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Senior Staff Engineer, Cloud Network (R5000)

We're building the world's best AI pilot. Our mission is to protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems.

Shield AI

Employee count: 501-1000

Salary: 180k-270k USD

United States only

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Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed deep-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include the V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, Hivemind Enterprise, and the Hivemind Vision product lines. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and the 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:

Cloud Engineering builds and operates the infrastructure and environments that support Hivemind.

As a Senior Staff Cloud Network Engineer, you will lead the design and evolution of the network systems that connect Hivemind environments across cloud, on-premise, and constrained runtime environments. You will partner with engineering, program, and infrastructure stakeholders to define how systems communicate: establishing routing, network segmentation, and connectivity models that ensure secure and predictable operation.

This is a deeply technical, hands-on role focused on building and validating network systems. You will work with engineering, program, and adjacent infrastructure teams to implement and verify connectivity across cloud and isolated environments, including troubleshooting routing, segmentation, and traffic behavior in constrained or mission-critical systems.

What you'll do:

  • Lead the design of network systems that span both cloud and isolated environments, ensuring consistent connectivity and behavior.
  • Design networking for containerized systems to support inter-service communication and service discovery
  • Partner with Enterprise Ops to design and implement routing and firewall policies across shared network boundaries
  • Establish and improve network observability and debugging
  • Partner with Cybersecurity and Infosec to design connectivity and access boundaries that meet regulatory and compliance needs
  • Identify and resolve systemic issues affecting reliability, latency, and scalability
  • Mentor engineers and drive adoption of strong network design and debugging practices through hands-on guidance and review

Required qualifications:

  • 10+ years of experience in network engineering, infrastructure engineering, or related fields
  • Experience designing and operating network systems across cloud and non-cloud environments
  • Deep understanding of networking fundamentals, including routing, segmentation, and traffic control
  • Experience with cloud networking using infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible)
  • Experience designing networking for containerized or distributed systems
  • Ability to diagnose and resolve complex network issues across systems
  • Experience working across team boundaries to design and implement network solutions
  • 3–5 years of experience designing and operating systems in regulated or compliance-driven environments
  • Experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience building network systems used across multiple teams or environments
  • Experience working with isolated or high-security environments
  • Familiarity with data center fabric architectures (e.g., EVPN/VXLAN, spine-leaf)
  • Experience with Kubernetes networking and service connectivity models
  • Experience with traditional and cloud-native firewalls (e.g., Palo Alto Networks, AWS WAF)
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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.

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Salary: 180k-270k USD

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About Shield AI

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We're building the world's best AI pilot. Our mission is to protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems.

AI pilots will revolutionize battlefields and commercial aviation at a scale greater than the self-driving movement reshaping our highways.

We’re building Hivemind, our AI pilot, to enable swarms of drones and aircraft to operate autonomously without GPS, communications, or a pilot. Our mission is to protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems.

Our Story

As a Navy SEAL, Shield AI co-founder Brandon Tseng experienced firsthand problems where intelligent autonomy could have made life-saving differences. He asked himself what does the military of 2030 look like and what role does autonomy play. The answer – AI pilots powering every military asset: aircraft, drones, ships, satellites and submarines. ​

What does the military of 2030 look like and what role does autonomy play? The answer – AI pilots powering every military asset: aircraft, drones, ships, satellites and submarines.

The lack of software and AI engineering talent from large defense primes presented an opportunity to start fresh and build the aerospace and defense technology company of the 21st century focused on AI pilots. And in 2015, alongside cofounders Ryan Tseng, and Andrew Reiter – Shield AI was founded to bring the best of AI and autonomy technology to the DoD and our allies to protect service members and civilians.

Our Values

Changing the world for the better is hard. The difficulty of operationalizing AI pilots is akin to landing an orbital rocket. When things are hard and you’re pushed to your limits, you fall back on your mission and values. Few things are more important, which is why they are at the heart of everything we do.

  1. Do what honor dictates.

  2. Live as a servant leader.

  3. Pursue excellence.

Employee benefits

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Pet insurance

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Healthcare benefits

Excellent medical coverage for employees.

Equity benefits

Stock benefits, so you are rewarded for your best work.

Retirement benefits

401(k) services and match to help you invest in your future.

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