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Senior Backend Engineer (Rust)

Intelic
Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
Hybrid · 4 days/week in office · Amsterdam, Netherlands
Experience
Senior · 5+ years

Job description

Backend engineer role at Intelic building a Rust platform that lets partners and other teams integrate their own hardware (cameras, gimbals, servos) into unmanned systems for defense. The engineer designs the APIs and system abstractions others will build on.

At a glance

Employment
Full-time
Work mode
Hybrid · 4 days/week in office · Amsterdam, Netherlands

What you'll do

  • Design and build the platform in Rust
  • Define the APIs that other teams and partners use to integrate cameras, gimbals, servos and other hardware
  • Make it possible for others to write their own drivers and add hardware without needing support from your team
  • Think through how each new module fits into the wider system, and plan for the cases others will run into later
  • Write strong unit tests and add integration tests, including tests against simulated hardware
  • Work directly with other teams to understand what they need from the platform and agree on how systems talk to each other
  • Help set up the team, and hand it over well once the platform is in good shape

What we're looking for

  • Around five or more years of engineering experience in a heavy backend language; Rust is ideal, C++ or similar also works
  • Built platforms or APIs that other teams depend on, and think about how your part fits into the larger system
  • Work independently: take a problem, work it out with the team, and see it through without someone managing every step
  • Talk to people: reach out to other teams, ask questions, and don't wait for work to come to you
  • Take testing seriously, and know how to test code that talks to hardware
  • Use AI coding tools like Claude in day to day work
  • Enjoy technical problems more than product decisions

Nice to have

  • Basic hardware knowledge: know how to power a camera and get video out of it
  • Experience with drones, robotics or other connected hardware

Benefits

  • Stock Appreciation Rights program
  • Travel allowance
  • Flexible pension plan
  • 25 vacation days
  • Urban Sports Club membership
  • Bike lease through 'Lease a Bike'
  • Modern office at NDSM Plein, Amsterdam Noord
  • 10 days a year to work from wherever you want

How to get hired

  1. 1Certificate of Conduct (VOG) may be requested and a background screening conducted in accordance with the screening policy

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About Intelic

Building the intelligence layer for unmanned systems in defense

Intelic is building the intelligence layer for unmanned systems in defense: software that enables autonomous platforms to operate together. Based in Amsterdam and growing fast.

Mission

Building technology that makes Europe safer, enabling autonomous platforms to operate together, faster, smarter, and more reliably, across complex, mission-critical environments.

Key facts

  • Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Defense technology
  • Based in Amsterdam and growing fast
  • Works on software for unmanned systems in defense
  • Office at NDSM Plein, Amsterdam Noord