<div><span data-contrast="auto">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 and synthetic reality technologies. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit </span><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://shield.ai/"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">www.shield.ai</span></a><span data-contrast="auto">. Follow Shield AI on </span><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/shield-ai"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">LinkedIn</span></a><span data-contrast="auto">, </span><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://x.com/shieldaitech"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">X</span></a><span data-contrast="auto">, </span><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/shield_ai"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">Instagram</span></a><span data-contrast="auto">, and </span><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/@Shield_AI"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">YouTube</span></a><span data-contrast="auto">.</span> </div><div><br></div><h3>Job Description:</h3> <div> <p data-renderer-start-pos="1">We’re building intelligent systems that protect service members and civilians. Our autonomy and vision technology is now being adopted across some of the most complex and high-stakes environments in modern defence.  </p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="222">We’ve developed a dedicated software factory for building, optimising, evaluating, and analysing autonomy and vision system solutions - and it’s gaining serious momentum. As demand grows, we’re working closely with partners and customers to solve real warfighting problems and deliver technology that genuinely changes what’s possible.  </p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="564"><strong data-renderer-mark="true">This role sits at the heart of that mission.</strong>  </p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="615">This is a build & release engineering role for teams shipping autonomy software to edge-deployed systems, frequently in isolated / constrained environments. You’ll own the engineering “last mile” between C++ development and dependable delivery: reproducible builds, trustworthy artefacts, promotion across environments, and deployable releases that work where they matter most. </p> <p data-renderer-start-pos="995">If you love modern C++ toolchains, dependency hygiene, artefact provenance, and making CI/CD fast and deterministic—this is for you. </p> </div><h3>What you'll do:</h3><div> <li data-renderer-start-pos="1149">Own C++ build and release workflows for autonomy and vision products, from source → build → test → package → release. </li> <li data-renderer-start-pos="1271">Support and evolve containerised CI/CD pipelines across multiple isolated environments (speed, determinism, promotion, repeatability).  </li> <li data-renderer-start-pos="1411">Build and maintain container images for edge deployment </li> <li data-renderer-start-pos="1471">Manage JFrog/Artifactory repositories for multi-language and generic artefacts; improve versioning, retention, and promotion practices. </li> <li data-renderer-start-pos="1611">Strengthen dependency and build reproducibility for C++, reducing “works on my machine” and pipeline flakiness.  </li> <li data-renderer-start-pos="1728">Validate and deploy autonomy and vision-system products, tools, and libraries—focusing on edge delivery and reliability.  </li> <li data-renderer-start-pos="1854">Collaborate with engineers and system admins to ensure integration and stability across real deployment environments. </li> <li data-renderer-start-pos="1976">Tackle complex, meaningful problems that directly support mission outcomes.  </li> </div><h3>Required qualifications:</h3><div> <li data-renderer-start-pos="2079">Strong, hands-on experience delivering <strong data-renderer-mark="true">modern C++</strong> software in production (not just “supporting” it). </li> <li data-renderer-start-pos="2184">Demonstrated ownership of <strong data-renderer-mark="true">build systems / toolchains / dependency management</strong> (e.g., Conan, CMake, Nix, Ninja, Artifactory —whatever you’ve used to ship real systems). </li> <li data-renderer-start-pos="2355">Significant recent experience running CI/CD for compiled software and maintaining the surrounding engineering systems (pipelines, runners/agents, artefact stores, promotion gates). </li> <li data-renderer-start-pos="2540">Significant recent experience in Docker / Podman and containerised workflows </li> <li data-renderer-start-pos="2621">Strong understanding of <strong data-renderer-mark="true">Linux/Unix </strong>systems.  </li> <li data-renderer-start-pos="2670">Experience debugging and troubleshooting.  </li> <li data-renderer-start-pos="2717">Background in air-gapped or isolated DevOps environments (or similarly constrained delivery contexts). </li> <li data-renderer-start-pos="2824">Experience supporting Python deployment/distribution (for tooling around the C++ core).  </li> </div><h3>Why Shield AI:</h3><div> <li data-renderer-start-pos="2935">Help shape the future of defence and autonomy in Australia and beyond.</li> <li data-renderer-start-pos="3009">Be a key voice in a mission-led business redefining what’s possible with emerging technology.</li> <li data-renderer-start-pos="3106">Join a growing, values-led team headquartered in Port Melbourne, with strong global partnerships and local autonomy.</li> <li data-renderer-start-pos="3226">Competitive salary, performance-based incentives, and long-term growth opportunities.</li> </div><h3>What this role is not:</h3><div> <li data-renderer-start-pos="3341">Not a “cloud-first” DevOps role focused on standing up cloud infrastructure. </li> <li data-renderer-start-pos="3422">This role is primarily about C++ build & release engineering and edge delivery - making autonomy software shippable, repeatable, and dependable in real environments. </li> </div>

Staff C++ Build and Release Engineer (R5673)

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