Staff Engineer, Full Stack Software - Autonomy Tooling & Visualization (R4350)

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. 

Are you a passionate software engineer who loves building powerful tools and intuitive user experiences that accelerate innovation in autonomy? Do you thrive in full stack development, turning complex workflows into seamless, high-performance tools that empower others? If so, you could be the force that helps shape the future of autonomy at Shield AI.

As a Full Stack Developer on the Pilot Foundations team, you’ll develop internal and external facing tools that support the entire Pilot autonomy ecosystem, from data visualization and developer workflows to performance analysis and UX integration across our custom and 3rd party platforms and environments. You’ll collaborate across autonomy, perception, and simulation teams to create software that directly enhances how we build, test, and deliver our mission-critical autonomy products.

WHAT YOU'LL DO::
Design and develop full stack tools that simplify workflows, improve data visualization, and elevate user experience across autonomy development. Build reliable backend systems and efficient front end components that integrate with autonomy software, CI pipelines, and mission analysis tools. Automate analysis, testing, and deployment processes to improve developer efficiency and product quality. Own projects end to end, collaborating across teams and cross functional initiatives to define needs, prototype solutions, and deliver production ready results.

PROJECTS YOU MIGHT WORK ON::
Develop dashboards that visualize mission outcomes, task progress, and behavior trees in real time. Create guided UIs that help engineers and customers configure sensors, tune parameters, and analyze performance. Build tools that automatically generate and visualize regression tests or metrics from CI pipelines. Enhance containerized developer workflows to simplify environment setup and local experimentation.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS::
You have a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field , or equivalent practical experience.  You have 7 or more years of professional software development experience with a Bachelor’s degree, 6 years with a Master’s degree , or 2 years with a PhD, including full-stack development for end-to-end delivery of production systems.  You are proficient with React.js   and Typescript, and have demonstrated experience with UI/UX development, data-rich visualization, plotting, & analysis  for technical users or data-intensive production workflows.   You are proficient in C++ and Python and can contribute to production-level codebases.  You have experience with Git , CI/CD tools (e.g., GitLab CI or Azure DevOps), and containerization with Docker .  You have experience leading a project and can work cross-functionally to design, implement, test, and deploy software solutions with minimal supervision. 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS::
You have experience with ROS1 or ROS2   You have experience with robotics or autonomy concepts such as planning, mapping, perception, control, or behaviors  You have experience with Foxglove or similar data visualization platforms  You are familiar with DevOps practices , automation frameworks, or infrastructure supporting large-scale data systems. 

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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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