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Helsing

Production Engineer - Software Integration

LocationMunich
Work modeon-site
Typefull-time
DepartmentProduction Operations
EquityIncluded
Company size51+ people
First seen6mo ago
Last seen3d ago
Who we are
Helsing is a defence AI company. Our mission is to protect our democracies. We aim to achieve technological leadership, so that open societies can continue to make sovereign decisions and control their ethical standards.
As democracies, we believe we have a special responsibility to be thoughtful about the development and deployment of powerful technologies like AI. We take this responsibility seriously.
We are an ambitious and committed team of engineers, AI specialists and customer-facing programme managers. We are looking for mission-driven people to join our European teams – and apply their skills to solve the most complex and impactful problems. We embrace an open and transparent culture that welcomes healthy debates on the use of technology in defence, its benefits, and its ethical implications.
The role
The Production Engineer - Software Integration ensures software runs reliably in live environments, focusing on stability, efficiency, and scalability by building automation, monitoring tools (observability), managing incidents, optimizing CI/CD pipelines, and collaborating cross-functionally to improve developer experience and product quality, bridging DevOps and Software Engineering. Key duties include troubleshooting, performance tuning, deployment automation, incident response, and security, ensuring seamless operations from code to production.
The day-to-day
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System Reliability & Performance: Ensure applications run reliably, efficiently, and securely in live production environments.
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Automation: Develop and maintain automated deployment (CI/CD), testing, and scaling processes.
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Monitoring & Observability: Build and manage monitoring systems to track application health, performance, and user experience.
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Incident Management: Respond to production incidents, perform root cause analysis, and implement preventative measures.
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Collaboration: Work with development, product, and operations teams to improve development processes and product delivery.
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Code & Architecture: Contribute to architectural decisions, conduct code reviews, and ensure high-quality, maintainable code.
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Security & Compliance: Implement security best practices and ensure compliance within production systems.
You should apply if you
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Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science or a closely related field from an accredited institution.
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Strong coding skills in relevant languages (C++, Rust, SQL, Nix OS, etc).
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Experience with cloud platforms, ERP and MES.
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Proficiency with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, etc.) and monitoring tools.
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Troubleshooting and problem-solving skills for complex technical issues.
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Understanding of system architecture, networking, and database management in production environment.
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Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.
Note: We operate in an industry where women, as well as other minority groups, are systematically under-represented. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all the listed qualifications; ability and impact cannot be summarised in a few bullet points.
Join Helsing and work with world-leading experts in their fields
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Helsing’s work is important. You’ll be directly contributing to the protection of democratic countries while balancing both ethical and geopolitical concerns
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The work is unique. We operate in a domain that has highly unusual technical requirements and constraints, and where robustness, safety, and ethical considerations are vital. You will face unique Engineering and AI challenges that make a meaningful impact in the world
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Our work frequently takes us right up to the state of the art in technical innovation, be it reinforcement learning, distributed systems, generative AI, or deployment infrastructure. The defence industry is entering the most exciting phase of the technological development curve. Advances in our field of world are not incremental: Helsing is part of, and often leading, historic leaps forward
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In our domain, success is a matter of order-of-magnitude improvements and novel capabilities. This means we take bets, aim high, and focus on big opportunities. Despite being a relatively young company, Helsing has already been selected for multiple significant government contracts
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We actively encourage healthy, proactive, and diverse debate internally about what we do and how we choose to do it. Teams and individual engineers are trusted (and encouraged) to practise responsible autonomy and critical thinking, and to focus on outcomes, not conformity. At Helsing you will have a say in how we (and you!) work, the opportunity to engage on what does and doesn’t work, and to take ownership of aspects of our culture that you care deeply about
What we offer
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A focus on outcomes, not time-tracking
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Competitive compensation and VSOP options
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Relocation support
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Social and education allowances
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Regular company events and all-hands to bring together employees as one team across Europe
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A hands-on onboarding program (affectionately labelled “Infraduction”), in which you will be building tooling and applications to be used across the company. This is your opportunity to learn our tech stack, explore the company, and learn how we get things done - all whilst working with other engineering teams from day one
Legal
Helsing is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability or gender identity. Please do not submit personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, data concerning your health, or data concerning your sexual orientation.
Helsing’s Candidate Privacy and Confidentiality Regime can be found here.
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