4 months ago
Base Salary
$220k - $330k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and prototype generative AI experiences focused on accelerating autonomy development.
- Lead the user experience design of Hivemind Generative AI.
- Work with the Office of the CTO to shape the Hivemind product vision and documentation.
- Collaborate with Hivemind Commander and Hivemind Design technical leads to improve product user experiences.
- Conduct user research to understand user personas and needs.
- Investigate competing products and synthesize user experience findings for engineering and product leadership.
Requirements
- 15+ years of experience developing large, production-quality software systems.
- Strong software development and coding skills with high productivity in a mainstream language such as TypeScript, C++, Go, Python, or Rust.
- Strong knowledge of modern software engineering practices, Git, code management, documentation, unit testing, and bug tracking.
- 5+ years of React, Node, TypeScript, and JavaScript development experience.
- 5+ years of front-end or full-stack web application development experience.
- Deep understanding of full-stack web development, including browser APIs, WebSockets, HTTP streaming, Server-Sent Events, state management, React rendering, SPA routing, URL-based state, content loading, and progressive rendering.
- Experience handling multimodal inputs including text, files, images, and audio, plus client-side LLM context management.
- Experience operating effectively in ambiguous conditions and driving technical efforts.
- Experience with Linux, Docker, and CI/CD environments.
- Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud platform: Azure, GCP, or AWS.
- Preferred experience with geospatial data, WebGL, Playwright UI testing, Electron or similar tools, generative AI debugging and inspection UIs, video game UX design, and low-code or no-code systems.
- Experience or comfort reading C++, Python, or TypeScript.
Benefits
- Full-time regular employees are eligible for bonus, benefits, and equity in addition to pay within the stated range.
- Temporary employees receive a temporary benefits package applicable after 60 days of employment.
- The role requires travel to a Shield AI location 1–3 times per quarter.
- Offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check.
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About Shield AI
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.