The impact you will make

The basis for intelligent systems is the ability to perceive and interact with the real world. At Helsing we push the limit of what is possible by developing AI-based capabilities that allow semi-autonomous platforms to localise, navigate, and perceive the world in its probabilistic spatio-temporal structure.

You will design, implement, and operate real-world solutions that move the needle in critical situations. You will collaborate closely with a team of world-leading AI researchers and software engineers to build a distributed ecosystem of AI capabilities, data systems, and user-facing applications. The core engineering challenge is to manage this complexity while keeping our systems fast, reliable, and scalable.

What you will work on

• Contribute to our product roadmap and architecture by ideating with customers and colleagues

• Build new components and services from scratch and improve existing systems

• Share your knowledge and learn from your co-workers in tech talks, mentoring programmes, design reviews, RFCs, and so on

• Design and implement real-time data and processing systems within sizing, bandwidth, and latency requirements

• Design and implement backend services and APIs for our user-facing applications

• Holistically make our software work—from build and deployment systems over algorithms and databases to deployment, metrics, and operations

Who we are looking for

Note: The following bullet points describe one version of our dream candidate. We very much encourage you to apply even if you believe you meet only part of our wish list.

• Ability to write legible, maintainable, and performant code that adheres to well-documented coding standards

• Excellent communication skills, both verbally and written

• Strong backend architecture and development experience with Rust, Java, Python, or C++

• Experience with API and serialisation frameworks like REST, GraphQL, gRPC/Protobuf, Arrow

• Passion for software development and staying on top of current technologies

Nice to Have

• Experience with Rust and Python

• Experience with container-based and cloud-native application architectures

• Experience with maintaining and operating production systems using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or similar

• Experience with SQL, NoSQL, and streaming database systems

• Experience with production ML systems

Why Helsing

• There is no other company like Helsing: we are at a pivotal stage in our journey, with a unique level of funding, and a unique level of ambition

• Work alongside and learn from world-class AI researchers, software engineers and domain experts. Our team combines excellence with dedication to our mission

• Be part of, and build, the foundational culture of the most important deep-tech company in Europe

• Have an enormous impact on some of the most important geopolitical problems, with an ethics-first approach. We regularly host company-wide fireside chats on key global issues and ethics debates

• Be part of a transparent, friendly and outcome-driven culture where trust, respect, recognition and autonomy are at the forefront of everything that we do

What we offer

• The chance to work in an innovative organisation focused on protecting our democracies and future generations.

• The opportunity to drive impact in a fast-growing company with mission-orientated colleagues.

• Diverse, collaborative and focused teams located in Munich, Berlin, London and Paris.

• Flexible working hours.

• Supportive team structures and regular feedback.

• Regular company events to bring together all staff as one unit across Europe.

• Competitive compensation and stock options.

• An “Infraduction” onboarding program for all new engineers in which you’ll pick up our tools and systems, and learn about what each of our engineering teams do and how you can contribute

• Annual learning budget for you to purchase books, courses, etc for your professional development