Staff Cloud Engineer

Shield AI

San Mateo (CA)

On-site

USD 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Excellent Medical Coverage

Mental Health EAP

Paid Parental Leave

Pet Insurance

Flexible Work Hours

Onsite Gym

Gym Discount

Free Parking

Competitive Compensation

Stock Benefits

401K Services and Match

Job summary

Shield AI in San Mateo, CA seeks a Staff Cloud Engineer to design, build, and operate the cloud infrastructure used to develop, test, and host Shield AI’s software products. The role emphasizes automation, reliability, and observability across AWS and shared environments.

You will automate provisioning, lifecycle management, and support containerized workloads while partnering with security and enterprise teams to meet risk and compliance standards.

Qualifications

Experience with infrastructure as code tooling.
Design automated infrastructure for development and testing.
Improve reliability and operational stability of platforms.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and operate AWS infrastructure and shared development and integration environments.
Automate environment provisioning, configuration, lifecycle management, and recurring tasks.
Build and operate infrastructure supporting containerized applications.
Establish and improve observability across cloud infrastructure and services.
Diagnose and resolve infrastructure issues and optimize costs.
Collaborate with Cybersecurity, Infosec, and Enterprise Ops to meet security requirements.

Skills

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform

AWS

Automation

Observability

Reliability

Tools

Terraform

AWS

Job description

Cloud Engineering builds and operates the infrastructure and environments that support Shield AI’s software products and platforms
As a Staff Cloud Engineer, you will design, build, and operate the cloud infrastructure and environments used to develop, test, integrate, and host Shield AI’s software products and platforms
You will work across AWS infrastructure, shared development environments, and supporting platform services to improve how these systems are provisioned, operated, and maintained
This is a hands‑on engineering role focused on infrastructure automation, reliability, and operational stability
You will troubleshoot problems across infrastructure and services, improve existing systems, and work with engineering teams to build infrastructure that meets their development and integration needs
Design, build, and operate AWS infrastructure and shared development and integration environments
Build and maintain infrastructure using Terraform and other infrastructure‑as‑code tools
Automate environment provisioning, configuration, lifecycle management, and other recurring infrastructure tasks
Build and operate infrastructure supporting containerized applications and workloads
Establish and improve observability across cloud infrastructure and supporting services
Diagnose and resolve infrastructure and environment issues across products and platform services
Improve the reliability and consistency of shared environments and platform services
Partner with Cybersecurity, Infosec, and Enterprise Ops to implement infrastructure and access controls that meet security and compliance requirements
Monitor resource utilization and identify opportunities to improve infrastructure cost and capacity

Benefits