Shield AI
Senior Software Engineer, Frontend Platform (R5790)
$130K–$240K
San Diego, California +1 · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Location
- San Diego, California
San Mateo, California
About the job
Build and operate Forge, a frontend-focused engineering platform and applications that help teams develop, validate, and deploy autonomy software and support AI-assisted workflows.
What you'll do
- Design a composable UI architecture and typed, versioned contracts for independently developed applications.
- Build workflows for packaging, publishing, configuring, installing, upgrading, and disabling applications.
- Integrate AI experiences and agent tools, and validate platform workflows with simulation, autonomy, and ML teams.
What they ask for
- Own production full-stack applications from design through rollout and support.
- Strong proficiency with TypeScript and React or an equivalent modern web stack; production backend experience in Go, Python, Rust, or a comparable language.
- Experience designing typed, versioned APIs and contracts between independently deployed components.
- Strong knowledge of web and distributed-system architecture; experience building real-time, high-performance applications using WebGL or WebGPU.
Nice to have
- Experience with extensible application platforms, agent-tool integrations, or schema-driven APIs.
- Experience with Kubernetes, composable user experiences, robotics/autonomy/simulation, or shipping Electron applications.
Pay
USD 130,000–240,000 per-year-salary (base salary)
Tools
TypeScript, React, Go, Python, Rust, WebGL, WebGPU, Kubernetes
AI focus
Enable Forge’s native AI experiences and external agent harnesses to use active context, invoke authorized tools, navigate applications, and compose dashboards.
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