# Senior Staff Engineer, ML Ops (R4941)

Hiring organization: [Shield AI](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/shield-ai)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/664ed433-6e3d-443c-9ba3-bb4d2554426f

Listed on Shield AI's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Senior Staff
- Location: San Diego, CA
- Salary: 233000 – 350000 USD per year

## Summary

Shield AI is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer to design and build the AI Factory, a Kubernetes-native platform for developing, training, and deploying AI systems across defense applications. This role suits someone who can balance researcher productivity with operational excellence while working hands-on across the full stack in a fast-moving defense-tech environment.

_Our summary, not Shield AI's wording._

## Skills named

Kubernetes

## Required

- Work hands-on across the full technology stack
- Partner with ML researchers, platform engineers, and autonomy teams
- Balance researcher productivity, platform simplicity, operational excellence, and maintainability

Apply on Shield AI's site: https://jobs.lever.co/shieldai/0034444c-c0c4-4884-a49f-b921bd661b03/apply