Staff Software Engineer

About the role

Helsing, a defence‑focused AI company, is seeking a hands‑on Staff Software Engineer to become a technical anchor for its backend systems. You will own projects from early prototyping to deployment on resource‑constrained embedded hardware, ensuring resilient performance at the tactical edge.

Key responsibilities

• Lead code reviews, design proposals, and technical RFCs, mentoring peers to unblock progress.
• Architect and implement major new features, algorithms, and infrastructure across a distributed, fault‑tolerant stack.
• Collaborate with product managers, programme leads, and customers to translate technical constraints into actionable insights.
• Drive technical growth by hosting tech talks, learning groups, and office hours (e.g., on Rust).
• Maintain and evolve existing software, ensuring security, performance, and scalability.

Required profile

• Proven experience designing robust, high‑performance systems that run on embedded hardware.
• Strong first‑principles thinking and ability to make architectural decisions independently.
• Passion for mentoring, knowledge sharing, and scaling engineering organisations.
• Comfort working in a mission‑driven environment focused on defence and ethical AI.

Required skills

• Rust programming language.
• Design and implementation of distributed systems.
• Secure networking protocols.
• Machine‑learning inference pipelines.