--- title: 'DevOps - Continuous Integration at Harmattan AI' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/devops-continuous-integration-harmattan-ai-paris-qrmv5m02qk16' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-07' --- # DevOps - Continuous Integration at Harmattan AI - **Company:** [Harmattan AI](https://feeny.ai/companies/harmattan-ai) - **Location:** Paris, France - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2026-06-17 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/harmattan-ai/e97f802d-c0e4-43e1-ad00-e3ebe1153942/application **Skills:** GitHub, GitHub Actions, YAML, Bash, Python, Linux, Docker, CMake, Robotics, Embedded Systems, Automated test benches, Functional testing frameworks, C++, Google Cloud Platform, Agentic coding tools > Harmattan AI seeks a DevOps Engineer to own continuous integration infrastructure, improving developer productivity and software quality for autonomous defense systems. The role involves designing CI/CD pipelines, integrating AI agents, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to remove friction. ## Job description ## ABOUT US Harmattan AI is a next-generation defense prime building autonomous and scalable defense systems. Following the close of a $200M Series B, valuing the company at $1.4 billion, we are expanding our teams and capabilities to deliver mission-critical systems to allied forces. Our work is guided by clear values: building technologies with real-world impact, pursuing excellence in everything we do, setting ambitious goals, and taking on the hardest technical challenges. We operate in a demanding environment where rigor, ownership, and execution are expected. ## About the role Harmattan AI is developing advanced autonomous drone systems and payloads for defense applications. As the company scales fast and our software codebase grows even faster, we need a DevOps engineer to improve developer productivity and experience and keep the embedded software quality at a high level. Working across all of our software teams, you will own the continuous integration infrastructure that lets our engineers ship reliable code at pace. ## Responsibilities - Continuous Integration: Design, build, and maintain the CI/CD pipelines that compile, test, and deliver our software. - Visibility & Alerting: Build feedback tools, such as dashboards and notification/alert systems, that surface build, test, and pipeline status to the right people at the right time. - Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with software developers across every team, as well as Validation, and the GNC, ML, and Perception teams, to understand their workflows, gather their needs, and turn them into practical tooling solutions. - AI in the Pipeline: Integrate and deploy AI agents within the CI. - Developer Productivity & Quality: Track the overall health of the development workflow, and spot bottlenecks and quality issues. - Documentation & Standards: Document the tooling you build and help standardize development best practices across teams. Candidate requirements - GitHub & CI/CD: Proficiency with GitHub and GitHub Actions, including writing and maintaining workflows in the Actions YAML syntax to automate builds and tests. - Technical proficiency: Confident writing automation in Bash and Python, and comfortable working in a Linux environment with Docker. - Past experience: Significant experience in embedded software development, using languages such as C/C++. - Build systems: Solid hands-on experience with build systems such as CMake, and the ability to debug and maintain build configurations. - Educational background: MSc or BSc in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Robotics, or a similar technical field; equivalent professional experience is equally valued. ## Nice to have - A background in robotics, to better understand the needs and activities of the R&D teams. - Experience setting up automated test benches and/or functional testing frameworks. - Familiarity with agentic coding tools and their advanced configuration. Mindset - Service-oriented: You treat developers across every team as your users, listening to their workflows and building tooling that removes their friction. - Strong communicator & collaborator: You gather needs, explain trade-offs, and align many teams around shared standards. - Pragmatic owner: You prioritize what matters most for the whole organization, ship incrementally, and take ownership of the reliability everyone depends on. We look forward to hearing how you can help shape the future of autonomous defense systems at Harmattan AI. ## About Harmattan AI ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Harmattan AI builds autonomous defense systems—including strike and surveillance drones—using AI-driven autonomy and real-time intelligence for allied forces. