ProletariaLABOR DATA

INGESTOCT 9 · 15:55Z

S

Shield AI

EXPANDINGACTIVE

aerospace-defense · HQ San Diego · shield.ai · CAREERS ↗

OPEN ROLES

591

30D CHANGE

+24.2%

MEDIAN PAY

$190K

n=458 · 77.5% disclosed

PAY DISCLOSED

77.5%

TIME TO FILL

—

suppressed — 58d observed, below the 90d minimum needed for an honest right-censored estimate

REMOTE SHARE

3.4%

Open roles over time

SINCE 2026-08-13 · DAILY

AUG 13SEP 11OCT 9

Open roles over time
Date	Open roles
2026-08-13	441
2026-08-14	441
2026-08-15	441
2026-08-16	441
2026-08-17	439
2026-08-18	445
2026-08-19	443
2026-08-20	438
2026-08-21	437
2026-08-22	441
2026-08-23	441
2026-08-24	440
2026-08-25	438
2026-08-26	435
2026-08-27	435
2026-08-28	451
2026-08-29	451
2026-08-30	451
2026-08-31	451
2026-09-01	451
2026-09-02	451
2026-09-03	462
2026-09-04	454
2026-09-05	457
2026-09-06	456
2026-09-07	457
2026-09-08	453
2026-09-09	476
2026-09-10	499
2026-09-11	492
2026-09-12	489
2026-09-13	490
2026-09-14	490
2026-09-15	500
2026-09-16	502
2026-09-17	512
2026-09-18	514
2026-09-19	511
2026-09-20	511
2026-09-21	512
2026-09-22	518
2026-09-23	535
2026-09-24	540
2026-09-25	585
2026-09-26	585
2026-09-27	595
2026-09-28	595
2026-09-29	592
2026-09-30	593
2026-10-01	591
2026-10-02	588
2026-10-03	601
2026-10-04	601
2026-10-05	602
2026-10-06	598
2026-10-07	597
2026-10-08	591
2026-10-09	591

Salary distribution

ACTIVE LISTINGS · DISCLOSED PAY

$40KMED $190K$360K

Hiring mix

BY DISCIPLINE · ACTIVE

198of 591 open roles classified — every share below is of these 198

Engineering94 roles

Software Engineering50 · 25.3%Hardware Engineering22 · 11.1%Platform & Infrastructure11 · 5.6%Quality Engineering8 · 4%Engineering Management2 · 1%Security1 · 0.5%

Operations24 roles

IT Operations8 · 4%Facilities & Real Estate7 · 3.5%Supply Chain & Logistics5 · 2.5%Business Operations3 · 1.5%Manufacturing & Production1 · 0.5%

Product23 roles

Program & Project Management20 · 10.1%Product Management3 · 1.5%

Sales17 roles

Sales Development8 · 4%Sales Engineering8 · 4%Account Sales1 · 0.5%

People11 roles

Recruiting10 · 5.1%People Operations1 · 0.5%

Finance7 roles

Accounting4 · 2%FP&A / Finance2 · 1%Investment & Capital Markets1 · 0.5%

Data6 roles

Machine Learning & AI4 · 2%Data Engineering2 · 1%

Design4 roles

Content & Writing2 · 1%Product Design2 · 1%

Legal4 roles

Compliance & Risk2 · 1%Legal Counsel2 · 1%

Other4 roles

Research & Laboratory2 · 1%Education & Training1 · 0.5%General Management1 · 0.5%

Marketing3 roles

Brand & Communications1 · 0.5%Growth & Demand Gen1 · 0.5%Product Marketing1 · 0.5%

Support1 role

Customer Success1 · 0.5%

NOT HIRING

Newest listings

SNAPSHOT 2026-10-09

Senior Manager, Program Management - International Programs (R6163)1d Staff Safety-Critical Software Engineer (R5788)1d Director, Program Management Europe and Africa V-BAT Programs1d Staff Engineer, HMS DevOps/DevEx (R6196)1d Staff IT Systems Engineer, ICT Lead (R5660)2d

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Hiring mix over time

ACTIVE LISTINGS · BY FUNCTION

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Disclosed pay over time

MEDIAN · P25–P75

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Postings added / removed · weekly

WEEKLY

AUG 10 · partial week+0−0+0

AUG 17+25−25+0

AUG 24+13−17−4

AUG 31+37−40−3

SEP 7+71−36+35

SEP 14+47−22+25

SEP 21+106−18+88

SEP 28+36−26+10

OCT 5 · partial week+23−28−5

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