Full-Stack Engineer (TypeScript)

Who we are

Orcrist builds the Orcrist Intelligence Platform (OIP), a Kubernetes-based data intelligence system delivered as SaaS or self-hosted/on-prem (including air-gapped deployments). We turn complex, multi-modal data into actionable intelligence for defense, law-enforcement, and enterprise teams.

Role

Build validated prototypes—not throwaway demos. As a Full-Stack Engineer on Innovation, you’ll ship thin vertical slices end-to-end (UI + APIs + data integrations), then package your work so a delivery team can productize it confidently.

What you'll do

• Prototype thin vertical slices across React/Next.js UI, Node.js APIs, and supporting storage/search integrations

• Collaborate with PM & Design in time-boxed discovery cycles: iterate quickly, demo often, and validate assumptions

• Align prototypes with shared primitives and standards: feature flags, auth flows, auditability, multitenancy assumptions, and basic observability

• Integrate workflows touching streaming/orchestration (Kafka/Temporal) and partner with Data/ML engineers when needed

• Ship an adoption package: documentation, interfaces, schemas, and an integration backlog that reduces handoff friction

About you

• 3+ years building production web applications and APIs in TypeScript (React/Next.js + Node)

• Strong product-engineering instincts: you can turn ambiguity into a tight 1–3 week prototype scope

• Practical API and data-layer skills (PostgreSQL; comfortable integrating search when needed)

• Comfortable working in Kubernetes/GitOps environments and maintaining good engineering hygiene (tests, CI, docs)

• Security-conscious: you treat access control, privacy/PII handling, and audit expectations as part of “done.”

• Eligible to work in Germany; EU/NATO citizenship preferred for export-controlled projects

Nice-to-haves

• Real-time UI experience (WebSockets/WebRTC, collaborative editing, CRDT/OT)

• Complex visualization experience (graph/geospatial UX; Cytoscape/D3/Mapbox/Cesium)

• Some Python comfort for quick data/ML integration

• German language (B1+) and/or experience with regulated or mission-critical systems

What we offer

• Modern stack: TypeScript/Next.js/React, Node, Kafka/Temporal, Postgres/OpenSearch, Kubernetes

• Remote-first in Germany with regular Berlin prototyping sprints, 30 days vacation, equipment & learning budget

• High-impact work: your prototypes shape what becomes product across multiple delivery teams