Staff Engineer: AI Training Factory & Infra (Kubernetes)

AI Chopping Block; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

ShieldAI seeks a seasoned software engineer to join our London office, helping deploy, maintain, and extend the AI training factory across isolated environments. You will integrate AI tooling with new hardware, manage configurations, and ensure reliable operation of distributed systems.

A strong background in Linux, cloud architectures, and experience with Kubernetes and automation tooling is required. This role emphasizes collaboration with autonomy teams, rigorous problem solving, and a

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)
• 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

Kubernetes

C++

Python

Linux

Networking

Cloud computing

Ansible

Chef

Puppet

Onsite London

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science

Tools

Docker

Job description

ShieldAI seeks a seasoned software engineer to join our London office, helping deploy, maintain, and extend the AI training factory across isolated environments. You will integrate AI tooling with new hardware, manage configurations, and ensure reliable operation of distributed systems.

A strong background in Linux, cloud architectures, and experience with Kubernetes and automation tooling is required. This role emphasizes collaboration with autonomy teams, rigorous problem solving, and a