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At Intelic, we're building the intelligence layer for unmanned systems in defense: software that enables autonomous platforms to operate together, faster, smarter, and more reliably, across complex, mission-critical environments.\nBased in Amsterdam and growing fast, we offer a rare opportunity to work on products that don't just move metrics. They directly affect safety, resilience, and Europe's security.\nWhy the role exists\nOur drones carry more and more hardware: cameras, gimbals, servos and more. The European market is fragmented, so we need to support many different types of hardware. Right now, adding a new piece of hardware usually means our own engineers have to integrate it. We want to change that. We're building a platform that lets partners and other teams connect their own hardware and write their own driver.\nYou'll work alongside robotics engineers and help set the team up from the start. The APIs and system design you create will be what everyone else builds on.\nIf you like hard backend problems where good design directly affects how fast other people can move, this role is worth a look.\nWhat you will do\nYou'll spend most of your time in Rust, working out how to abstract the communication with the hardware from the rest of the system. That could mean designing how a new camera gets configured through the API, or writing a simulated camera so you can test an integration before the hardware is on your desk.\nDesign and build the platform in Rust\n\nDefine the APIs that other teams and partners use to integrate cameras, gimbals, servos and other hardware\n\nMake it possible for others to write their own drivers and add hardware without needing support from your team\n\nThink through how each new module fits into the wider system, and plan for the cases others will run into later\n\nWrite strong unit tests and add integration tests, including tests against simulated hardware\n\nWork directly with other teams to understand what they need from the platform and agree on how systems talk to each other\n\nHelp set up the team, and hand it over well once the platform is in good shape\n\nYou will thrive here if\nYou have around five or more years of engineering experience in a heavy backend language. 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The team you join is small and may not stay in its current form forever. Once the platform is set up, you may move on to work on the wider vehicle platform.\nStrong unit testing is the standard. Integration tests are added where they make sense, often using simulated hardware\n\nOther teams build on your APIs and integrate their own hardware, so you don't have to do every integration yourself\n\nEngineers work directly with other teams to agree on interfaces\n\nWhat your first year will look like\nAt 6 months: You own this part of the system. The platform is set up, and the team is working at the level you helped set.\nAt 12 months: The platform runs without you in the middle of it, and you're helping on the wider vehicle platform, including the flight side.\nWhy Intelic\nThe mission is real. We're building technology that makes Europe safer.\n\nYour work multiplies. Set the platform up well, and every team can integrate new hardware without waiting on anyone.\n\nYou build it from the start. You shape the APIs and the team instead of maintaining someone else's design.\n\nYou can focus on engineering. The problem is clear. Your job is to solve it well.\n\nWhat we offer\nStock Appreciation Rights program\n\nTravel allowance\n\nFlexible pension plan\n\n25 vacation days\n\nUrban Sports Club membership\n\nBike lease through 'Lease a Bike'\n\nA modern office at NDSM Plein, Amsterdam Noord. We value working shoulder to shoulder, so we're in the office 4 days a week. 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