Shield AI
Staff Engineer, Full-Stack – Forge (R6232)
$160K–$290K
San Diego, California +1 · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 9, 2026
- Location
- San Diego, California
San Mateo, California
About the job
Build and support Forge applications and services that help engineers develop, simulate, train, and evaluate autonomous systems.
What you'll do
- Deliver features across frontend interfaces, backend services, APIs, and data storage; own work from user needs through deployment and support.
- Design and evolve applications, APIs, and data models for reliable workflows and integrations across local and cluster environments.
- Test, troubleshoot, and improve software using diagnostics and user feedback; collaborate with users and engineering teams.
What they ask for
- Production application delivery and support, with meaningful frontend and backend contributions.
- Proficiency with TypeScript and React.
- Backend service experience in Go, Python, or a comparable language.
- Experience with databases and application data models; familiarity with containers, CI/CD, and service deployment and debugging.
Nice to have
- Hands-on Kubernetes deployment or troubleshooting experience.
- Experience with developer tools for simulation, training, test and evaluation, or deployment.
Pay
USD 160,000–290,000 per-year-salary (base salary)
Tools
TypeScript, React, Go, Python, Kubernetes, Helm, Ray, Argo Workflows
AI focus
Build tools and workflows for developing, training, simulating, and validating autonomous systems; contribute to AI-assisted engineering workflows.
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