# Staff Software Engineer ML Platform (6244) 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/82e0ffd1-3887-4253-b458-00f39e0a387f?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/shield-ai-staff-software-engineer-ml-platform-6244/

## About the role

Build experiment-tracking and model-registry services, integrating tools such as MLflow where appropriate. Connect exact dataset, code and configuration versions to training runs, checkpoints and model versions. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Experience building production backend services for machine-learning platforms or data-intensive workflows
- Strong software engineering skills in Python or a comparable backend language
- Experience designing APIs, metadata models and persistent state for services used by other engineers
- Experience handling storage, partial failures, retries and consistency in distributed systems
- Understanding of training runs, checkpoints and model versioning
- Ability to work directly with machine-learning users and deliver maintainable software that solves their workflow problems

Tags: Engineering

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/shield-ai-staff-software-engineer-ml-platform-6244/