# Software Engineer I - New Grad (R6052)

**Company:** [Shield AI](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-companies/shield-ai)
**Location:** Seattle, Washington
**Work mode:** On-site
**Seniority:** Entry
**Employment type:** Internship
**Salary:** USD 100K–150K/yr
**Category:** Software
**Department:** Other
**Listed:** 2026-10-23

[View and apply on Zero G Talent](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/software-engineer-i-new-grad-r6052-633a3038-574c-45ff-babb-7e1b8b7c6196)

## What you'll do

- Collaborate with teams to define tool requirements
- Architect full-stack solutions for internal tools
- Deploy tools internally for broad impact
- Maintain existing internal tooling suite

## What you need

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
- Familiarity with SQL
- Experience with frontend frameworks
- Experience with compiled languages
- Full-stack web app development experience

## Job description

### Job Description:

Join a high-impact software team focused entirely on delivering internal software tools to help other teams at Shield AI. The engineer in this role will help create, manage, deploy, and maintain new full-stack internal software tools. This role offers a unique opportunity to work with many different teams at Shield AI on a variety of different projects. Internal tools range from things as complex as physics analysis of the aircraft to things as simple as a system for tracking tickets. A successful engineer in this role would excel at gathering requirements for the tool, pushing back on bad requirements, and implementing a robust full-stack solution to deliver the best value to the team in need. This role offers high visibility projects that can change the workflows of entire teams for the better.

### What you'll do:

-   Collaborate with other teams at Shield AI to hone tool requirements
-   Architect a robust full-stack solution to meet the team's needs
-   Deploy the tool internally for potentially wide reaching benefits
-   Maintain an existing suite of internal tooling

### Required qualifications:

-   Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
-   Strong communication skills
-   Familiarity with SQL
-   Experience using frontend frameworks
-   Experience using a compiled language

### Preferred qualifications:

-   Experience making a full-stack web app
-   React framework experience
-   Rust language experience
-   Microsoft SQL server experience
-   Linux Proficiency

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## Other open roles at Shield AI

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- [Senior Lead, TA & PX Systems Administration (R6368)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/senior-lead-ta-px-systems-administration-r6368-0a6a97a7-2e9a-4228-b93d-3ed5c70d0954) — Remote
- [Director, Proposals (R6263)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/director-proposals-r6263-0bd98ba9-af99-4b36-9025-0a9213cbc9b1) — Washington, D.C.
- [Compensation Director, Aircraft Engineering and Manufacturing (R6270)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/compensation-director-aircraft-engineering-and-manufacturing-r6270-b4d5bcbe-0f48-4be7-b959-57c6e10a4772) — Seattle, Washington
- [Staff Engineer, Software (R6114)](https://zerogtalent.com/defense-jobs/shield-ai/staff-engineer-software-r6114-be90a4fc-598c-4de9-a5b4-312203aa4cee) — Seattle, Washington

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