Justin Niles is a seasoned software leader with 10 years of experience building high-performing teams and scalable, user-facing distributed systems. Currently Senior Manager of Aircraft Engineering at Shield AI, he leads Ground Control Station software for V-BAT and X-BAT, combining avionics domain insight with cloud-native and real-time system practices. Previously he scaled web and identity experiences at Microsoft for 25M+ users and grew cross-functional engineering organizations at Joy, launching a new hotel booking business line and cutting customer incidents by 75%. He excels at bridging product, design, and operations to deliver resilient services, automations, and telemetry-driven reliability improvements. Known for hiring and mentoring diverse teams, Justin is equally comfortable diving into frontend performance optimizations and backend resiliency patterns. Based in Frisco, Texas, he brings a pragmatic, metrics-first approach to turning complex requirements into repeatable delivery engines.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science at Virginia Tech
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Justin Niles - Senior Manager, Aircraft Engineering at Shield AI