The Applications team within Software Engineering builds the internal tools that power Shield AI’s most critical operations across Production, Fleet Sustainment, Customer Operations, Supply Chain, and Engineering. Our portfolio includes software supporting supply chain management, fleet sustainment, and aircraft manufacturing.
We are growing rapidly and are seeking a Full-Stack Software Engineer to help design, develop, and deploy robust applications that directly enable manufacturing, operational planning, and mission execution within a Foundry-integrated ecosystem.
If you thrive in fast-paced environments, enjoy solving complex problems with modern technologies, and want to see your work make an immediate impact, this role is for you.
What you'll do:
- Develop and release Foundry-backed applications that support MES, ERP, and operational analytics platforms.
- Build end-to-end features, from backend services and data transformations to intuitive user interfaces, with a focus on performance, maintainability, and security.
- Partner closely with production managers, engineers, and supply chain teams to understand business workflows and deliver scalable software solutions.
- Design and build applications with React and TypeScript within the Palantir Foundry ecosystem, integrating and operationalizing data across multiple domains.
- Deliver continuously by writing well-tested, maintainable code and iterating quickly based on real-world feedback.
- Influence technical direction by contributing to architecture decisions, establishing best practices, and helping scale Shield AI’s Foundry development capabilities.
Required qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience in full-stack software development with demonstrated ownership of production applications.
- Exceptional ability to communicate with stakeholders, spanning senior leadership and collaborative peers to align on requirements and outcomes.
- Hands-on experience designing and building React applications and TypeScript/JavaScript-based backend services and APIs.
- Strong experience with data modeling, large-scale datasets, and analytical workflows.
- Solid foundation in software architecture, testing, code quality, and technical documentation.
- Proven ability to independently deliver complex projects while collaborating effectively across cross-functional teams.
- Ability to obtain a S//SAR level security clearance desired.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience with Palantir Foundry, including Ontology, data pipelines, APIs, and application development, or comparable large-scale data platforms.
- Hands-on experience designing, building, and operating Python-based data processing pipelines.
- Aerospace industry familiarity, with experience developing software for manufacturing, supply chain operations, fleet sustainment, or aircraft maintenance.
- Familiarity with modern software delivery practices, including version control, automated testing, CI/CD, and infrastructure automation.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience in full-stack software development with demonstrated ownership of production applications.
- Exceptional ability to communicate with stakeholders, spanning senior leadership and collaborative peers to align on requirements and outcomes.
- Hands-on experience designing and building React applications and TypeScript/JavaScript-based backend services and APIs.
- Strong experience with data modeling, large-scale datasets, and analytical workflows.
- Solid foundation in software architecture, testing, code quality, and technical documentation.
- Proven ability to independently deliver complex projects while collaborating effectively across cross-functional teams.
- Ability to obtain a S//SAR level security clearance.
- Experience with Palantir Foundry, including Ontology, data pipelines, APIs, and application development, or comparable large-scale data platforms.
- Hands-on experience designing, building, and operating Python-based data processing pipelines.
- Aerospace industry familiarity, with experience developing software for manufacturing, supply chain operations, fleet sustainment, or aircraft maintenance.
- Familiarity with modern software delivery practices, including version control, automated testing, CI/CD, and infrastructure automation.
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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