Software Engineer, Platform Engineering

EngineersOfAI; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

EngineersOfAI is seeking a cloud infrastructure engineer to join our Platform Engineering team in Washington, DC. You will design and operate cloud infrastructure using AWS, manage EKS clusters, and maintain shared developer services like GitLab and CI/CD pipelines.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Terraform, security compliance, and experience in creating automation tools to support our agile product teams. Join us to help build secure and efficient solutions for the future.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in designing and maintaining cloud infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of AWS services, including EKS and IAM.
• Familiarity with Terraform and automation tools.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain cloud infrastructure across AWS using Terraform.
• Provision and manage EKS clusters and other AWS resources.
• Operate shared services and developer tooling for efficient delivery.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure design

AWS services management

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Security compliance

Job description

Who we are

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.

The role

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.

The day-to-day

• Designing and maintaining cloud infrastructure across a multi-account AWS environment using Terraform and Terraform Enterprise
• Provisioning and managing EKS clusters, networking, IAM, and other AWS primitives for product and project teams
• Standing up and operating shared services (GitLab, Artifactory, CI/CD pipelines) and other developer tooling
• Building automation and self-service tooling that enables product teams to move quickly within secure guardrails
• Designing and deplo