Staff Platform Engineer

Job overview

The Staff Platform Engineer role is listed in Washington, DC, and the posting says it may also be based in San Diego, CA, Dallas, TX, or other Shield AI locations. The posting describes a hybrid-remote arrangement and annual pay of $142,000–$213,000. Shield AI develops intelligent systems with a mission to protect service members and civilians. The engineer designs and evolves secure, scalable platform infrastructure across cloud, on-premise, and hybrid environments. The role builds automation and developer tooling, establishes repeatable deployment patterns, and works with engineering, security, and infrastructure teams to improve reliability, security, and productivity.

What you'll do

• Build and evolve internal platform infrastructure across public cloud, private cloud, and on-premise environments
• develop infrastructure-as-code frameworks and reusable modules
• establish secure deployment patterns
• improve CI/CD pipelines and developer tooling
• build automation and integrations
• operate highly available infrastructure
• embed security, auditability, and compliance controls
• evaluate technologies for scalability and operational efficiency.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

staff platform engineer

hybrid remote

washington dc

san diego ca

dallas tx

shield ai

$142k–$213k/year

platform engineering

infrastructure as code

ci/cd

developer tooling

cloud infrastructure

devsecops

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Full-time regular employees may receive bonus, benefits, and equity.
• Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, 401(k) match, paid time off and holidays, flexible spending accounts, voluntary benefits, employee assistance, professional development, tuition reimbursement, scholarships, and training.

Why this role

The posting requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience and 8+ years in platform engineering, DevOps, infrastructure engineering, or site reliability engineering. Preferred experience includes internal developer platforms, Kubernetes, AWS or Azure, DevSecOps, observability, and regulated or defense industries.

About the employer

Shield AI is hiring for this role. Industry: Engineering Services. Sector: 54.