Software Integration & Release Engineer

NestAI; Tampere; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Occupational healthcare

Epassi Flex benefit

Lunch benefit

Auntie (mental wellbeing services)

Regular team lunches and all-hands

Mac or PC choice

Holiday allowance (50% of holiday days

Phone benefit

Job summary

NestAI, a European AI lab for defence, is building the next generation of release pipelines and test infrastructure for autonomous systems. You will own a continuous delivery pipeline for edge software and bridge autonomy, connectivity, and platform software.

Join a team of engineers and scientists to drive CI/CD, release trains, and automated validation, including HIL environments, to bring features to drone platforms rapidly.

Qualifications

• Solid experience in software engineering, release automation, or CI for complex software systems.
• Experience expanding test automation, ideally with simulation engines, ROS, or virtual testing.
• Excellent communication; cross-functional Scrum Master/Release Train Engineer experience valued.
• Proactive self-starter who dives into code to solve problems.
• Proficiency in Python, C++, and modern build/CI tooling.
• Docker experience for build automation and image registries.
• Familiarity with AI tools for efficiency gains preferred.

Responsibilities

• Drive Continuous Release Automation: Build and mature CI/CD pipelines to support rapid delivery cycles, including fully automated nightly releases across drone platforms.
• Expand Simulation & Test Automation: Collaborate with validation, simulation and DevOps teams on automated test suites and full-stack simulation and HIL environments.
• Software & System Integration: Integrate software components across autonomy, secure connectivity, and platform systems into coherent release candidates.
• Coordinate the Release Train: Facilitate cross-team planning and ensure clear communication and feature readiness along the agile release train.
• Hands-on Continuous improvement: Take direct ownership of integration challenges and dive into solving problems directly.

Skills

Integration & Release Background

Automation & Simulation Mindset

Agile Facilitation & Communication

Pragmatic Problem Solver

Technical Stack

Containerization

AI tools familiarity

Tools

ROS (Robot Operating System)

Docker

Job description

Company

NestAI is a European AI lab for defence delivering the adaptive operating system for modern battlefield operations. We develop adaptive intelligence for unmanned and command systems: AI that continuously learns from operational data and adapts to changing conditions.

NestOS is our open, modular, and interoperable platform that enables this at scale and keeps capability evolution under sovereign European control. Founded in 2025 by Peter Sarlin, whose previous company Silo AI became Europe's largest AI acquisition, NestAI brings together over 150 engineers and scientists and partners with leading European defence forces and industry.

Role Description

We are building the next generation of release pipelines and test infrastructure for autonomous systems. You will take the ownership of a continuous software delivery pipeline for edge software.

In this role, you will bridge autonomy, connectivity, and platform software. You will drive the strategy and implementation of continuous integration and delivery processes, and work as a release manager to bring multiple components together in a rapid iteration cycle.

Day-to-day Responsibilities

• Drive Continuous Release Automation: Build and mature our CI/CD pipelines to support rapid delivery cycles, with the ultimate target of fully automated nightly releases across our drone platforms.
• Expand Simulation & Test Automation: Collaborate with validation, simulation and DevOps teams on our automated test suites. Focus on expanding full-stack simulation and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) environments so new features are thoroughly validated in simulation before deployment.
• Software & System Integration: integrate software components across autonomy, secure connectivity, and platform systems into coherent release candidates. Unify configuration management tools.
• Coordinate the Release Train: Facilitate cross-team collaboration in planning and implementation. Ensure clear communication and feature readiness along the agile release train.
• Hands-on Continuous improvement: Take direct ownership of integration challenges. Prioritize, investigate and dive into solving problems directly rather than waiting for someone else to do it.

Qualifications & Experience

• Integration & Release Background: Solid experience in software engineering, release automation, or continuous integration for complex software systems.
• Automation & Simulation Mindset: Demonstrated experience expanding test automation frameworks, ideally leveraging simulation engines, ROS (Robot Operating System), or virtual testing environments.
• Agile Facilitation & Communication: Excellent communication skills with the ability to align multidisciplinary teams. Experience as a Scrum Master, Release Train Engineer, or Technical Team Lead is highly valued.
• Pragmatic Problem Solver: A proactive "get-it-done" attitude with a preference for diving into code and building clean solutions.
• Technical Stack: Proficiency in Python, C++, and modern build/CI infrastructure tooling.
• Containerization: Practical experience using Docker for build automation and managing image registries.
• Proficiency with AI tools for efficiency gains is preferred

Why join NestAI?

At NestAI, you’ll build meaningful, real-world technology as part of a world‑class team of engineers, scientists, and experienced professionals. You’ll work on systems where reliability genuinely matters, contribute to Europe’s security and resilience, and solve problems that demand depth, trust, and craftsmanship.

If you want to build with purpose - and with leading experts in the field - you’ve come to the right place.

Perks & Benefits

We offer a growing set of practical benefits to support your work and wellbeing, day to day:

• Occupational healthcare (currently provided by Mehiläinen)
• Epassi Flex benefit (sports, culture, commuting, wellbeing)
• Lunch benefit (25% tax-free coverage)
• Auntie (mental wellbeing services)
• Regular team lunches and all-hands events
• Your choice of Mac or PC
• Holiday allowance (50% of holiday salary)
• Phone benefit according to company policy (subscription and device)

We are continuously developing and expanding our benefits as we grow.

Practicalities

Employment is subject to applicable security screening (including SUPO, where required).

NestAI is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all applicants based on their skills, experience, and potential.

We are currently unable to provide visa sponsorship or international relocation support for this position. Candidates must already be based in Finland or in the EU and have a valid work permit for this region at the time of application.