Fullstack Software Engineer, Darktrace
React & Python
2-5 days a week in office
AI cybersecurity solutions
Be an early applicant
AI cybersecurity solutions
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
2-5 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To free the world from cyber disruption.
Role
Who you are
- You will be an independent thinker with a startup mindset
- Technology-wise, you will have full stack-experience building and shipping reliable software
- You will have experience with React or Python
- You don’t need to be an expert, but we’ll expect you to demonstrate an understanding of fundamentals in the interview
- We don't require cyber-security or cloud specific experience, but an interest is useful
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable and efficient backend services and frontend interfaces using Python and React and relatable tech stakes,
- Collaborate closely with product teams, and other engineers to deliver high-quality features and improvements,
- Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and technical planning to ensure best practices and high code quality,
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of development processes, tools, and systems,
- Stay up to date with emerging technologies and industry trends, and proactively suggest improvements or innovations,
- Mentor junior developers and contribute to a culture of learning and knowledge sharing within the team,
- Ensure security best practices are followed in all aspects of development and deployment
What the job involves
- As a full-stack software engineer you will be responsible for building a cloud detection and response product that helps customers to identify and resolve cyber-attacks in cloud environments
- You will own the prototyping and development of new and innovative ideas to further improve Darktrace’s services and offerings while balancing creativity, logical thinking and time constraints to implement novel features
- You'll find yourself collaborating with a cross-functional team of engineers, designers, project co-ordinators and technical strategists to create cutting-edge projects and optimising solutions to improve both speed and scale
- This role involves working with a wide range of infrastructures, languages and technologies
- Our tech stack includes:
- Frontend: Typescript, React, NextJS, TailwindCSS, Cypress, Jest
- Backend: Python, ElasticSearch, Postgres, Redis, AWS/Azure/GCP, Cloudformation & Terraform, K8s, EKS
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable and efficient backend services and frontend interfaces using Python and React and relatable tech stakes,
- Collaborate closely with product teams, and other engineers to deliver high-quality features and improvements,
- Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and technical planning to ensure best practices and high code quality,
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of development processes, tools, and systems,
- Stay up to date with emerging technologies and industry trends, and proactively suggest improvements or innovations,
- Mentor junior developers and contribute to a culture of learning and knowledge sharing within the team,
- Ensure security best practices are followed in all aspects of development and deployment
Salary benchmarks
Our take
With the rise of sophisticated cyberattacks, the need for cutting-edge defence mechanisms has never been more critical. Darktrace addresses this challenge by leveraging AI-enabled threat detection technology, enabling organisations to swiftly identify and respond to abnormal network activity.
By utilising machine learning algorithms, Darktrace allows businesses to combat a wide range of cyber threats, from data breaches to insider attacks. This safeguards their digital assets and helps them maintaining operational resilience.
The company's recent acquisition by private equity giant Thoma Bravo marks a significant milestone in its journey. The acquisition provides Darktrace with access to a strong financial partner and deep software sector expertise, positioning it to further enhance its capabilities as a leading AI cybersecurity business.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Sep 2018
$50m
SERIES E
Jul 2017
$75m
SERIES D
Total funding: $230.5m
Company benefits
- 23 days paid holiday plus UK bank holidays, increasing to 25 days after two years’ service
- Additional birthday day off
- Salary Sacrifice pension scheme with 4% employer contribution and minimum 5% employee contribution
- Optional BUPA private medical insurance for you and your immediate family
- Life assurance with a benefit of 4x your annual basic salary
- Employee Assistance Programme offering both on-line and telephone support and resources to you and your family
- Cycle to work scheme
- Active social and charity initiatives including our matched charitable giving scheme and employee recognition scheme
Company HQ
Cambridge, UK
Leadership
Poppy Gustafsson
(CEO)Previously a Corporate Controller at HP, a Fund Accountant at Amadeus Capital Partners and an Assistant Manager at Deloitte.
Jack Stockdale
(CTO)Co-founded Darktrace in 2013 and has served as the CTO since.
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