Software Engineer, DevSecOps
Helsing · Washington, DC
Defenseonsitesenior
At a glance
Highlights
- Help protect democracies with AI-enabled defense capabilities.
- Embed security into every layer of platform for AI-powered drones.
- Build systems that make compliance automatic, not manual audits.
What they offer
- Focus on outcomes, not time-tracking
- Medical and travel insurance coverage
- Flexible paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Remote and/or hybrid work available depending on position
Ideal candidate
Mission-driven platform engineer with a security-first mindset who loves building automated guardrails and partnering with product teams to make compliance effortless.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in DevSecOps, security engineering, or infrastructure engineering with a security focus
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Cybersecurity, or related field
- Deep experience with Kubernetes including deployment, networking, RBAC, and pod and cluster security
- Proficient with ArgoCD or similar GitOps tooling for managing Kubernetes workloads at scale
- Strong experience writing and maintaining Helm charts
- Proficient in Python and Bash with experience automating security and compliance workflows
- Understanding of software supply chain security including image hardening, vulnerability scanning, SBOM and artifact signing
- Hands-on experience implementing controls from NIST 800-171, NIST 800-53, or CMMC
- Experience with CI/CD pipeline design with security gates, policy-as-code and automated compliance checks
- Working knowledge of AWS
- U.S. citizenship required
- remote policy
- Remote and/or hybrid work available depending on position
- visa sponsorship
- U.S. citizenship required
Lab profile
About Helsing
Defence AI company building AI-enabled capabilities to protect democracies.
What they build
- Autonomous combat drones (HX-2)
- AI agents for fighter aircraft
- AI-based surveillance and reconnaissance systems
Known for
- Defence AI
- Autonomy and robotics
- Perception and sensor fusion
- Avionics and systems engineering
Key facts
- Founded in 2021
- Headquartered in Berlin, Germany
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