Senior Engineer, Platform Infrastructure (R5516)

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

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Why This Role Exists:

We build and operate the platform that our engineers and our customers rely on.

The platform isn't a product that's ever "finished." It's something we improve continuously. Every deployment, outage, bug, and annoying manual task is an opportunity to make the system better.

An L3 Platform Engineer is a fully contributing member of that effort.

This isn't a ticket factory. We expect engineers to think critically, collaborate closely, and continuously improve both the platform and the way we build it.

How We Work:

• Pair programming is our default way of developing software.
• We work in small batches.
• We integrate continuously.
• We automate repetitive work.
• We test first whenever practical.
• We optimize for learning and feedback instead of individual velocity.
• The team owns the outcome.

What You'll Do:

What We Expect:

Technical Expectations:

• Kubernetes
• Linux
• Networking fundamentals
• Git and trunk-based development
• GitLab CI
• Infrastructure as Code
• Ansible
• Terraform
• Helm
• Zarf
• Containers
• PKI and certificate management
• Secrets management
• Observability
• Infrastructure testing
• Troubleshooting distributed systems

How Success Is Measured:

What We Value:

What Doesn't Fit Here:

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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.

Compensation: USD 120,000 – 180,000 per year salary