Shield AI
Senior Engineer, Platform Infrastructure (R5516)
$120K–$180K
Dallas, Texas +1 · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 4, 2026
- Location
- Dallas, Texas
Washington, D.C.
About the job
Builds and improves the platform and automation used to deploy and operate customer environments, with a focus on reliability, security, testing, and continuous improvement.
What you'll do
- Develop infrastructure as code and deployment automation; improve Kubernetes platforms.
- Pair with engineers to design, implement, troubleshoot, and test platform capabilities.
- Improve observability, reliability, security, recoverability, and documentation.
What they ask for
- Comfort working across Kubernetes, Linux, networking fundamentals, Git and trunk-based development, GitLab CI, infrastructure as code, containers, and distributed-systems troubleshooting.
- Experience or comfort with infrastructure tools including Ansible, Terraform, Helm, and Zarf.
- Ability to learn unfamiliar systems quickly and become productive.
Pay
USD 120,000–180,000 per-year-salary; base salary
Tools
Kubernetes, Linux, GitLab CI, Ansible, Terraform, Helm, Zarf, Packer
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