Manager, Dev Platform Engineering (R4979)

Shield AI
San Diego, US

Who this role is best for

Best suited to mid-level engineering managers with expertise in developer tooling and package management, particularly within Nix ecosystems, working in defense technology.

Best fit for

  • Engineering managers experienced with Nix-based package management systems
    — “standardized package manager built within Nix
  • Leaders who can improve developer workflows across SDK ecosystems
    — “improve the development velocity of Hivemind teams
  • Professionals comfortable owning end-to-end developer experiences and toolchains
    — “ownership of SDK package definitions, reproducible toolchains

Things to consider

  • Role involves direct impact on both internal and external SDK users
    — “decisions impact all Hivemind SDK users, both internal and external
  • Must collaborate with product teams, internal engineers, and customers
    — “work with product teams, internal engineers, and customers

How to stand out

  • Demonstrate concrete examples of scaling developer platform features
    — “turn those needs into scalable product-facing platform features
  • Highlight experience with licensing mechanisms for developer tools
    — “ownership of the licensing mechanism for developer seats
  • Showcase leadership in standardizing CLI and package distribution
    — “package distribution, developer environments, and the CLI experience
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Manager

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What success looks like

  • efficient SDK development
  • high customer satisfaction
Typical background
software engineeringbackend development

Skills & requirements

Required

Backend DevelopmentPackage ManagementDeveloper Experience

Preferred

AI Integration

About the role

Original posting from Shield AI via Lever

Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed deep-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include the V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, Hivemind Enterprise, and the Hivemind Vision product lines. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and the 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:

The Hivemind Development Platform team seeks to improve the development velocity of Hivemind teams and customers by building the core tooling, package management, build systems, and developer workflows used across the Hivemind SDK ecosystem. This team owns the customer-facing developer experience for installing, building, packaging, releasing, and consuming Hivemind SDK components. 

The team owns a standardized package manager built within Nix that is used to ship the SDK and enable customers to build their own packages against the SDK. This includes ownership of SDK package definitions, reproducible toolchains, target platforms, package distribution, developer environments, and the CLI experience. This also includes ownership of the licensing mechanism for developer seats and edge devices. 

The Hivemind Development Platform Manager will lead this team as they work with product teams, internal engineers, and customers to identify friction in SDK development workflows and turn those needs into scalable product-facing platform features and self-service capabilities. These decisions impact all Hivemind SDK users, both internal and external.

Source: Shield AI careers (Lever)

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