Shield AI
Staff Engineer, GenAI Tooling & DevEx (R5469)
$150K–$220K
Washington, D.C. +2 · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Jul 31, 2026
- Location
- Washington, D.C.
Dallas, Texas
Boston, Massachusetts - Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Designs and maintains secure GenAI tooling, integrations, and developer workflows to help robotics and autonomy software engineers work more efficiently.
What you'll do
- Build GenAI-enabled developer tools and extend the custom GenAI harness with automation, secure LLM routing, and audited execution.
- Integrate GitLab, Jira, Confluence, and internal systems to provide engineering context to GenAI tools.
- Improve build, test, and development-environment workflows, and support adoption through documentation and troubleshooting.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
- Hands-on experience building LLM-powered software-development tools and fluency with GenAI-assisted development.
- Experience with Bash or Python scripting, webhooks/APIs, containerization, and package managers.
- Ability to obtain and maintain an active U.S. SECRET security clearance; U.S. citizenship required.
Nice to have
- Practical experience building, maintaining, and scaling enterprise CI/CD systems.
- Experience in CUI or ITAR environments, tuning LLMs, or deploying custom LLMs.
Pay
USD 150,000–220,000 per-year-salary (base salary)
Tools
C++, Python, Node.js, Bash, GitLab, Jira, Confluence, Nix
AI focus
Build and support GenAI-assisted developer tooling, including LLM-powered software-development tools, secure LLM routing, and potentially specialized or custom LLMs.
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