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Staff Engineer, Modeling & Simulation (R4869)

Shield AI · San Diego, CA, US

Shield AI is hiring a staff Staff Engineer, Modeling & Simulation (R4869) in San Diego, CA, US. What you'll do: testing / qa, work across the infrastructure domain.

Hiring signals for Software Developers

SOC 15-1252 — measured across all currently-active postings classified to this occupation.

51
/ 100
Cooling

Software Developers Job Market Score

Driven by
  • Pay is above the national median ($184k vs $139k national)
  • Slow inflow of new postings (only 5% from the last 14 days)
  • Few reposted listings (29% appear duplicated)

Software Developers job market

Aggregated from currently-active postings tracked in Software Developers.

  • 35,630Active postings
  • 1,258Posted this week
  • 11,996Open 30+ days34% of active
  • 4,505Remote / hybrid13% of active
  • 9%List salary3,213 of 35,630
  • 0%Hourly0 of disclosed
  • $184kMedian annual (max)
  • Median hourly (max)
  • 18dMedian agep90 67d (long tail)

Wages by category

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Engineering7,089$160k n=591
Backend1,653$194k n=280
Full-stack1,636$205k n=224
ML / AI Engineering1,312$212k n=216
Data Engineering918$179k n=106

Wages by employment type

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Full-time1,116$184k n=601
Contract983$190k n=383
Intern735$200k n=66
Temporary132$159k n=82
Part-time117$147k n=93

Wages by sector

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Technology22,277$186k n=2623
Manufacturing16,314$150k n=409
Financial Services4,404$200k n=414
Government / Public Sector3,340$114k n=37
Professional Services3,020$169k n=270

Top categories

  • Engineering7,089
  • Backend1,653
  • Full-stack1,636
  • ML / AI Engineering1,312
  • Data Engineering918
  • Engineering Manager742

In-demand skills

  • Python3,735
  • AWS2,877
  • Java2,822
  • Agile1,911
  • Azure1,860
  • SQL1,520
  • Go1,490
  • Kubernetes1,481

Top sectors

  • Technology22,277
  • Manufacturing16,314
  • Financial Services4,404
  • Government / Public Sector3,340
  • Professional Services3,020
  • Retail1,840

Employment mix

  • Unspecified32,547 · 91%
  • Full-time1,116 · 3%
  • Contract983 · 3%
  • Intern735 · 2%
  • Temporary132 · 0%
  • Part-time117 · 0%

Top hiring companies

Source
jobs.lever.co
Original link
https://jobs.lever.co/shieldai/52b8f7b5-3a88-4e78-8f22-a3edc3bf1e73
ATS
Lever
Posted
2 weeks ago (2026-04-25)
Status
active

Topics: Infrastructure

Activities: Testing / QA

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