Shield AI · San Diego, California; San Mateo, California
Staff Platform Engineer role building and maintaining the AI Factory shared GPU compute platform on Kubernetes, including Run:ai, Terraform, and Helm. Work covers GPU scheduling, quotas, isolation, diagnostics of slow or failed training jobs, and capacity recommendations across cloud, on-premises, and air-gapped environments. Required skills include Python or Go, Kubernetes, Linux, networking, and storage troubleshooting.
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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Machine-learning engineers need reliable access to GPUs to train and evaluate models. Shield AI’s AI Factory provides shared compute and development tools for these workflows, both for our engineers and for customer deployments.
We are looking for a Platform Engineer to make that compute platform easier to use, more reliable and more efficient. You will write software, improve how teams share GPUs, help developers troubleshoot workloads and use performance data to guide capacity growth. This is a hands-on software and platform engineering role.
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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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Compensation: USD 200,000 – 300,000 per year salary