Senior Software Engineer - Paris

About H:
H exists to push the boundaries of superintelligence with agentic AI. By automating complex, multi-step tasks typically performed by humans, AI agents will help unlock full human potential.

H is hiring the world’s best AI talent, seeking those who are dedicated as much to building safely and responsibly as to advancing disruptive agentic capabilities. We promote a mindset of openness, learning, and collaboration, where everyone has something to contribute.

About the Team: The Product Engineering team is responsible for developing H’s Enterprise Platform, providing all the tools and services to support critical operational use-cases for our customers. Our platform includes key services, from executing computer-use agents at scale, to orchestrating complex workflows and providing a complete observability, troubleshooting and evals suite of tools. Our Product Engineering team is at the heart of our company’s development, bridging the gap between AI research and real-world impact, and works closely with all parts of the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and lead technical architecture, design, and long-term engineering roadmap.

• Develop and maintain complex, high-performance, and scalable systems.

• Mentor and guide engineers across multiple teams, fostering technical excellence.

• Conduct thorough code and design reviews, ensuring quality and security best practices.

• Collaborate with Research, Product, and other stakeholders to deliver impactful solutions.

• Drive improvements in system reliability, scalability, and observability.

• Establish and enforce engineering standards, tooling, and processes.

• Champion technical innovation and proactively address technical debt.

Requirements:

• Technical skills:

  • Previous demonstrable role(s) as Senior Software Engineer with relevant set of responsibilities and achievements

  • Strong 5+ years of experience in backend development (Python & Golang preferred)

  • In-depth experience with distributed systems or cloud computing, preferably in AWS

  • Experience building and shipping end to end solutions

  • Experience building APIs (REST and/or GraphQL) and integrating with external services

  • Expertise in relational and non-relational databases

  • Experience working with message queueing technologies (SQS/RabbitMQ/Kafka/etc.)

  • Solid understanding of coding standards, architectural patterns and test frameworks

  • Expertise in instrumentation, observability and monitoring

• Soft skills:

  • Mentorship & Influence - You inspire and elevate engineers across teams - you are a true force multiplier.

  • Cross-Functional Communication - You communicate effectively with engineers and business leaders, switching between technical and business contexts.

  • Technical Leadership – You are able to guide teams through complex technical decisions, balancing short-term delivery with long-term architectural health.

Location:

• Paris or London.

• This role is hybrid, and you are expected to be in the office 3 days a week on average.

• Please expect some travel between offices on a reasonable cadence (e.g., every 4-6 weeks).

What We Offer:

• Join the exciting journey of shaping the future of AI, and be part of the early days of one of the hottest AI startups.

• Collaborate with a fun, dynamic, and multicultural team, working alongside world-class AI talent in a highly collaborative environment.

• Enjoy a competitive salary.

• Unlock opportunities for professional growth, continuous learning, and career development.

If you want to change the status quo in AI, join us.