Staff C++ Build and Release Engineer
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 own C++ build and release workflows from source through deployment. You will evolve containerized CI/CD pipelines, maintain edge-deployment images and artifact repositories, improve dependency reproducibility, validate releases, and work with engineers and system administrators to ensure reliable delivery in isolated environments.
Requirements
- Hands-on production modern C++ software delivery experience
- Experience with build systems, toolchains, and dependency management
- Recent experience operating CI/CD for compiled software
- Recent Docker, Podman, and containerized-workflow experience
- Strong Linux/Unix systems knowledge
- Debugging and troubleshooting experience
- Experience in air-gapped or isolated DevOps environments
- Experience supporting Python deployment and distribution
Responsibilities
- Own C++ build and release workflows from source through release
- Develop containerized CI/CD pipelines across isolated environments
- Build and maintain container images for edge deployment
- Manage JFrog and Artifactory repositories and improve versioning, retention, and promotion
- Improve C++ dependency and build reproducibility
- Validate and deploy autonomy and vision products, tools, and libraries
- Collaborate with engineers and system administrators to ensure deployment stability
Benefits
- Performance-based incentives