Qualifications:

BS in computer science or related engineering field with 10+ years of professional experience.
Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Pulumi, Azure ARM, CloudFormation, Crossplane).
Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet).
Demonstrated proficiency in continuous integration/delivery (Github Actions, ADO, TeamCity, etc.).
DevOps experience with a cloud service (Google, Azure, AWS).
Knowledge of APIs, web services, and identity access management.
Knowledge of containers (Docker, Podman, etc.).
Knowledge of scripting languages (Bash, Python).
Knowledge of Git.
Knowledge of monitoring tools (Grafana, Datadog, Splunk, Prometheus, ELK, etc.).
System administration in Linux.
Desire to learn and grow on the job.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with a compiled programming language (e.g. C, C++, Rust, Go).
Experience owning build infrastructure.
Experience with container orchestration (Kubernetes, Nomad, Docker Swarm).
Ability to develop software, APIs, services, and tools
Proven experience owning a project from a simple idea to production product

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Total package details for U.S. based positions:

- Regular employee positions: Salary within range listed above + Bonus + Benefits + Equity

- Temporary employee positions: Hourly within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days

of employment)

- Interns/Military Fellows/Part-time not eligible for bonus, benefits or equity

Total package details for International positions which are roles based outside of the United States (where applicable):

- International premium, hardship differential, cost of living differential, living quarters allowance, foreign service transfer

allowance, equity, international benefits, visa assistance, and relocation assistance.

Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check.

Shield AI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

Senior Staff Software Engineer

Infrastructure

Shield AI

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