Full-Stack Engineer (TypeScript - Prototyping)

Full-Stack Engineer (TypeScript)

Company

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.