A on-site Design role at Shield AI.
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Design and build the user experience for agentic AI products across the office of the CTO: an enterprise knowledge assistant (Brain), an agent-driven engineering platform (Springboard), and enterprise AI/data applications.
Prototype in code. Ship working React/TypeScript implementations, not mockups — then land them in production with the product teams.
Design the core interaction patterns of agentic software: streaming responses, citations and provenance, multi-modal input, artifact sharing, and human-in-the-loop review and approval surfaces.
Design interfaces for foundation-model based autonomy architectures and model lifecycle tooling: evaluation dashboards, trace inspection, observability, and verification surfaces.
Conduct user research across engineers, operators, and executives; define personae and translate findings into design decisions.
Investigate competing agentic and enterprise AI products; synthesize findings for engineering and product leadership.
Establish reusable design patterns and a component vocabulary for AI applications across the organization.
Drive adoption: instrument what you ship, watch real usage, and iterate daily.
12+ years designing and building production software interfaces, with end-to-end ownership from research through shipped product.
Expert-level React/TypeScript; you write production-quality front-end code, not just prototypes.
Portfolio of shipped tools or applications demonstrating strong interaction design and visual craft.
Hands-on experience designing LLM-powered experiences: streaming, progressive rendering, loading states, context and conversation management.
Deep knowledge of client and UI state management, the DOM, browser APIs, WebSockets, and Server-Sent Events.
Experience running user research and usability testing, and acting on the results.
Strong software hygiene: Git, code review, testing, CI/CD.
Fluid intelligence that allows one to operate effectively in ambiguous conditions while finding opportunities to drive technical efforts and force multiply.
Experience with Linux, Docker, and a major cloud platform (Azure, GCP, AWS).
This role requires travel to a Shield AI location 1-3 times per quarter
Experience designing developer tools, IDEs, or engineering workflow products.
Data visualization experience (D3, WebGL, dashboards); geospatial a plus.
Experience building or maintaining a design system.
Experience designing debugging/inspection UIs for generative AI systems.
Experience with Electron (or similar).
Experience with user experience design for video games or interactive media.
Experience designing for "low code" or "no code" systems.
Comfort reading C++ and/or Python and/or Go.
Shield AI
Design
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Shield AI, Inc. is an American aerospace and defense technology company based in San Diego, California, United States. It develops artificial intelligence-powered fighter pilots, drones, and technology for defense operations. Its clients include the United States Special Operations Command, US Air Force, US Marine Corps, US Navy and several international militaries. The company’s small-unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) Nova became the first AI-powered drone to be deployed for defense purposes in US military history.
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