Senior Engineer, Build and CI (R4220)
Shield AI
San Diego, CA, USA
USD 120k-180k / year + Equity
Posted on Dec 20, 2025
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 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.
Job Description:
As a Hivemind Build and CI engineer, you will design and implement engineering centric automation across the organization. You will work closely with the product development teams implementing policies and guidelines into the continuous integration and delivery systems. This role requires you to be very hands on and contribute to discussions with cross-functional teams across the organization. We embrace an attitude that focuses on solving the root cause of problems efficiently. A large part of your day to day will be in our build pipelines, build configuration management, and focusing on making changes to increase developer iteration time.
What you'll do:
- Embed with a product engineering team as their primary Software Operations partner, working closely with engineers to improve how software is built, tested, and delivered.
- Design, implement, and continuously improve build pipelines, CI workflows, and supporting tooling with a focus on scalability, reliability, and developer experience.
- Apply strong C++ and/or Go software development experience to build and maintain robust build and CI solutions.
- Reduce iteration time and friction by improving build performance, test reliability, and CI feedback loops.
- Debug and resolve complex build, test, and CI failures using disciplined root-cause analysis.
- Influence technical direction without formal authority by earning trust through collaboration, technical credibility, and a deep understanding of team and program constraints.
- Promote best practices in build hygiene, CI/CD design, dependency management, and software development workflows that scale across teams and programs.
- Apply knowledge of software design patterns and architectural principles to design maintainable CI systems and build abstractions.
- Coach and mentor product engineers on build and CI topics, helping teams make better design decisions and understand tradeoffs.
- Represent the Software Operations organization within the product team, acting as a bridge between platform capabilities and product needs.
- Advocate for practical, production-ready solutions that improve developer productivity without sacrificing velocity or quality.
Required qualifications:
- BS in computer science or related engineering field with 3+ years of professional experience.
- Experience with configuration management tools (Makefile, CMake, Conan, Bazel, etc.)
- Strong demonstrated proficiency in continuous integration/delivery (e.g. Github Actions, ADO, TeamCity, etc.).
- Strong understanding of C++ (or other compiled language), Linux and CMake
- Strong knowledge of APIs, web services, and identity access management
- Strong knowledge of containers (e.g. Docker, Podman, etc.).
- Strong knowledge of scripting languages (Bash, Python, PowerShell).
- Strong knowledge of Git.
- Strong system administration in Linux (w/ Windows a bonus).
- Strong desire to learn and grow on the job.
Preferred qualifications:
- Strong Experience with Conan Package Manager
- Experience with Rust in a production environment.
- Experience with Hardware in the Loop build/deploy/test systems
- Experience owning build infrastructure
- Experience with NVIDIA® Jetson products
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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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Shield AI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
120000 - 180000 USD a year