Senior Full Stack Engineer Forge
Shield AI is a U.S. defense-technology company developing mission-autonomy software and autonomous aircraft for military and allied operations.
Funding history
Investors
About Shield AI
Founded in 2015, Shield AI builds Hivemind autonomy software and V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft for operations in contested, GPS- and communications-denied environments. Its current site also presents Aechelon synthetic-reality simulation and Vision Systems detection and tracking products.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will build complete Forge features across React interfaces, backend services, APIs, and data storage. You will translate technical workflows into usable applications, design APIs and data models, support deployments across local and Kubernetes environments, and improve reliability through testing, diagnostics, and user feedback.
Requirements
- Production application development
- Frontend and backend development
- TypeScript
- React
- Backend service development
- API design
- Database and data-model management
- Authentication
- Authorization
- Containerization
- CI/CD
- Service deployment and debugging
Responsibilities
- Build features across React interfaces, backend services, APIs, and data storage
- Translate technical workflows into intuitive applications
- Design and evolve APIs and data models
- Contribute to platform and application architecture
- Build software for local workstations, CI/CD, and air-gapped Kubernetes clusters
- Test and support software using logs, metrics, traces, and user feedback
- Work with users, product, design, and engineering teams to define scope and deliver improvements
Benefits
- Bonus
- Benefits
- Equity