Shield AI · 2 days ago
Staff Engineer, Full Stack Software - Autonomy Tooling & Visualization (R4350)
San Diego, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$150K/yr - $230K/yr
6+ years expShield AI is a venture-backed deep-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. The role involves developing full stack tools that enhance workflows, improve data visualization, and support autonomy development across various teams.
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, Master's, or PhD degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
You have 7 or more years of professional software development experience with a Bachelor's degree, 6 years with a Master's degree, or 2 years with a PhD, including full-stack development for end-to-end delivery of production systems
You are proficient with React.js and Typescript, and have demonstrated experience with UI/UX development, data-rich visualization, plotting, & analysis for technical users or data-intensive production workflows
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 have experience leading a project and can work cross-functionally to design, implement, test, and deploy software solutions with minimal supervision
Preferred
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
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
H1B Sponsorship
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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
Recent News
2025-12-11
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