Shield AI
Our mission is to protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems.
Washington, DC, USA

Principal Software Engineer, Software Integration (R2570)

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Job Description:

As part of the Hivemind Commander (HMC) team, you’ll play an active role in shaping and implementing our HMC Core Product. This HMC Core Product is a foundational, extensible set of services that enable both human operators (e.g. via command-and-control user interfaces) and third parties (e.g. to interoperate with wider networks) to interact with active Hivemind Edge (HME) autonomy systems and aircraft. You’ll collaborate cross-functionally with other Core Product engineers, Solutions engineers and new customers to develop robust interfaces and architectures that enable seamless integration with new systems and user interfaces. Ultimately, you’ll make it easier to improve the ability of our software to adapt to new systems, thereby enhancing the quality and reliability of our products to protect service members and civilians with AI systems.

What you'll do:

  • Contribute to the HMC platform that will revolutionize the way engineers, operators, and subject matter experts develop and integrate autonomy solutions. 
  • Contribute to building, extending and documenting interfaces for internal and customer use. 
  • Contribute to building a robust command and control software development kit (SDK) for internal and customer user. 
  • Become deeply familiar with the entire HME System and its extension points. 
  • Learn and extend well-known interoperability interfaces, allowing HME to seamlessly connect to legacy third party systems. 
  • Implement robust APIs and middleware solutions to facilitate seamless interaction between existing and future HME Systems. 
  • Implement comprehensive documentation and tutorials to onboard internal engineers and external clients quickly, providing clear instructions on how to use HMC core products to develop and deploy autonomy solutions effectively. 
  • Integrate test and evaluation capabilities into continuous integration pipelines. 
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including robotics engineers, simulation specialists, and cloud architects, to ensure alignment with overall system goals and business objectives. 
  • Work with teams of supremely talented software engineers who care deeply about the solutions they create. 
  • Leverage your skills across both front-end and back-end tiers of various applications. 
  • Identify areas of technical debt across the stack, analyze and synthesize solutions and paths towards achieving them. 
  • Other duties as assigned.

Required qualifications:

  • 15+ years of related experience developing large, production quality software systems.
  • Expertise and deep experience with modern C++ (C++17 and beyond)
  • Expertise in deep experience with architectural design and implementation of large and complex distributed systems
  • Professional experience developing in Linux environments. 
  • Experience with Git and code management tools.
  • Demonstrated record of working hard, being a trustworthy teammate, holding yourself and others to high standards, and being kind to others
  • Fluid intelligence that allows one to operate effectively in sometimes ambiguous conditions, while finding opportunities to drive technical efforts and force multiply. 
  • Excellent grasp of software development and coding principles with high productivity in a mainstream language (e.g. C++, Go, Python, etc.)
  • Strong knowledge of modern software engineering best practices
  • Passionate about developing high-quality and optimized software solutions.
  • Good software hygiene regarding code documentation, unit testing, bug tracking.
  • Strong technical collaboration skills and a desire to develop new skills.
  • Excited by a fast-moving environment with a highly motivated group. 

Preferred qualificaitons:

  • Experience with in aerospace and/or robotics industries.
  • Experience with command and control, mission planning and other operator-oriented systems for UAVs. 
  • Experience with international interoperability standards like STANAG4586. 
  • Experience with team leadership, or as a technical project lead.
  • Experience with front end web-technologies, such as React and Typescript. 
  • Experience with complex system configurations management using new technologies such as Cuelang, Helm, etc. 
  • Experience developing and maintaining software development kits (SDKs). 
  • Experience with web security, and security technologies such as OpenSSL. 
  • Experience with containerization and container management using Kubernetes, Docker, etc. 

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What are Shield AI Perks + Benefits

Shield AI Benefits Overview

Medical, Dental, and Vision
Access to medical (HMOs & PPOs), including dental and vision. Shield AI pays 90% for employees and 75% for dependents. Life insurance policies are available including Voluntary Term Life and AD&D.

Retirement Services
Invest in your future with 401K matching retirement services provided by Vanguard. Shield AI fully matches the first 3% of contributions and matches half of your next 2%, coming out to ~4% match from us.

Paid Parental Leave
Shield AI offers up to 12 weeks paid parental leave for mothers AND fathers. We want you to be present and support your family. While you're out, your team has your back!

Learning and Development
We offer leadership-specific training, expert speakers, and 24/7 access to Udemy. Shield AI encourage all teammates to take 1 hour per week to learn or sharpen a skill. We call it a DEAL hour (Drop Everything And Learn).

Paid Time Off
You accrue 6.15 hours of paid time off (PTO) per paycheck. This is ~12 hours/month or ~20 days per year. However, you can take up to and accumulate a maximum of 336 hours (42 days) of PTO total.

Company Events & Merch
If Monday-Friday isn't enough time with teammates, there's always the weekend! From pickleball tournaments to company baseball games and happy hours, we love spending time with each other. You can do so in custom company merch, which has included Patagonia, JBL and Lululemon.

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Open door policy
OKR operational model
Team based strategic planning
Open office floor plan
Employee resource groups
Employee-led culture committees
Quarterly engagement surveys
In-person all-hands meetings
The witty team at the Eagles Wing in DC loves to stand up during weekly standup!
Employee awards
Flexible work schedule
Diversity
Diversity employee resource groups
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Health Insurance + Wellness
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Pet insurance
Wellness programs
Team workouts
Mental health benefits
Transgender health care benefits
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
401(K) matching
Company equity
Shield AI offers restricted stock units (RSU) as part of its standard compensation package.
Performance bonus
Pay transparency
Child Care & Parental Leave
Generous parental leave
Up to 12 weeks paid parental leave.
Family medical leave
Adoption Assistance
Company sponsored family events
Vacation + Time Off
Generous PTO
Shield AI's vacation policy includes four weeks paid time off for all employees.
Paid holidays
Flexible time off
Bereavement leave benefits
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
Company-sponsored outings
Free snacks and drinks
Company-sponsored happy hours
Onsite office parking
Relocation assistance
Fitness stipend
Mother's room
Onsite gym
Professional Development
Job training & conferences
Lunch and learns
Promote from within
Continuing education available during work hours
Online course subscriptions available
Customized development tracks
Paid industry certifications

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