Shield AI leverages decades worth of research and industry-leading talent to develop cutting-edge artificial intelligence software and systems.

Shield AI

Senior Software engineer (Full stack - Python / AI)

$165’000-$185’000 + Equity + Bonus + Remote + Health + Dental + Vision + Progression

Canada (Remote)

  

Are you a talented Software Engineer with a track record of building scalable SaaS applications, ready to join a rapidly growing, AI-native, venture-backed start-up with a strong runway?

  

Opportunity to make a meaningful impact at an early-stage company, earn generous equity, and work on groundbreaking, industry-first technology in high-performance environment.

  

This well-funded start-up is disrupting the supply chain market with cutting-edge tech in an AI-native, data-driven ecosystem. They’re seeking an engineer to join a high-impact team and play a key role in their rapid growth.

  

Working within a team of 4 you will design and implement scalable backend systems in Laravel and Python, integrate AI-driven data pipelines with LLMs, architect ETL workflows and data models, manage DevOps and infrastructure across Laravel Forge, AWS, Supabase, and Render, and collaborate on the front end with Vue 3. Two of the engineers are AI-native, so while some AI knowledge is helpful, the key requirement is a strong desire to learn.

  

An unmissable opportunity to join a well-funded early-stage start-up with an exciting product, pushing the boundaries of technology in a collaborative, high-performance environment!

  

The Role:

\* Lead Backend development with Python / Laravel

\*Integrating AI pipelines (LangChain, LangGraph, LangSmith) / LLMs

\* Design and optimize ETL workflows, data models, and pipeline orchestration.

\* DevOps, deployments, and infrastructure on Laravel Forge, AWS, Supabase, and Render.

\* Build Vue 3 frontends for high-performance, data-rich interfaces.

\* Ensure system reliability, performance, and security.

\* Create AI features for analytics and compliance

\* Working withing and early stage well funded venture backed start-up

\* A highly skilled team of 6! (2 other engineers)

  

The person

  

\* Strong experience in scalable SaaS solutions

\* Strong backend development using Python (Laravel / PHP is a bonus)

\* Background in data engineering, pipelines, databases (Supabase) and big data technologies

\* DevOps practices (CI/CD, AWS cloud infrastructure, containerization and system monitoring)

\* Looking to join an AI native start-up

\* Excited to join an early stage start-up within a high impact role