Shield AI

Staff C++ Build and Release Engineer (R5673)

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14 hours ago
Melbourne, AustraliaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Own C++ build and release workflows from source through build, test, packaging, and release for autonomy and vision products.
  • Support and improve containerized CI/CD pipelines across isolated environments, emphasizing speed, determinism, promotion, and repeatability.
  • Build and maintain container images for edge deployment.
  • Manage JFrog Artifactory repositories and improve artifact versioning, retention, and promotion practices.
  • Strengthen C++ dependency and build reproducibility and troubleshoot pipeline flakiness.
  • Validate and deploy autonomy and vision-system products, tools, and libraries for reliable edge delivery.
  • Collaborate with engineers and system administrators to ensure integration and stability in real deployment environments.

Requirements

  • Strong hands-on experience delivering modern C++ software in production.
  • Demonstrated ownership of build systems, toolchains, and dependency management, including tools such as Conan, CMake, Nix, Ninja, or Artifactory.
  • Significant recent experience running CI/CD for compiled software and maintaining pipelines, runners or agents, artifact stores, and promotion gates.
  • Significant recent experience with Docker, Podman, and containerized workflows.
  • Strong understanding of Linux and Unix systems.
  • Experience debugging and troubleshooting.
  • Experience in air-gapped or isolated DevOps environments or similarly constrained delivery contexts.
  • Experience supporting Python deployment and distribution for tooling around a C++ core.
  • Ability to pass a cleared background check and possible reference check.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to help shape defense and autonomy technology in Australia and beyond.
  • Mission-led work with global partnerships and local autonomy.
  • Competitive salary, performance-based incentives, and long-term growth opportunities.
  • Role based in a growing team headquartered in Port Melbourne.
  • Offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check.

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About Shield AI

1,001-5,000 employees

Shield AI builds autonomous systems for military and national security customers, combining its Hivemind autonomy software with V-BAT and X-BAT unmanned aircraft and Aechelon simulation technologies. The privately held company sells hardware, software, and related services to U.S. and allied defense agencies. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Diego, it operates across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, and its technology is used in operational deployments.

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