Senior Engineer, Platform Infrastructure (R5516)

Shield AI
Dallas, Washington
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 120,000 - 180,000 annuallyFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringSkills: ["Team collaboration","Critical thinking","Automation mindset","Documentation","Continuous improvement"]

Build and operate the platform powering engineering and customer environments, focusing on continuous improvement of deployments, reliability, and operational safety. Develop infrastructure-as-code and deployment automation to eliminate manual work and reduce risk. Improve Kubernetes platforms and surrounding systems, strengthen observability and recoverability, and add infrastructure testing while partnering with engineers on troubleshooting and documentation.

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Shield AI
Shield AI
1 month ago

Senior Engineer, Platform Infrastructure (R5516)

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Job Summary

Build and operate the platform powering engineering and customer environments, focusing on continuous improvement of deployments, reliability, and operational safety. Develop infrastructure-as-code and deployment automation to eliminate manual work and reduce risk. Improve Kubernetes platforms and surrounding systems, strengthen observability and recoverability, and add infrastructure testing while partnering with engineers on troubleshooting and documentation.
Location: Dallas, Washington
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Build and operate the platform, improving deployments, outages, bugs, and manual operational tasks.
  • •Develop infrastructure as code and deployment automation to reduce risk and remove manual work.
  • •Improve Kubernetes platforms and the systems around them, including security and recoverability elements.
  • •Pair with other engineers to design, implement, and troubleshoot platform capabilities.
  • •Write automated tests for infrastructure and deployment workflows and maintain clear documentation.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 120,000 - 180,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •Build and improve platform infrastructure that deploys and operates customer environments.
  • •Experience with infrastructure as code and automation tooling (Ansible, Terraform, Helm, Zarf).
  • •Experience improving Kubernetes platforms and related systems (containers, observability, reliability).
  • •Strong fundamentals in Linux, networking, and troubleshooting distributed systems.
  • •Ability to learn quickly and become productive in unfamiliar systems.
Skills:Team collaborationCritical thinkingAutomation mindsetDocumentationContinuous improvement
Tech Stack:KubernetesLinuxNetworking fundamentalsGitTrunk-based developmentGitLab CIInfrastructure as CodeAnsibleTerraformHelmZarfContainersPKICertificate managementSecrets managementObservabilityInfrastructure testingTroubleshooting distributed systemsBig BangPacker

Company Brief

Shield AI
Develops AI-powered autonomy and software for military aircraft and drones to enable autonomous ISR and combat missions, integrating perception, navigation, and mission planning for defense customers.
Industry: Defense Technology
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: San Diego, United States
Founded: 2015
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