Principal Engineer, Software

What you'll do

• Design and prototype generative AI experience focused on accelerating autonomy development
• Work closely with members of the Office of the CTO to crystallize the vision of the Hivemind product and its documentation
• Lead the user experience design of Hivemind Generative AI
• Work closely with the technical leads of Hivemind Commander (mission planning, command and control, air-ground communications) and Hivemind Design (configurations, test and evaluation, rehearsal, analysis) to enhance the user experience of their products
• Conduct user research to understand user personae and their needs
• Investigate competing products and their user experiences, synthesize findings to present to engineering and product leadership

Required qualifications

• 15+ years experience developing large, production quality software systems
• Excellent grasp of software development and coding principles with high productivity in a mainstream language (e.g. Typescript, C++, Go, Python, Rust, etc.)
• Strong knowledge of modern software engineering best practices; Experience with Git and code management tools; Good software hygiene regarding code documentation, unit testing, bug tracking
• 5+ years of experience with React/Node/Typescript/Javascript development
• 5+ years of experience with Web applications development ("Front-End" or "Full-stack")
• Deep understanding full-stack web development (Document-Object Model (DOM), browser APIs, standards, semantics, Websockets, HTTP Streaming and Server-Sent Events (SSE), Client and UI state management; best practises and strategies, as they apply to React-based rendering, Advanced SPA routing, URL-based state persistence, sharing mechanisms, Seamless content loading states and progressive rendering techniques)
• Multi-modal input handling (text, files, images, audio). Experience with client-side LLM Context Management
• Fluid intelligence that allows one to operate effectively in sometimes ambiguous conditions, while finding opportunities to drive technical efforts and force multiply
• Experience with Linux, Docker, and CI/CD environments
• Hands-on experience with a major cloud platform (Azure, GCP, AWS)
• This role requires travel to a Shield AI location 1-3 times per quarter

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with geospatial data and WebGL
• Experience with Playwright UI testing
• Experience with Electron (or similar)
• Building debugging/inspection UIs for generative AI systems
• Experience with user experience design video games
• Experience designing for “Low Code” or “No Code” systems
• Experience and/or comfort reading C++ and/or Python and/or Typescript