Staff DevSecOps Engineer (R5824)
Shield AI
San Mateo, United States · Full time employee · Robotics Software & Infrastructure
As a DevSecOps Engineer, you will design, build, and automate security controls across cloud infrastructure, software delivery systems, and containerized workloads.
Apply on Shield AI’s careers page- Company
- Shield AI
- Location
- San Mateo, United States
- Workplace
- On-site
- Type
- Full time employee
- Level
- Staff / Principal
- Specialism
- Robotics Software & Infrastructure
- Team
- Core Services & Infra
- Salary
- $157K–$235K
- Posted
- 3 September 2026
About the role
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: Cloud Engineering builds and operates the infrastructure and environments that support Shield AI’s software products and platforms. As a DevSecOps Engineer, you will design, build, and automate security controls across cloud infrastructure, software delivery systems, and containerized workloads. You will partner with Cybersecurity, Infosec, Build Engineering, and product teams to turn security and compliance requirements into practical engineering controls. This is a hands-on engineering role focused on making secure configurations repeatable and maintainable. You will work across infrastructure, containers, CI/CD systems, and platform services to reduce security risk without creating unnecessary friction for engineering teams.