# Staff, Platform Engineer AI Compute (6034) 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: $200K to $300K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-11-02
- Apply by: 2026-12-17
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/shieldai/651bbbbe-1cba-4d59-8ed8-168f9dbb373b?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/shield-ai-staff-platform-engineer-ai-compute-6034/

## About the role

Build and maintain the software and configuration that let developers run GPU workloads on Kubernetes. Design quotas, scheduling priorities, permissions and isolation so multiple teams can share compute predictably. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Experience building and supporting production Kubernetes platforms, including GPU or distributed computing workloads
- Strong software engineering skills in Python, Go or a comparable language
- Experience automating infrastructure deployment, configuration and upgrades
- Practical Linux, networking and storage troubleshooting skills
- Experience with shared resource scheduling, access controls or workload isolation
- Ability to work directly with machine-learning engineers, understand their workloads and turn recurring problems into maintained platform capabilities

Tags: Engineering

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/shield-ai-staff-platform-engineer-ai-compute-6034/