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  • Shieldai
  • San Diego, CA
  • Full-Time
  • 23 days ago
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Staff Platform Engineer (R5668).

DevOps & Engineering Full-Time
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Staff Platform Engineer (R5668): our view in 3 lines...

  • The Role:This role is for an experienced platform engineer building internal infrastructure for engineering, autonomy, and enterprise operations in a defense-tech company.
  • The Person:The person will design and operate scalable platform infrastructure, build automation and developer tooling, improve CI/CD pipelines, and embed security, observability, and reliability into cloud and on-prem systems.
  • Requirements:The ideal candidate has 8+ years in platform engineering, DevOps, infrastructure engineering, or site reliability engineering, with strong experience in Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, Linux-based environments, and scripting or programming languages.

About the role

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube. 

Job Description

This position may be based in San Diego, CA; Dallas, TX; Washington, D.C.; or other Shield AI locations.

Shield AI is seeking a Staff Platform Engineer to help design and implement the internal technology platforms that power our engineering, autonomy, and enterprise operations environments.

In this highly technical individual contributor role, you will serve as a senior technical expert responsible for designing and evolving scalable, secure, and highly automated platform infrastructure spanning cloud, on-premise, and hybrid environments. You will work closely with engineering, security, and infrastructure teams to establish platform architecture, develop paved paths for developers, and implement automation that improves reliability, security, and development productivity across engineering teams.

This role is ideal for an experienced platform engineer who thrives at the intersection of systems architecture, automation, and developer enablement, and who enjoys building the foundational systems that allow engineering organizations to move quickly and safely.

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Full-time regular employee offer package:
Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
 
Temporary employee offer package:
Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)
 
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. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information.
 
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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. 
Published September 11, 2026
Location San Diego, CA
Category DevOps & Engineering  
Job Type Full-Time  

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