Principal Engineer – Software

🕒 July 1

🏄 California, District of Columbia, +2 more states – Remote

🏄 California – Remote 🏛️ District of Columbia – Remote 🤠 Texas – Remote ☕ Washington – Remote

💵 $220k - $330k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer

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Shield AI

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2015

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🚀 Aerospace

🎖️ Defense

Artificial Intelligence • Aerospace • Defense

Shield AI is a leading developer of AI-driven military solutions, focusing on enhancing mission autonomy and battlefield awareness. Their platform, Hivemind, enables rapid deployment of intelligent systems for various defense applications, including drone operation and surveillance. With a commitment to utilizing advanced technology, Shield AI aims to protect service members and civilians by revolutionizing defense technologies through autonomous systems.

📋 Description

• Design and prototype generative AI experience focused on accelerating autonomy development • Work closely with members of the Office of the CTO to crystallize the vision of the Hivemind product and its documentation • Lead the user experience design of Hivemind Generative AI • Work closely with the technical leads of Hivemind Commander (mission planning, command and control, air-ground communications) and Hivemind Design (configurations, test and evaluation, rehearsal, analysis) to enhance the user experience of their products • Conduct user research to understand user personae and their needs • Investigate competing products and their user experiences, synthesize findings to present to engineering and product leadership

🎯 Requirements

• 15+ years experience developing large, production quality software systems. • Excellent grasp of software development and coding principles with high productivity in a mainstream language (e.g. Typescript, C++, Go, Python, Rust, etc.). • Strong knowledge of modern software engineering best practices; Experience with Git and code management tools; Good software hygiene regarding code documentation, unit testing, bug tracking. • 5+ years of experience with React/Node/Typescript/Javascript development. • 5+ years of experience with Web applications development ("Front-End" or "Full-stack"). • Deep understanding full-stack web development (Document-Object Model (DOM), browser APIs, standards, semantics, Websockets, HTTP Streaming and Server-Sent Events (SSE), Client and UI state management; best practises and strategies, as they apply to React-based rendering, Advanced SPA routing, URL-based state persistence,sharing mechanisms, Seamless content loading states and progressive rendering techniques.) • Multi-modal input handling (text, files, images, audio). Experience with client-side LLM Context Management • Fluid intelligence that allows one to operate effectively in sometimes ambiguous conditions, while finding opportunities to drive technical efforts and force multiply. • Experience with Linux, Docker, and CI/CD environments. • Hands-on experience with a major cloud platform (Azure, GCP, AWS). • **This role requires travel to a Shield AI location 1-3 times per quarter**

🏖️ Benefits

• Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity • temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)