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Staff Engineer, XBAT DevOps (R4542)

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and

Company

Shield AI

Location

Seattle, Washington

Status

Open

Posted

2026-05-15T21:52:19.949+00:00

Shield AI is hiring a staff-level DevOps engineer for its XBAT group in Seattle, on site and full-time. The role owns the company's CI/CD and automation stack, with responsibility for pipeline health, developer velocity, and large-scale test execution ranging from single-agent runs to cluster-orchestrated mission scenarios. It is described as a hands-on individual-contributor position that removes bottlenecks so engineers can test and ship quickly. The posting asks for DevOps work on CI/CD and automation; no salary, sponsorship, relocation or specific tooling is stated.