# Staff Engineer, HMS DevOps/DevEx (R6196) 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: Washington, D.C.
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $150K to $230K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-08
- Apply by: 2026-11-23
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/shieldai/8d073a4a-e819-4b37-a8f2-8db97516e082?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/shield-ai-staff-engineer-hms-devops-devex-r6196/

## About the role

As an engineer on the HMS DevOps/DevEx Team, you will write the automation, configure the environments, and build the CI/CD pipelines that power the software development lifecycle across Hivemind Solutions. Your work is hands-on and focused on engineering maximum velocity, reproducibility, and security into our distributed developer tooling and cloud testing environments. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Typically requires a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience
- Practical experience building, maintaining, and scaling enterprise CI/CD systems, with deep expertise in GitLab CI/CD pipelines and runner infrastructure
- Direct experience writing scripts (Bash, Python) and utilizing webhooks/APIs to automate and integrate engineering tools (such as Jira, Confluence, and GitLab)
- Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker, multi-stage builds) and package managers (such as Conan, Poetry, or Nix)
- Familiarity with deploying and managing application workloads in cloud environments (such as Azure Gov Cloud or AWS)
- Experience with secure software development practices, secret management, and identity providers (Active Directory, Entra ID)

Tags: Integration & Test

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/shield-ai-staff-engineer-hms-devops-devex-r6196/