Edge Deployment C++ Build & Release Engineer

Shield AI; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Performance-based incentives

Long-term growth opportunities

Job summary

Shield AI is seeking a hands-on Build & Release Engineer to own the C++ build and release workflows for autonomy software deployed to edge systems. You will optimize containerised CI/CD pipelines and manage artefacts, ensuring reproducible builds across isolated environments.

The role is based in Port Melbourne, Australia, with a focus on edge delivery, reliability, and collaboration with systems admins. You will ship real systems in constrained environments and support Python tooling around the

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience delivering modern C++ software in production.
• Ownership of build systems, toolchains and dependency management (e.g., Conan, CMake, Nix, Ninja, Artifactory).
• Significant experience running CI/CD for compiled software and maintaining pipelines, runners/agents, artefact stores, promotion gates.
• Experience with Docker/Podman and containerised workflows.
• Strong understanding of Linux/Unix systems.
• Experience debugging and troubleshooting in complex environments.
• Background in air-gapped or isolated DevOps settings.
• Experience supporting Python tooling around the C++ core.

Responsibilities

• Own C++ build and release workflows from source to release.
• Evolve containerised CI/CD pipelines across multiple isolated environments.
• Build and maintain container images for edge deployment.
• Manage JFrog/Artifactory repositories for multi-language artefacts.
• Improve versioning, retention and promotion practices.
• Strengthen dependency/build reproducibility and reduce pipeline flakiness.
• Validate and deploy autonomy/vision-system products focusing on edge delivery.
• Collaborate with engineers and system admins to ensure stability in deployment.

Skills

C++ development

Build systems

CI/CD pipelines

Docker / Podman

Linux/Unix

Python tooling

Edge deployment

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Tools

Conan

CMake

Nix

Ninja

Artifactory

Job description

Shield AI is seeking a hands-on Build & Release Engineer to own the C++ build and release workflows for autonomy software deployed to edge systems. You will optimize containerised CI/CD pipelines and manage artefacts, ensuring reproducible builds across isolated environments.

The role is based in Port Melbourne, Australia, with a focus on edge delivery, reliability, and collaboration with systems admins. You will ship real systems in constrained environments and support Python tooling around the