Our Story

Why Patronus Exists 

Patronus was founded after our Founder Ben saw a fundamental problem with traditional emergency systems: they existed, but they weren’t used. 

His grandparents owned classic home emergency buttons. They were bulky, stigmatizing, and disconnected from everyday life. Most of the time, they sat unused on a nightstand. 

That became a real issue the day Ben found his grandmother on the bathroom floor, unable to call for help. 

That experience exposed a gap between having safety technology and actually using it. Patronus was built to close that gap.  

What We’re Building 

We’re building a digital platform for everyday care, combining hardware, software, and real-time services into one integrated system. 

At the core is the Patronus Watch:
a wearable device designed to be reliable, intuitive, and always with the user. 

Today, the Patronus Watch is worn by 20,000+ customers across Germany, and we continue to grow in complexity, scale, and impact.
Why This Matters for You

This is not a “nice-to-have” product. It’s mission-critical software.
As a developer at Patronus, you work on:

• Systems that must be highly available and fault-tolerant
• Real-time event processing and alerting
• Hardware–software integration
• Privacy-first architectures in a regulated environment
• Products that are used daily, and relied on in emergencies

Your code directly affects whether someone gets help when they need it.

If you care about building technology that actually gets used, scales responsibly, and has real-world consequences — this is the place to do it.