Senior Engineer, Build and CI
Company: Shield AI
Location: San Diego
Posted on: January 21, 2026
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Job Description:
As a Hivemind Build and CI engineer, you will design and
implement engineering centric automation across the organization.
You will work closely with the product development teams
implementing policies and guidelines into the continuous
integration and delivery systems. This role requires you to be very
hands on and contribute to discussions with cross-functional teams
across the organization. We embrace an attitude that focuses on
solving the root cause of problems efficiently. A large part of
your day to day will be in our build pipelines, build configuration
management, and focusing on making changes to increase developer
iteration time. What youll do: • Own the Hivemind CI/CD system,
engaging with autonomy developers and the Developer Experience team
daily to support as needed. • Manage and own the monitoring tool
stack, focusing on build infrastructure metrics • Manage and own
internal build containers used by all of the Hivemind organization
• Support AI engineers with build issues, and educate on best
practices • Work closely with the Developer Experience team to
improve engineering efficiency Required qualifications: • BS in
computer science or related engineering field with 3 years of
professional experience. • Experience with configuration management
tools (Makefile, CMake, Conan, Bazel, etc.) • Strong demonstrated
proficiency in continuous integration/delivery (e.g. Github
Actions, ADO, TeamCity, etc.). • Strong understanding of C++ (or
other compiled language), Linux and CMake • Strong knowledge of
APIs, web services, and identity access management • Strong
knowledge of containers (e.g. Docker, Podman, etc.). • Strong
knowledge of scripting languages (Bash, Python, PowerShell). •
Strong knowledge of Git. • Strong system administration in Linux
(w/ Windows a bonus). • Strong desire to learn and grow on the job.
Preferred qualifications: • Strong Experience with Conan Package
Manager • Experience with Rust in a production environment. •
Experience with Hardware in the Loop build/deploy/test systems •
Experience owning build infrastructure • Experience with NVIDIA®
Jetson products
Keywords: Shield AI, Lake Forest , Senior Engineer, Build and CI, IT / Software / Systems , San Diego, California