# Senior Staff Engineer, ML Ops (R4941) 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 Mateo, California
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $280K to $420K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-31
- Apply by: 2026-10-15
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/shieldai/ddbab7c4-cb54-49f9-b9ab-fff244fdbdbe
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/shield-ai-senior-staff-engineer-ml-ops-r4941/

## About the role

We are looking for a Senior Staff Engineer to help define and build this platform. You will partner closely with ML researchers, platform engineers, and autonomy teams to deliver an exceptional developer experience for training and deploying modern AI models.

## What they're looking for

- Experience building Kubernetes-native AI or MLOps platforms supporting distributed machine learning workloads
- Deep understanding of modern AI training frameworks, including PyTorch, Hugging Face Transformers and distributed training techniques
- Experience operating GPU-accelerated infrastructure and distributed training systems
- Strong understanding of Kubernetes, Linux, networking, security, storage, and distributed systems
- Experience with GPU scheduling concepts and large-scale AI workloads
- Experience packaging and deploying cloud-native infrastructure using Terraform and Helm

Tags: Engineering