Shield AI
Staff Engineer, GenAI Tooling & DevEx (R5469)
Washington, D.C. · Staff · Full-time · Posted Nov 4, 2026
- 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 that help robotics and autonomy engineers build software more effectively.
What you'll do
- Build GenAI-enabled developer tools and extend the custom GenAI harness with automation, secure LLM routing, and local containerized environments.
- Integrate GitLab, Jira, Confluence, and internal systems; improve build, test, and reproducible Nix development workflows.
- Support adoption with documentation, examples, troubleshooting, and feedback-driven improvements.
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 scripting in Bash or Python and using webhooks/APIs to automate and integrate engineering tools.
- Experience with containerization and package managers; familiarity with cloud workloads, secure development, secrets management, and identity providers; ability to obtain and maintain an active U.S. SECRET clearance (U.S. citizenship required).
Nice to have
- Experience building and scaling enterprise CI/CD systems or developing in CUI and ITAR environments.
- Expertise tuning LLMs for specialized use or familiarity deploying custom LLMs.
Tools
C++, Python, Node.js, Bash, GitLab, Jira, Confluence, Nix
AI focus
Builds GenAI-assisted developer tooling, secure LLM routing, engineering-context integrations, and workflows; preferred work includes specialized LLM tuning and custom LLM deployment.
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