# Staff Software Engineer - Internal Tools (R6114) 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: Seattle, Washington
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $190K to $290K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-25
- Apply by: 2026-11-23
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/shieldai/be90a4fc-598c-4de9-a5b4-312203aa4cee?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/shield-ai-staff-engineer-software-r6114/

## About the role

Join a high-impact software team focused entirely on delivering internal software tools to help other teams at Shield AI. The engineer in this role will help create, manage, deploy, and maintain new full-stack internal software tools. This role offers a unique opportunity to work with many different teams at Shield AI on a variety of different projects. Internal tools range from things as complex as physics analysis of the aircraft to things as simple as a system for tracking tickets. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
- Strong communication skills
- Linux Proficiency
- Strong low level performant language skills (C/C++ or Rust)
- Experience with SQL
- Experience using frontend frameworks

Tags: X-BAT Engineering

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/shield-ai-staff-engineer-software-r6114/
