We’re growing quickly and looking for a Full-Stack Software Engineer to help design, develop, and deploy robust applications that directly enable manufacturing, operational planning, and execution — all within a Foundry-integrated ecosystem.
If you thrive in fast-moving environments, enjoy solving complex problems with modern software, and want to see your code deliver immediate impact, this role is for you.
What you'll do:
- Execute the development and release of Foundry-backed applications that power MES, ERP, and operational analytics.
- Develop end-to-end features: From backend services and data transformations to user-facing interfaces — ensuring performance, maintainability, and security.
- Collaborate with production managers, engineers, and supply chain teams to understand workflows and deliver scalable software solutions.
- Leverage Palantir Foundry: Use Foundry’s APIs, ontology, and visualization tools to integrate data across multiple domains.
- Deliver continuously: Write well-tested, maintainable code and iterate quickly based on real-world feedback.
- Shape the roadmap: Contribute to technical direction, make sound architecture decisions, and help scale our Foundry development capabilities.
Required qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience in full-stack application development with proven ownership of deployed solutions.
- Hands-on experience designing and building React application and TypeScipt/Javascript based backend (API)
- Strong skills in data modeling, working with large datasets, and building analytical workflows.
- Solid foundation in software design, testing, and documentation.
- Ability to deliver complex projects independently while collaborating effectively across teams.
Preferred qualifications:
- Familiarity with Palantir Foundry (ontology, pipelines, APIs, visualization) or other large-scale data platforms.
- Hands-on experience designing and operating Python data-processing pipelines
- Experience building software for manufacturing, supply chain or aircraft maintenance.
- Familiarity with modern software delivery practices (version control, testing, CI/CD).
Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience in full-stack application development with proven ownership of deployed solutions.
- Hands-on experience designing and building React applications and TypeScript/JavaScript based backends (APIs).
- Strong skills in data modeling, working with large datasets, and building analytical workflows.
- Solid foundation in software design, testing, and documentation.
- Ability to deliver complex projects independently while collaborating effectively across teams.
- Familiarity with Palantir Foundry (ontology, pipelines, APIs, visualization) or other large-scale data platforms.
- Hands-on experience designing and operating Python data-processing pipelines.
- Experience building software for manufacturing, supply chain, or aircraft maintenance.
- Familiarity with modern software delivery practices (version control, testing, CI/CD).
What the Team is Saying
Shield AI Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Company materials describe excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage alongside a mental‑health EAP. Site perks such as an onsite gym in DC and a gym discount in San Diego support a health‑focused offering.
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Retirement Support — Careers materials highlight a 401(k) with company match as part of the standard package. A Total Rewards overview emphasizes retirement features within a broader, transparent compensation view.
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Career-Linked Recognition & Rewards — Compensation for in‑demand technical and senior go‑to‑market roles is described as competitive, with visible engineering ranges and top‑end packages. This points to meaningful upside tied to role, level, and scarce skills.
Shield AI Insights
What We Do
At Shield AI, you won't wait years to see your work reach the field. You'll build hardware and software that operates in the real world right now, in the hands of the people who depend on it. Hivemind, our AI pilot, has been flying since 2018. It has flown more than 30 platforms, including an F-16, and it now sits under a U.S. Air Force production contract for Collaborative Combat Aircraft. When you write code or shape a system here, you contribute to technology with a proven flight record and a clear production future. V-BAT flies intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions with an operational record that stretches from Ukraine to the Indo-Pacific. It delivers eyes where they matter most, in the most demanding conditions on earth. The teams behind it watch their work get tested where the stakes are real. X-BAT takes its first flight this year. It's an AI-piloted fighter that needs no runway, built to operate where traditional aircraft can't. Join now and you help shape a program at its earliest, most formative stage. That's the kind of ground-floor work that defines a career. Do the most impactful work of your life, on problems that matter. Autonomy at this level asks a lot of you. You'll take on problems in perception, planning, and control that few teams anywhere are equipped to solve. You'll work across disciplines, from aerospace and robotics to machine learning and systems engineering, alongside people who hold themselves to an exacting standard and expect the same from you. Our mission is clear: protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems. That purpose runs through every decision, every design review, and every deployment. It's why the work here carries a weight you can feel. Ready to join our mission? Explore our open roles and find where you fit.
Why Work With Us
Founded in 2015 by a former Navy SEAL, Shield AI builds AI pilots and uncrewed aircraft. Veterans aren't an afterthought here, they're at every level. It's why the work carries weight: AI pilots and uncrewed aircraft flying real missions, from Ukraine to the Indo-Pacific, protecting service members and civilians.
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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
