Shield AI · 3 weeks ago
Senior Engineer, Full Stack Software - Autonomy Tooling & Visualization (R4291)
San Diego, California
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$160K/yr - $240K/yr
3+ years expShield AI is a venture-backed deep-tech company focused on protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. The role involves developing full stack tools to enhance workflows and user experiences in the autonomy ecosystem, collaborating across teams to deliver mission-critical products.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Autonomous VehiclesDronesMachine LearningNational Security
Responsibilities
Design and develop full stack tools that simplify workflows, improve data visualization, and elevate user experience across autonomy development
Build reliable backend systems and efficient front end components that integrate with autonomy software, CI pipelines, and mission analysis tools
Automate analysis, testing, and deployment processes to improve developer efficiency and product quality
Own projects end to end, collaborating across teams and cross functional initiatives to define needs, prototype solutions, and deliver production ready results
Develop dashboards that visualize mission outcomes, task progress, and behavior trees in real time
Create guided UIs that help engineers and customers configure sensors, tune parameters, and analyze performance
Build tools that automatically generate and visualize regression tests or metrics from CI pipelines
Enhance containerized developer workflows to simplify environment setup and local experimentation
Qualification
Required
You have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
You have 3 or more years of professional software development experience, including end to end delivery of production systems
You are proficient in C++ and Python and can contribute to production level codebases
You have experience with Git, CI/CD tools (e.g., GitLab CI or Azure DevOps), and containerization with Docker
You can independently design, implement, test, and deploy software solutions with minimal supervision
Preferred
You have experience developing full stack applications or developer tooling
You have built visualization or UX tools for technical users or data intensive workflows
You have experience with ROS1 or ROS2
You have experience with robotics or autonomy concepts such as planning, mapping, perception, control, or behaviors
You have experience with Foxglove or similar data visualization platforms and are proficient in TypeScript
You are familiar with DevOps practices, automation frameworks, or infrastructure supporting large scale data systems
Benefits
Bonus
Benefits
Equity
Temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)
Company
Shield AI
Shield AI is a deep-tech company that focuses on developing AI-powered systems to enhance the safety of service members and civilians.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1.31BKey Investors
Hercules CapitalUS Innovative Technology FundSnowpoint Ventures
2025-03-06Series F· $240M
2023-12-29Debt Financing· $200M
2023-10-31Series F· $300M
Leadership Team
Gary Steele
Chief Executive Officer
Brandon Tseng
Co-Founder
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