Senior Staff Engineer, APIs & Infrastructure (R2609)

$174,201 - $261,301/Yr

Shield Ai - Campbell, CA

Full-time - Senior

Campbell, CA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Senior Staff Engineer, APIs & Infrastructure at Shield AI plays a crucial role in developing and implementing the Hivemind Core Product, which is essential for enabling seamless interaction between human operators and autonomous systems. This position involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to create robust APIs and infrastructure that enhance the adaptability and reliability of AI systems used in defense technology.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the HMC platform that will revolutionize the way engineers, operators, and subject matter experts develop and integrate autonomy solutions.
• Build, extend, and document interfaces for internal and customer use.
• Drive the development of a robust command and control software development kit (SDK) for internal and customer users.
• Develop, mature, and maintain test and distribution capabilities within continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• 10+ years of related experience developing large, production quality software systems.
• Expertise and deep experience with modern C++ (C++17 and beyond).
• Professional experience developing in Linux environments.
• Experience with Git and code management tools.
• Demonstrated record of working hard, being a trustworthy teammate, holding yourself and others to high standards, and being kind to others.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in aerospace and/or robotics industries.
• Experience with command and control, mission planning, and other operator-oriented systems for UAVs.
• Experience with international interoperability standards like STANAG4586.
• Experience with team leadership or as a technical project lead.
• Experience developing and maintaining software development kits (SDKs).

Benefits

• Salary within range of $174,200.80 - $261,301.20 a year
• Bonus
• Benefits
• Equity
• Relocation assistance for international positions
• International premium, hardship differential, cost of living differential, living quarters allowance, foreign service transfer allowance, equity, international benefits, visa assistance.