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Staff Software Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities (R5368)

Shield AI — Tracked from its lever job board

San Mateo, California Senior+ USD 234,240–351,360 Posted Sep 1, 2026
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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…

What the index says about this role

  • First seen by JobLarper — Sep 4, 2026, 43 days ago. Older postings collect hundreds of applicants — a tailored résumé matters more the longer a role has been live.
  • No pay range in our index for this listing. Across 1,749 indexed Software Engineer roles in US that do publish one, the middle half sits between $185k and $288k, median $225k — JobLarper's read of the market, not a figure from Shield AI.
  • What Software Engineer roles ask for — across 10,383 indexed openings: REST/APIs (41%), Python (38%), Backend (38%), Cloud (33%), Go (28%).
  • Shield AI is hiring actively — 407 open roles indexed, 173 first appeared in the last 30 days.

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