Staff Engineer, HMS DevOps/DevEx (R6196)
- Salary
- USD 150,000 - 230,000 / per-year-salary
- Level
- Staff
- Work type
- On-site · Washington
Not stated in the posting: visa.
Open. First seen 22 October 2026.
About the role
Shield AI's standard text
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:
As an engineer on the HMS DevOps/DevEx Team, you will write the automation, configure the environments, and build the CI/CD pipelines that power the software development lifecycle across Hivemind Solutions. Your work is hands-on and focused on engineering maximum velocity, reproducibility, and security into our distributed developer tooling and cloud testing environments.
You will completely automate tool workflows by writing scripts and API integrations connecting GitLab, Jira, and Confluence. You will configure and optimize C++, Python, and Node.js compilation pipelines, scale auto-running GitLab runner fleets, manage secure Artifactory container registries, deploy Forge in Azure Gov Cloud, and write custom HMS extensions to our pi-gov GenAI routing harness.
What you'll do:
- Write, configure, and maintain robust GitLab CI/CD pipelines and runner environments for C++, Python, and Node.js software projects, ensuring fast compilation and test execution.
- Build, test, and deploy automated tooling integrations, webhook dispatchers, and state-change scripts connecting GitLab, Jira, and Confluence to orchestrate release workflows.
- Write custom Python or Bash extensions for our pi-gov harness, configuring secure, audited LLM routing rules and local container configurations.
- Deploy, scale, and configure the Forge simulation and test orchestrator in Azure Gov Cloud, optimizing runner autoscaling and cloud compute consumption.
- Maintain, configure, and secure Artifactory package registries, implementing secure container builds via BuildKit, secret injection, and Entra ID integration.
- Partner with development teams to migrate legacy project build systems to reproducible Nix developer environments, writing default Nix derivations and flake configurations.
- Troubleshoot pipeline failures, broken builds, registry access issues, and system-level configuration drift across development environments.
Required qualifications:
- Typically requires a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
- Practical experience building, maintaining, and scaling enterprise CI/CD systems, with deep expertise in GitLab CI/CD pipelines and runner infrastructure.
- Direct experience writing scripts (Bash, Python) and utilizing webhooks/APIs to automate and integrate engineering tools (such as Jira, Confluence, and GitLab).
- Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker, multi-stage builds) and package managers (such as Conan, Poetry, or Nix).
- Familiarity with deploying and managing application workloads in cloud environments (such as Azure Gov Cloud or AWS).
- Experience with secure software development practices, secret management, and identity providers (Active Directory, Entra ID).
- Solid Linux system administration, networking, and troubleshooting skills.
- Ability to obtain and maintain an active U.S. SECRET security clearance (U.S. citizenship required).
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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.
Shield AI's standard text
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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.
What this role asks for
Particular to this role
Active Directory · Bash · Generative AI · GitLab · JavaScript · Jira · LLM · Node.js
Rare in Shield AI's other 299 open postings.
Standard for DevOps / SRE / cloud roles
AWS · Azure · CI/CD · Docker · Linux · Python
Common in DevOps / SRE / cloud postings at any company.
79% of this description is written for the role. The rest is Shield AI's standard text, folded away below.
Compared with Shield AI's other open jobs.
The team: Integration & Test HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 28 open in Integration & Test. 16 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in January: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
Python (24 of 28), Linux (21 of 28), CI/CD (18 of 28), C++ (17 of 28), Test Automation (17 of 28), Git (15 of 28), Docker (12 of 28)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Engineer I, Software - Factory Team (R6235) posted Oct 10
- Engineer II, Flight Test (R6222) posted Oct 10
- Engineer II, Software Test and Automation (R6221) posted Oct 10
- Engineer I, Flight Test (R6219) posted Oct 10
- Engineer II, Software - Factory (R6217) posted Oct 10
- Engineer I, Software Test and Automation (R6216) posted Oct 10
- Engineer I, Software Integration (R6214) posted Oct 9
- Engineer I, Simulation Framework (R6203) posted Oct 7
- Engineer II, Integration (R6202) posted Oct 7
- Engineer II, Simulation Framework (R6204) posted Oct 7
- Senior Engineer, HMS Simulation Framework (R6058) posted Sep 24
- Senior Engineer, System Integration Test (R6086) posted Sep 24
- Staff Engineer, Flight Test (R6064) posted Sep 24
- Staff Engineer, System Test Network (R6030) posted Sep 24
- Staff Engineer, Integration (R6009) posted Sep 23
- Senior Staff Engineer, Test Director (R5446) posted Sep 14
- Senior Staff Engineer, Systems Integration (R5415) posted Sep 4
- Senior Engineer, Platform Infrastructure (R5516) posted Aug 4
- Senior Engineer, Software Integration (R5462) posted Aug 3
- Staff Engineer, GenAI Tooling & DevEx (R5469) posted Jul 31
- Manager, Software Test & Automation (R5461) posted Jul 22
- Staff Engineer, AI Factory (R5276) posted Jul 1
- Senior Engineer, Autonomy Software Integration & Test (R5225) posted Jun 12
- Director, Test Engineering - ACP Programs posted May 23
- Engineer II, Systems Test (R5038) posted May 23
- Senior Engineer, Systems Test (R5038) posted May 23
- Senior Engineer, Software Test and Automation (R4472) posted Jan 31
From the team and dates on Shield AI's own job board.
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