Technical Recruiter, Fixed-term contract (6 months)

Helsing is a defence AI company. Our mission is to protect our democracies. We aim to achieve technological leadership, so that open societies can continue to make sovereign decisions and control their ethical standards. 

As democracies, we believe we have a special responsibility to be thoughtful about the development and deployment of powerful technologies like AI. We take this responsibility seriously. 

We are an ambitious and committed team of engineers, AI specialists and customer-facing programme managers. We are looking for mission-driven people to join our European teams – and apply their skills to solve the most complex and impactful problems. We embrace an open and transparent culture that welcomes healthy debates on the use of technology in defence, its benefits, and its ethical implications. 

The day-to-day

• Source candidates for a variety of different technical roles across the Software stack

• Create and execute on hiring strategies to ensure we hire with both quality and speed in mind

• Own creative campaigns to deliver exceptional quality and quantity of Software candidates

• Take full 360 ownership of delivering hires against the priority roles you will work on

• Utilise data to improve hiring efficiencies and spot any blockers early

You should apply if you

• Consider yourself a Technology expert in the world of Talent Acquisition. You can converse on a technical level with Software Engineers, and are motivated by learning about new technologies and advancements in the industry. 
  
  
• Have experience hiring for fast-scaling organisations within technology and/or defence industries.
  
  
• Are an expert in technical candidate generation, via methods that go beyond LinkedIn Recruiter.
  
  
• Are fluent in written and spoken English and German (ideally, but not essential).
  
  
• Can positively influence hiring stakeholders in matters such as job design, interview process and hiring strategies.

Note: The above bullet points describe the ideal candidate. None of us matched all of these at once when we first joined Helsing. We encourage you to apply even if you believe you meet only part of our wish list.

Join Helsing and work with world-leading experts in their fields 

• Helsing’s work is important. You’ll be directly contributing to the protection of democratic countries while balancing both ethical and geopolitical concerns. 
  
  
• The work is unique. We operate in a domain that has highly unusual technical requirements and constraints, and where robustness, safety, and ethical considerations are vital. You will face unique Engineering and AI challenges that make a meaningful impact in the world. 
  
  
• Our work frequently takes us right up to the state of the art in technical innovation, be it reinforcement learning, distributed systems, generative AI, or deployment infrastructure. The defence industry is entering the most exciting phase of the technological development curve. Advances in our field of world are not incremental: Helsing is part of, and often leading, historic leaps forward. 
  
  
• In our domain, success is a matter of order-of-magnitude improvements and novel capabilities. This means we take bets, aim high, and focus on big opportunities. Despite being a relatively young company, Helsing has already been selected for multiple significant government contracts.  
  
  
• We actively encourage healthy, proactive, and diverse debate internally about what we do and how we choose to do it. Teams and individual engineers are trusted (and encouraged) to practise responsible autonomy and critical thinking, and to focus on outcomes, not conformity. At Helsing you will have a say in how we (and you!) work, the opportunity to engage on what does and doesn’t work, and to take ownership of aspects of our culture that you care deeply about. 

What we offer

• 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 together employees as one team across Europe