Staff Engineer, AI Platform & Architecture (R5449)

Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software and V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and 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. 

The Staff Engineer, AI Engineering is a senior individual contributor responsible for translating the enterprise AI engineering roadmap into scalable platform architecture, reusable technical patterns, and production-grade shared services. Reporting to the Director, AI Engineering, this role provides deep technical leadership across AI enablement, responsible AI controls, observability, cost attribution, and reusable component strategy. The Staff Engineer acts as the connective technical tissue across Engineering, IT, Security, Legal, Data, and business unit teams - setting standards, creating reference implementations, and guiding teams toward consistent, secure, measurable AI adoption without relying on direct authority. Success is defined by high-quality platform components adopted across teams, clear architecture and governance patterns, measurable productivity and cost outcomes, and effective mentorship of engineers building AI-enabled capabilities.