Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer

Shield AI is a U.S. defense-technology company developing mission-autonomy software and autonomous aircraft for military and allied operations.

San Diego, United States
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.

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Skills

Candidate Availability

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About the Role

You will design, develop, and release Foundry-backed applications supporting manufacturing and operations. You will build backend services, data transformations, APIs, and user interfaces; integrate data through Foundry; write tested code; collaborate on workflows; and contribute to architecture and technical direction.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of full-stack application-development experience with ownership of deployed solutions
  • Experience designing and building React applications
  • Experience building TypeScript or JavaScript backends and APIs
  • Data modeling experience
  • Experience working with large datasets and analytical workflows
  • Software design, testing, and documentation skills
  • Ability to deliver complex projects independently and collaborate across teams

Responsibilities

  • Develop and release Foundry-backed applications for MES, ERP, and operational analytics
  • Develop backend services, data transformations, APIs, and user-facing interfaces
  • Collaborate with production, engineering, and supply-chain stakeholders to deliver scalable software
  • Use Foundry APIs, ontology, and visualization tools to integrate data
  • Write tested, maintainable code and iterate from feedback
  • Contribute to technical direction, architecture decisions, and Foundry development capabilities

Benefits

  • Bonus
  • Benefits
  • Equity