Staff Engineer Digital Infrastructure
Shield AI is a U.S. defense-technology company developing mission-autonomy software and autonomous aircraft for military and allied operations.
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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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Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will integrate AI training factory tooling onto new hardware and maintain its operation in isolated environments. You will provide software updates and configuration management, coordinate requirements with autonomy teams, troubleshoot distributed systems, and develop and deploy automation tooling.
Requirements
- 7 years of related experience with a bachelor's degree, 6 years with a master's degree, or 4 years with a PhD
- Cloud computing architecture
- Kubernetes
- Container orchestration
- C++ or Python applications
- Linux or Unix systems
- Networking
- Networked application design
- Automation tooling
- Ansible, Chef, or Puppet
- Availability to support onsite in the London office
Responsibilities
- Integrate AI training factory tooling onto new hardware
- Provide software updates and configuration management across isolated environments
- Ensure proper operation of AI training factory tooling
- Coordinate with autonomy teams to meet requirements
- Troubleshoot deployed distributed systems
- Develop and deploy automation tooling