Staff Engineer, AI Factory & Distributed Infrastructure

Shield AI; Greater London; On-site; GBP 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Shield AI is seeking experienced engineers to deploy, maintain and evolve our AI training factory for autonomy teams in isolated environments. You will work with a small team to integrate our tooling onto new hardware and ensure smooth operation across distributed environments.

The role requires strong cloud, Kubernetes, and automation tooling experience, plus hands-on development in C++/Python and Linux networking. Onsite presence in London is essential for collaboration and delivery.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a minimum of 7 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 6 years and a Master’s degree; or 4 years with a PhD; or equivalent work experience.
• 3+ years demonstrated experience with cloud computing solutions and architecture, with a focus on Kubernetes and container orchestration
• Experience with supporting C++ or Python-based applications
• Solid understanding of Linux/Unix-based systems (specifically in networking and experience in designing and implementing networked applications)
• BS/MS in Computer Science, similar degree, or equivalent practical experience
• Demonstrated record of working hard, being a trustworthy teammate, holding yourself and others to high standards, and being kind to others
• Experience debugging/troubleshooting deployed, distributed problems
• Experience developing and deploying automation tooling (ex. Ansible, Chef, Puppet)
• Must be available to support onsite in our London office location.

Responsibilities

• Work with a small team of engineers and administrators
• Integrate our AI training factory and tooling onto new hardware
• Provide software updates and configuration management between various isolated environments
• Ensure proper operation of our AI training factory and tooling
• Coordinate with autonomy teams to build and meet requirements
• Solve challenging and important problems

Skills

Cloud computing

Distributed systems debugging

C++

Python

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Kubernetes

Ansible

Chef

Puppet

Job description

Shield AI is seeking experienced engineers to deploy, maintain and evolve our AI training factory for autonomy teams in isolated environments. You will work with a small team to integrate our tooling onto new hardware and ensure smooth operation across distributed environments.

The role requires strong cloud, Kubernetes, and automation tooling experience, plus hands-on development in C++/Python and Linux networking. Onsite presence in London is essential for collaboration and delivery.