Staff Engineer, AI Platform & Architecture (R5449)

Shield AI

Remote regions

Global

Salary range

$190,000–$290,000/yr

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What you'll do:

  • Define and evolve enterprise AI architecture patterns for LLM integration, RAG, agentic workflows, and prompt orchestration.
  • Design and build reusable AI components and shared platform services for observability, logging, and lifecycle management.
  • Architect engineering controls for responsible AI, access management, and governance compliance.

Required qualifications:

  • Progressive experience in enterprise software engineering and AI platform engineering.
  • Deep understanding of generative AI, LLM integration, RAG architectures, and agentic AI patterns.
  • Experience designing shared platform services and reusable component libraries used by multiple teams.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience in regulated, defense-adjacent, or security-sensitive environments.
  • Background in MLOps, AI observability, and model evaluation frameworks.
  • Track record of mentoring engineers and raising technical standards.

Shield AI

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company that builds intelligent systems to protect service members and civilians with products like Hivemind autonomy software and V-BAT aircraft. The company has offices worldwide and a culture that emphasizes innovation and mission impact.

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