(Senior) Full-Stack Engineer [TypeScript - Prototyping]

About this role

Orcrist is building a next generation data intelligence platform using cutting-edge technologies. We're handling petabyte-scale data with sub-second queries. Our product is a Kubernetes‑based platform delivered as B2B SaaS or as a self‑hosted on‑prem solution, including air‑gapped deployments. We enable customers across defense, law enforcement, and enterprise to turn mission-critical data into actionable intelligence.

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/React, Node, Go, Kafka/Temporal, Postgres/OpenSearch, Kubernetes. High-impact work: your prototypes shape what becomes product across multiple delivery teams.