Staff Infrastructure Engineer (R6109)

Shield AISan Mateo, California

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  • Is it real? Listed on Shield AI's own job board; JoRoute confirmed it 10 hours ago. · checked by JoRoute
  • What it asks: Lead / staff. "This position is based in San Mateo, CA, or the surrounding San Francisco Bay Area, with regular on-site presence required." "Occasional travel to other Shield AI offices, engineering sites, and data center locations may be required." +1 more · employer's own words
  • Check before applying: Pay about $190k a year, 25% below the typical $255k in San Mateo, CA. San Mateo, California. "Shield AI is seeking a Staff Infrastructure Engineer to design, engineer, and support enterprise infrastructure across offices, engineering environments, data centers, and hybrid …" · pay compared by JoRoute
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Job type
Full-time
Department
Cloud & Infrastructure
Salary
USD 150,000–230,000 per year (as published by the source)
Posted
2026-10-15

Description

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: Shield AI is seeking a Staff Infrastructure Engineer to design, engineer, and support enterprise infrastructure across offices, engineering environments, data centers, and hybrid cloud platforms. As part of the Cloud & Infrastructure team within Enterprise Operations, this role will provide senior technical leadership across Active Directory, compute, virtualization, storage, backup and disaster recovery, and core infrastructure services. The Staff Infrastructure Engineer will remain hands-on while helping define scalable, secure, and resilient infrastructure standards that support Shield AI’s continued growth. This position is based in San Mateo, CA, or the surrounding San Francisco Bay Area, with regular on-site presence required. Occasional travel to other Shield AI offices, engineering sites, and data center locations may be required. #LI-KE1 #LD 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 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.