Site Reliability Engineer

Helsing; Berlin; Vor Ort; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Competitive compensation

Stock options

Relocation support

Social and education allowances

Regular company events

Zusammenfassung

A defence AI company in Berlin seeks a Site Reliability Engineer to design and manage Kubernetes infrastructure for high-security environments. You'll build cloud-native solutions, develop observability frameworks, and collaborate with security teams. Ideal candidates have strong expertise in Kubernetes, cloud-native technologies, and a software engineering mindset. The company offers competitive compensation and relocation support.

Qualifikationen

• Experience running cloud-native workloads in on-premise or air-gapped environments is crucial.
• Attention to detail and personal integrity are required.
• Software engineering mindset and passion for building platforms are essential.

Aufgaben

• Design and build cloud-native infrastructure platforms on-premises.
• Create observability frameworks using Grafana and Prometheus.
• Architect and implement secure Kubernetes clusters with access controls.

Kenntnisse

Python

Go

Rust

Bash/Shell

GitOps workflows

Kubernetes expertise

Helm

Grafana

Prometheus

Terraform

Linux/Unix system administration

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

MLOps platforms

CI/CD automation

Jobbeschreibung

Site Reliability Engineer – Helsing

Join Helsing to apply for the Site Reliability Engineer role. Helsing is a defence AI company that protects democratic societies through technological leadership.

Who We Are

Helsing is a defence AI company focused on protecting democracies while navigating ethical and geopolitical concerns. We recruit mission‑driven engineers, AI specialists, and program managers to build secure, high‑performance solutions on‑premise and cloud‑native.

The Role

Our Site Reliability Engineer will design, implement, and manage on‑premises Kubernetes infrastructure for high‑security environments.

Day‑to‑Day Responsibilities

• Design and build cloud‑native infrastructure platforms on‑premises, focusing on Kubernetes‑based solutions that enable our teams to operate services at scale.
• Create robust observability frameworks using Grafana, Prometheus, and distributed tracing to ensure system reliability and performance.
• Architect and implement secure, multi‑tenant Kubernetes clusters with strong access controls, policy‑as‑code governance, and zero‑trust networking between red and black domains; develop operators and controllers for automated provisioning and compliance.
• Build and maintain MLOps platforms enabling AI researchers to deploy, monitor, and scale machine learning models in production.
• Collaborate closely with Security teams to implement supply‑chain security, container scanning, and runtime protection across our stack.

Key Skills

• Programming and scripting: experience with Python, Go, Rust or Bash/Shell.
• GitOps workflows, CI/CD automation.
• Kubernetes expertise: operating production clusters, custom controllers/operators, service mesh (Istio/Linkerd).
• Cloud‑native technologies: Helm, ArgoCD, Flux, Falco.
• Observability stack: Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, OpenTelemetry, custom dashboards and SLO/SLI frameworks.
• Networking: deep understanding of protocols, security, and zero‑trust.
• MLOps platforms: Kubeflow, MLflow or similar.
• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Ansible, K8s manifest templating, OPA/Gatekeeper.
• Linux/Unix system administration for highly available, distributed systems.
• Building data and telemetry pipelines for debugging.

You Should Apply If

• Have a high level of personal integrity, reliability, and attention to detail.
• Possess a software engineering mindset and passion for building platforms that multiply developer productivity.
• Have experience running cloud‑native workloads in on‑premise or air‑gapped environments.
• Are willing to relocate to Munich, London, or Paris.

Compensation & Benefits

• A focus on outcomes, not time‑tracking.
• Competitive compensation and stock options.
• Relocation support.
• Social and education allowances.
• Regular company events and all‑hands to bring teams together.
• A hands‑on onboarding program ("Infraduction").

Equal Opportunity Statement

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.

Note: We operate at an intersection where women, as well as other minority groups, are systemically 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.

Helsing’s Candidate Privacy and Confidentiality Regime can be found here.

Seniority Level

• Mid‑Senior level

Employment Type

• Full‑time

Job Function

• Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

• Software Development