helsing

Software Engineer, Platform Engineering

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At a Glance

Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Experience
5+ years
Posted
2026-06-16T16:40:33-04:00

Key Requirements

Required Skills

AWSBashCI/CDKubernetesPythonTerraform

Domain Knowledge

  • Automation
  • Defense
  • Engineering
  • Regulatory

Benefits & Perks

Health Insurance

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Requirements

Have 5+ years of experience in infrastructure, platform, or cloud engineering

Have strong experience with AWS, including GovCloud, multi-account architectures, Control Tower, IAM, VPC, EKS, and CloudFormation

Are proficient with Terraform and have managed infrastructure at scale across multiple accounts, ideally using Terraform Enterprise or Terraform Cloud

Have experience deploying and operating Kubernetes clusters in production

Are proficient in Python and Bash, with experience writing automation and infrastructure tooling

Are comfortable building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and developer tooling

Compensation & Benefits

A focus on outcomes, not time-tracking

A generous compensation and benefits package (in addition to base salary) that includes, but may not be limited to, insurance coverage (medical and travel), flexible paid time off, paid holidays, and remote and/or hybrid work available depending on position. All compensation and benefits are subject to the terms and conditions of the underlying plans or programs, as applicable and as may be amended, terminated or superseded from time to time.

Helsing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetics, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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Responsibilities

You will join the Platform Engineering team, which architects, builds, and maintains a developer-focused platform that powers all of Helsing US's product and project teams.

You will design and operate cloud infrastructure, deploy and maintain shared services like GitLab, Artifactory, and CI/CD pipelines, and build internal tooling that accelerates software delivery across the organization.

You will also enable product teams with their own isolated environments — provisioning cloud accounts, standing up EKS clusters, databases, and the automation to make it all self-service and efficient.

Security is foundational to this role: the platform must meet CMMC Level 2 compliance requirements, and you will help ensure that the infrastructure and software supply chain are built to satisfy ATO and NIST security controls.

About the Company

Helsing develops artificial intelligence-enabled capabilities to protect and defend democracies. We build Altra, an AI-powered drone software platform, and HX-2, our autonomous drone. We are growing our US operations, cultivating an ambitious and committed team of mission-driven professionals to apply their skills to solve challenging problems.