Shield AI
Staff Engineer, HMS DevOps/DevEx (R6196)
$150K–$230K
Washington, D.C. · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 8, 2026
- Experience
- No specific number of years stated.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. citizen and able to obtain and maintain an active U.S. SECRET security clearance.
About the job
Build and operate developer tooling, CI/CD pipelines, integrations, and cloud testing environments for Hivemind Solutions, emphasizing speed, reproducibility, and security.
What you'll do
- Build and maintain GitLab CI/CD pipelines and runner infrastructure for software projects.
- Automate release workflows by integrating GitLab, Jira, and Confluence; develop extensions for the pi-gov GenAI routing harness.
- Deploy and manage Forge in Azure Gov Cloud, secure Artifactory registries, and support reproducible Nix developer environments.
What they ask for
- Practical experience building, maintaining, and scaling enterprise CI/CD systems, including deep expertise in GitLab CI/CD and runners.
- Experience scripting in Bash or Python and using webhooks/APIs to integrate engineering tools.
- Hands-on containerization and package-manager experience; cloud workload management; secure development, secrets, and identity-provider experience.
- Solid Linux administration, networking, and troubleshooting skills; ability to obtain and maintain an active U.S. SECRET clearance (U.S. citizenship required).
Pay
USD 150,000–230,000 (per-year-salary) — base salary
Tools
GitLab CI/CD, C++, Python, Node.js, Bash, Jira, Confluence, Azure Gov Cloud
AI focus
Write custom extensions for the pi-gov GenAI routing harness and configure secure, audited LLM routing rules.
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