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series B, unicorn status) - **Headquarters**: Paris, France - **Founded**: 2024 - **Founders**: Mouad M’Ghari (CEO & Co‑founder) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Defense & autonomous systems - **Target customers**: B2G – NATO member states, ministries of defence (UK, France, and others) - **Mission**: Deliver scalable, sovereign AI capabilities to allied forces by building mission‑ready autonomous systems that respond in real time, adapt under pressure, and deliver an edge in contested environments. [harmattan.ai](https://harmattan.ai/) ## Products & Services - **Platform Autonomy**: AI‑driven autonomy layer for drones, enabling real‑time decision‑making and adaptation. - **Mission Orchestration**: Software for coordinating multiple autonomous assets (e.g., collaborative air combat). - **Precision Strike**: Attritable strike drones with embedded AI for target engagement. - **VSHORAD (Very Short‑Range Air Defence)**: Counter‑drone interception systems. - **Persistent ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance)**: Autonomous surveillance platforms for continuous battlefield awareness. - **Electronic Warfare Platforms**: Systems for electronic attack and protection. [harmattan.ai](https://harmattan.ai/) ## Market Standing - **Valuation**: $1.4 billion (as of January 2026, after Series B). [tech.eu](https://tech.eu/2026/01/12/french-startup-harmattan-ai-hits-unicorn-status-as-it-strikes-deal-with-french-aerospace-group/) - **Key Metric**: Total funding ~$240 million ($200 M Series B led by Dassault Aviation + over $40 M prior). [tech.eu](https://tech.eu/2026/01/12/french-startup-harmattan-ai-hits-unicorn-status-as-it-strikes-deal-with-french-aerospace-group/) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Dassault Aviation (lead investor & strategic partner), multiple NATO allies as customers. - **Growth Signals**: - Achieved unicorn status within two years of founding. - Awarded several “programs of record” by UK and French Ministries of Defence. [tech.eu](https://tech.eu/2026/01/12/french-startup-harmattan-ai-hits-unicorn-status-as-it-strikes-deal-with-french-aerospace-group/) - Scaling industrial manufacturing of drone interception and electronic warfare platforms. - Headcount grew to 131 employees (Built In estimate). [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/harmattan-ai) ## Competitive Advantages - **Two‑layer autonomy model**: Combines platform‑level AI with mission‑orchestration software for coordinated, scalable autonomous forces. - **Sovereign AI**: Focus on delivering non‑dependent capabilities to allied nations, differentiating from US‑centric primes. - **Attritable systems**: Cost‑effective, expendable drones that enable mass deployment without prohibitive losses. - **Speed to relevance**: Claims rapid iteration and deployment cycles, with conflict‑ready production. [harmattan.ai](https://harmattan.ai/) ## Strategic Focus - Expand product offering into new operational domains (e.g., collaborative air combat with Dassault Aviation). - Scale industrial manufacturing of drone interception, electronic warfare, and ISR platforms. - Deepen integration of embedded AI into next‑generation air combat systems (future combat air systems). [tech.eu](https://tech.eu/2026/01/12/french-startup-harmattan-ai-hits-unicorn-status-as-it-strikes-deal-with-french-aerospace-group/) ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: “Elite builders” who “thrive on complexity, move with urgency, and own their work end to end.” Emphasis on purpose, technical excellence, and real‑world impact. [harmattan.ai](https://harmattan.ai/careers/) - **Values**: Tackle the hardest problems, build what matters, move at the speed of relevance, and aim to redefine frontiers. [harmattan.ai](https://harmattan.ai/careers/) - **Work policy**: Hybrid model with a mix of remote and on‑site; many roles are in‑office at locations in Paris, Lausanne, London, Arlington (TX), Wissous, Poland, UAE, and Morocco. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/harmattan-ai) - **Engineering culture**: Hands‑on development of mission‑critical autonomous systems; strong R&D focus across AI, computer vision, RF hardware, propulsion, and mission planning. - **Perks**: Not explicitly listed, but the company highlights the opportunity to protect front‑line personnel and shape the future of autonomous defence. ## Sources 1. [harmattan.ai](https://harmattan.ai/) 2. [harmattan.ai/careers](https://harmattan.ai/careers/) 3. [harmattan.ai/open-roles](https://harmattan.ai/open-roles) 4. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/harmattan-ai) 5. 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