Staff Software Engineer - Internal Tools (R6114)
Company websiteshield.ai (Shield AI, opens in new tab)
Base salary $190K to $290K
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in Seattle, WA
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- LocationSeattle, WA
- WorkplaceOn-site
- Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
- Last checked (35 min ago) · observed since
About this job
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 synthetic reality technologies. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube.
Job Description:
Join a high-impact software team focused entirely on delivering internal software tools to help other teams at Shield AI. The engineer in this role will help create, manage, deploy, and maintain new full-stack internal software tools. This role offers a unique opportunity to work with many different teams at Shield AI on a variety of different projects. Internal tools range from things as complex as physics analysis of the aircraft to things as simple as a system for tracking tickets. A successful engineer in this role would excel at gathering requirements for the tool, pushing back on bad requirements, and implementing a robust full-stack solution to deliver the best value to the team in need. This role offers high visibility projects that can change the workflows of entire teams for the better.
What you'll do:
- Collaborate with other teams at Shield AI to hone tool requirements
- Architect a robust full-stack solution to meet the team's needs
- Deploy the tool internally for potentially wide reaching benefits
- Maintain an existing suite of internal tooling
Required qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
- Strong communication skills
- Linux Proficiency
- Strong low level performant language skills (C/C++ or Rust)
- Experience with SQL
- Experience using frontend frameworks
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience making a full-stack web app
- Zero downtime deployment experience
- React framework experience
- Rust language experience
- Microsoft SQL server experience
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Full-time regular employee offer package:
Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
Temporary employee offer package:
Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)
Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information.
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Shield AI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
Source: Shield AI on Lever · View original posting (opens in new tab)
Pay in context
This role's base floor ($190,000) is above 88% of the 1,396 Software Engineering roles in Washington listed on this site; 2 others list the same floor. Their median floor is $143,700; the middle half runs from $143,700 to $168,100.
Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 7, 2026.
This listingStaff Software Engineer - Internal Tools (R6114)$190K to $290K
Manager, Propulsion (Engine) (R5086)$190K to $290K
Director, Enterprise Strategy and Operations (R5626)$190K to $290K
Director, International Growth Campaign Leader (R5851)$190K to $290K
Director, DoN Growth Campaign Leader (X-BAT Family of Systems) (R6365)$190K to $290K
Senior Staff Engineer, Mission Architect (R5876)$190K to $280K
Network Architect (R6158)$190K to $290K
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| Staff Software Engineer - Internal Tools (R6114) (this listing) | $190K - $290K |
| Manager, Propulsion (Engine) (R5086) | $190K - $290K |
| Director, Enterprise Strategy and Operations (R5626) | $190K - $290K |
| Director, International Growth Campaign Leader (R5851) | $190K - $290K |
| Director, DoN Growth Campaign Leader (X-BAT Family of Systems) (R6365) | $190K - $290K |
| Senior Staff Engineer, Mission Architect (R5876) | $190K - $280K |
| Network Architect (R6158) | $190K - $290K |
Observed changes
- First observed on the employer's board
- Began meeting the published-salary criteria
- fields changed
- Observed since
- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-09-25
Where this pay comes from
Location as the employer wrote it: Seattle, Washington
USD 190,000 – 290,000 · per-year-salary · salaryRange
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