Web Backend Engineer, GitGuardian

Python

Salary not provided

React

MongoDB

AWS

Docker

TypeScript

Python

Django

Elasticsearch

Redis

Linux

Terraform

Kibana

ELK

RabbitMQ

Unix

Junior and Mid level

Paris

Remote from France

Code security platform for the DevOps generation

Job no longer available

Code security platform for the DevOps generation

101-200 employees

B2BEnterpriseSaaSCyber SecurityDevOps

Job no longer available

Salary not provided

React

MongoDB

AWS

Docker

TypeScript

Python

Django

Elasticsearch

Redis

Linux

Terraform

Kibana

ELK

RabbitMQ

Unix

Junior and Mid level

Paris

Remote from France

101-200 employees

B2BEnterpriseSaaSCyber SecurityDevOps

Company mission

To help organisations secure the modern way of building software and foster collaboration between developers, cloud operations and security teams.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Backend web developer, private and public api
Full-stack python/react to work on user facing dashboards
Backend / sre, working on on premise solution for big tech
R&D to improve analyze the performance of our algorithms in specific cases, suggest and implement improvements
R&D to develop our next generation of code security scanners from scratch to production
Backend: Python + Django, Go, RabbitMQ, Redis
DB: PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch (+ Kibana)
Frontend: React / Typescript
Infrastructure: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS

What the job involves

Doing hands-on software development
Working closely with other highly-skilled developers
Working with an agile methodology with your Product Manager and your Lead Developer on 2 weeks sprints releases
Maintaining and ensuring an excellent quality of developed code
Participating in the growth of our technical teams! We are growing from 30 to 50 developers to support our growth in 2022

Application process

Visio call with our HR recruiter
Technical test
Team interview (office based or remotely)
Feedback + technical interview with the CTO
Final step: demo product with the associated PM + interview with the CEO

Our take

The twin uptakes of GitHub usage and cloud architectures have resulted in the propagation of digital authentication credentials in both public and private code repositories. Think APIs, cryptographic keys and login credentials.

GitGuardian has become the go-to for 100,000s of developers to identify these secrets in real time, securing enterprise software with bottom-up adoption.

The startup has also built from its secret detection expertise and extended its technology to encode a wide variety of vulnerabilities to compete with legacy code security platforms. In 2021, GitGuardian raised an impressive $44 million in order to accelerate this innovation.

So far, GitGuardian’s laser-sharp focus on secret detection has allowed it to carve out a lucrative niche, but the expansion of its technology will bring it into direct competition with well-established cyber security giants. The company is gathering momentum, however, and is likely to scale in line with its technology in the coming years.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

62% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.5)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)

Feb 2026

$50m

SERIES C

Dec 2021

$44m

SERIES B

Total funding: $107.1m

Company benefits

🌴 A remote-friendly environment up to 3 days / week
💸 An attractive package that includes stock-options
💻 The latest setup equipment including cool apps, tools and technologies
👊 Working to develop a meaningful product → we already helped more than 200k developers!
🍺 Lots of team-building activities
🚀 Many opportunities for career development in the long term
📈 A strong engineering culture
🐕 Pet-friendly offices → every Guardian gets to bring their dogs to the office and we love it!
👫 Lots of trust & autonomy on your perimeter with a very transparent internal communication

Company HQ

Mail, Paris, France

Leadership

Eric Fourrier

(Co-Founder & CEO)

Data science and Machine learning software engineer. Worked for credit scoring startup, Lending Club, in Paris before co-founding data science products consultancy alongside their eventual GitGuardian co-founder.

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