International Office EntityEngineering

Staff C++ Build and Release Engineer (R5673)

ShieldaiMelbourne🇦🇺AustraliaPosted 8 Sept 2026

Why this role stands out

Join a world-class team at Shield AI where you will accelerate the development of cutting-edge autonomy systems while enjoying the flexibility of a hybrid work environment. This role is perfect for a skilled engineer who thrives on solving complex technical challenges and wants to make a tangible, high-stakes impact on global defense technology. Apply today to advance your career at the forefront of innovation and help shape the future of intelligent systems.

Quick overview

SeniorityMid Senior

Employment typeInternational Office Entity

Work modeHybrid

LocationMelbourne, Australia

Posted6 weeks ago

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Job description

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 www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube.

Job Description:

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.

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.

This role sits at the heart of that mission.

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.

If you love modern C++ toolchains, dependency hygiene, artefact provenance, and making CI/CD fast and deterministic—this is for you.