Data Engineer

Helsing
City of London
17 hours ago
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Overview

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Helsing is a defence AI company. Our mission is to protect our democracies and maintain ethical standards while achieving technological leadership. We are an ambitious team of engineers, AI specialists and customer-facing programme managers with an open and transparent culture that welcomes healthy debates on the use of technology in defence.

The role

Data lies at the core of Helsing's AI capabilities. You will lead, streamline and automate the data acquisition and labelling process for the development of our AI methods, enabling you to learn how advanced AI algorithms are trained and deployed in real life applications. Over time you will become a recognised expert on collecting and annotating data most useful for our products and will collaborate closely with AI researchers and software engineers.

The day-to-day (Responsibilities)
  • You will support and develop tooling for the engineering team for various steps of the data preparation pipeline (collection, annotation, quality control, storage & management of mission-critical datasets).
  • You will use our data annotation platforms and automatic tools to orchestrate campaigns for image/video tagging with metadata and upload them for access by other Helsing engineers.
  • You will assess, scope, and prioritise requests for data from other teams at Helsing.
Qualifications
  • Hold a BSc or MSc in computer science, engineering or related field.
  • Independent and creative problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to report and present science findings clearly and efficiently.
  • Solid software engineering skills, writing clean and well-structured code in Python and/or languages like Rust, Java, or modern C++.

Note: Helsing operates at an intersection where women and other minority groups are under-represented. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all listed qualifications; ability and impact cannot be summarised in a few bullets.

Nice to have
  • PhD in computer science, engineering or related field.
  • Interest in computer vision applications.
  • Experience building data acquisition/annotation pipelines for AI algorithm development.
  • Interest in defence hardware or prior service in the armed forces.
What we offer
  • Focus on outcomes, not time-tracking
  • Competitive compensation and stock options
  • Relocation support
  • Social and education allowances
  • Regular company events and all-hands across Europe
  • Onboarding program to build tooling and learn our tech stack from day one

Equal opportunity: 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 health, or data concerning sexual orientation.

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

Seniority level
  • Entry level
Employment type
  • Full-time
Job function
  • Information Technology
Industries
  • Software Development


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