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Senior Engineer, Build and CI (R4220)

Shield AI
Shield AI Salary
San Diego, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 1/11/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/18/2026
Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed deep-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include the V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, Hivemind Enterprise, and the Hivemind Vision product lines. With nine offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn , X , Instagram , and YouTube .

Job Description:

As a Hivemind Build and CI engineer, you will design and implement engineering centric automation across the organization. You will work closely with the product development teams implementing policies and guidelines into the continuous integration and delivery systems. This role requires you to be very hands on and contribute to discussions with cross-functional teams across the organization. We embrace an attitude that focuses on solving the root cause of problems efficiently. A large part of your day to day will be in our build pipelines, build configuration management, and focusing on making changes to increase developer iteration time.

What you'll do:

  • Own the Hivemind CI/CD system, engaging with autonomy developers and the Developer Experience team daily to support as needed.
  • Manage and own the monitoring tool stack, focusing on build infrastructure metrics
  • Manage and own internal build containers used by all of the Hivemind organization
  • Support AI engineers with build issues, and educate on best practices
  • Work closely with the Developer Experience team to improve engineering efficiency

Required qualifications:

  • BS in computer science or related engineering field with 3 years of professional experience.
  • Experience with configuration management tools (Makefile, CMake, Conan, Bazel, etc.)
  • Strong demonstrated proficiency in continuous integration/delivery (e.g. Github Actions, ADO, TeamCity, etc.).
  • Strong understanding of C (or other compiled language), Linux and CMake
  • Strong knowledge of APIs, web services, and identity access management
  • Strong knowledge of containers (e.g. Docker, Podman, etc.).
  • Strong knowledge of scripting languages (Bash, Python, PowerShell).
  • Strong knowledge of Git.
  • Strong system administration in Linux (w/ Windows a bonus).
  • Strong desire to learn and grow on the job.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Strong Experience with Conan Package Manager
  • Experience with Rust in a production environment.
  • Experience with Hardware in the Loop build/deploy/test systems
  • Experience owning build infrastructure
  • Experience with NVIDIA® Jetson products

$120,000 - $180,000 a year

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Full-time regular employee offer package:

Pay within range listed Bonus Benefits Equity

Temporary employee offer package:

Pay within range listed above temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)

Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information.

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Shield AI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

Salary : $120,000 - $180,000

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