Staff Engineer, Software

🔥 15 minutes ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $140k - $210k / 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, build, and maintain enterprise applications, APIs, and services using C#/.NET and React, with Python where appropriate • Architect and implement distributed, event-driven systems using message brokers such as RabbitMQ, Kafka, Azure Service Bus, or MQTT • Build reliable integrations between enterprise systems including PLM, ERP, identity, and engineering platforms • Apply Saga/process managers, outbox, CQRS, and idempotent consumer patterns • Design and integrate AI capabilities such as LLM-powered features, agents, and intelligent automation • Use AI-assisted development tools while maintaining code quality, security, and review standards • Deploy and operate services in Azure and/or AWS • Use CI/CD and developer platforms including GitLab, Azure DevOps, GitHub, Artifactory, and SonarQube • Instrument services for observability and troubleshoot asynchronous and distributed processes in production • Contribute to design reviews, code reviews, and engineering standards • Lead projects when needed and partner with business stakeholders to shape requirements and deliver measurable impact

🎯 Requirements

• Typically requires a minimum of 7+ years of professional software engineering experience • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field; or equivalent practical experience • Deep expertise in C# and .NET (.NET 6+ / ASP.NET Core), including RESTful APIs, background services, and Entity Framework or similar data access • Professional experience building frontends with React; TypeScript preferred • Hands-on experience with messaging and event-driven architecture using RabbitMQ, Kafka, MQTT, Azure Service Bus, or similar technologies • Strong knowledge/experience in architecting and using Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) tools • Strong understanding of system design and architectural patterns, distributed systems, microservices vs. modular monoliths, eventual consistency, and resiliency patterns • Cloud experience with Azure or AWS; knowledge of security, networking, IAM/RBAC, compute, storage, and managed services • Working knowledge of CI/CD and deployment practices • Experience with relational databases such as SQL Server or PostgreSQL, including data modeling and query performance • Strong experience with AI coding tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or Claude Code • Strong testing discipline, including unit, integration, and end-to-end testing • Excellent communication and collaboration skills • Commitment to ownership, continuous improvement, and reliable, respectful teamwork • All offers contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check

🏖️ Benefits

• Bonus • Benefits package • Equity • Temporary benefits package applicable after 60 days of employment for temporary employees