Pros: - Some of the smartest people who I've ever worked with. - Great tech stack and culture. - Truly a 'forge your own adventure' mindset.

Cons: People work hard! There is a lot to do, and it is a small company, so often you have to make it happen yourself.

Pros: Helsing is one of the few tech companies in Europe where I think your work can make a real difference to people's safety and livelihood. It is also one of the only places I've ever seen real collaboration between top-tier software engineers and AI researchers. Everyone feels a deep attachment to the company's mission to keep liberal democracies from harm, which usually makes it easy to keep discussions and projects outcome-focused rather than getting distracted by theoretical or technical trivialities. You have freedom to decide your own solution design and implementation as long as you can demonstrate that it meets the requirements. Top-down support on helping you decompose problems and review your plans when you need it with engineering reviews. Continual culture of collaborative learning with tech talks, a generous learning stipend, and weekly demos to get insight into what everyone across the company is working on. Real interest in driving forward the world's understanding of the ethical use of emerging AI technologies. Compensation is good. Market-leading salary and equity packages, reasonable benefits.

Cons: Atmosphere of the company needing to figure everything out for the first time rather than having established processes, like technical infrastructure, performance reviews, and OKRs. On the other hand, it is super interesting to see these processes developed in a principled and balanced way. Some roles (probably more over time) require a national security clearance due to the sensitivity of the project, which can mean you often can't work on some really interesting projects unless you are cleared. Always needing to seriously prioritise technical projects because of too much work and too few people.

Pros: • Lots of interesting technical problems to solve • Lots of autonomy as an engineer • Lots of clever colleagues to learn from • Use 'cool' tools • Good-ish base salary • Work closer to AI • Good prospective

Cons: * Disorganized planning * Unrealistic expectations from leadership * Use of 'cool' tools 😂 * The rest of the compensation package is mediocre (including options and medical package) * Less diversity compared to other tech companies (defense in general is very male-dominated) * Not-so-good WLB (depends on what team you are on)