Shield ai

Senior Lead Data Engineer (R4680)

San Francisco, California Full Time
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:

Shield AI is building a modern financial enterprise reporting and analytics platform to support a complex, R&D-intensive, multi-billion-dollar organization. As a Senior Data Engineer, you will architect and implement secure, scalable, and cost-efficient data systems in Microsoft Fabric that power Finance, FP&A, Accounting, Program Management, and Executive reporting.

This role goes beyond traditional ETL development. You will own cloud architecture decisions, drive data modeling standards, embed advanced analytics readiness into the platform, and ensure that our systems are built for auditability, governance, and scale. In a lean team, you will operate across engineering, analytics, and applied data science enablement.

You will design the backbone of a mission-critical analytics platform that supports executive decision-making, forecast accuracy, compliance reporting, and scalable AI adoption. Your work will directly influence cost control, capital allocation, and operational insight across the enterprise.