# Senior Engineer, Full-Stack - Forge Platform, Tools (R5790) at Shield AI

- Company: Shield AI
- What the company does: Autonomy for the world. Backed by a16z.
- Company website: https://shield.ai
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Diego, California
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $130K to $230K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-26
- Apply by: 2026-11-10
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/shieldai/3666037e-b201-4ef4-82e1-a78802047a96
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/shield-ai-senior-engineer-full-stack-forge-platform-tools-r5790/

## About the role

We are looking for a full-stack engineer interested in customer-facing products, developer tools, and AI-assisted workflows. You will partner with internal subject-matter experts to build an extensible application platform and complete applications on it.

## What they're looking for

- Experience owning production full-stack applications from design and implementation through rollout and support
- Strong proficiency with TypeScript and React or an equivalent modern web stack
- Experience building production backend services 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, including state management, routing, asynchronous communication, browser security, authentication, authorization, and failure handling
- Ability to build intuitive technical tools for engineers and test them at the unit, integration, and system levels

Tags: Forge