Software Engineer, Platform Engineering

Highlights

• Build a developer platform powering all Helsing US product teams.
• Enable AI-powered drone software supporting defense missions.
• Create self-service environments within secure compliance guardrails.

What they offer

• Focus on outcomes, not time-tracking
• Generous compensation and benefits package
• 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 builder who loves enabling product teams to move fast securely and cares about defense innovation, automation, and reliable foundations.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in infrastructure, platform, or cloud engineering
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• Strong experience with AWS, including GovCloud, multi-account architectures, Control Tower, IAM, VPC, EKS, and CloudFormation
• Proficient with Terraform, including managing infrastructure at scale across multiple accounts, ideally with Terraform Enterprise or Terraform Cloud
• Experience deploying and operating Kubernetes clusters in production
• Proficient in Python and Bash, with experience writing automation and infrastructure tooling
• Comfortable building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and developer tooling
• Understanding of security fundamentals including FIPS encryption and building infrastructure for CMMC and NIST compliance
• Ability to work across the stack, from cloud networking and IAM policies to Helm charts and container registries
• U.S. citizenship required