Software Engineer, Mimecast
£60-90k
2+ days a week in office
Cloud cybersecurity services
Open for applications
Cloud cybersecurity services
1001+ employees
Open for applications
£60-90k
2+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To stop bad things from happening to good organisations.
Role
Who you are
- Proven Java Expertise: Proven experience with Java 11+ and building scalable, distributed backend systems
- Frontend Acumen: Skilled in building robust, maintainable UIs with Angular or React
- Cloud & DevOps Savvy: Hands-on experience with AWS (IAM, S3, DynamoDB, VPC, ECS/EKS, SQS), Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Git, Terraform/CloudFormation)
- Production Experience: Comfortable maintaining large distributed systems in live environments
- Knowledge in CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, ensuring efficient delivery of high-quality software
- Database knowledge, including experience with relational and NoSQL databases
- Team Player: Collaborative, communicative, and passionate about mentoring and learning
- Bonus Points: Experience leveraging AI tools to boost developer productivity
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience)
What the job involves
- At Governance, Compliance & Insights, you’ll join a collaborative team tackling the unique challenges of enterprise data protection
- Here, your ideas matter, your code shapes the future, and your work directly improves how global businesses safeguard their most valuable assets
- Architect & Build: Design, develop, and maintain modern Java-based services with Angular or React front ends, powering mission-critical enterprise solutions
- Modernize & Innovate: Lead the transformation of legacy systems—improving reliability, scalability, and observability using the latest cloud-native technologies
- Own the Cloud: Build and operate Java services (Java 11+), leveraging Docker, Kubernetes/EKS, and AWS to deliver high-availability, high-throughput platforms
- Collaborate & Lead: Work closely with product, UX, and engineering teams in Agile sprints, shaping platform capabilities and mentoring peers
- Champion Resilience: Participate in on-call rotations and incident response, driving proactive improvements for platform uptime and reliability
- Code with Excellence: Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code, and set the standard through thoughtful code reviews and technical leadership
- Drive Performance: Continuously optimize for speed and scale, refactoring and innovating as you go
- Document & Share: Ensure clarity and knowledge sharing by documenting architectures, processes, and best practices
- Impact: Your work will directly influence the security and success of global enterprises
- Growth: Opportunities for technical leadership, mentorship, and continuous learning
- Modern Stack: Work with the latest cloud-native and DevOps technologies
- Supportive Culture: Join a team that values innovation, autonomy, and personal growth
Application process
- Due to certain obligations to our customers, an offer of employment will be subject to your successful completion of applicable background checks, conducted in accordance with local law
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Mimecast’s next-gen cloud-based security, archiving, and continuity services provide comprehensive risk management in a fully integrated solution, protecting over 40,000 customers worldwide and blocking 162+ million threats. With its adaptable platform, Mimecast focuses on developing capabilities to meet increasing risks and forming strategic partnerships.
Following its acquisition by Permira, Mimecast has expanded globally, reaching more countries throughout 2023. Recently, Mimecast acquired Elevate Security, enhancing its offerings with insights into human behaviours and risks. Elevate Security's platform flags high-risk individuals with a precision risk scoring algorithm, complementing Mimecast’s Awareness Training for targeted intervention and training.
Since 2003, Mimecast has empowered customers to mitigate risks and manage complexities in a threat landscape driven by cyberattacks and human error. Mimecast’s advanced solutions in threat detection, brand protection, and data retention enable organisations to work protected.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
10% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Sep 2012
$62m
SERIES C
Jan 2010
$21m
SERIES B
Total funding: $88.7m
Company benefits
- Your finances and your future: - Pension - Communication Allowance - Employee Referral
- Your health: - Mediclaim - Insurance Coverage - Meal Coupons - Virtual Therapy Services
- Your life and your family: - Casual Leave - Flexible working - Family Leave - Long Service Leave - Employee Assistance Program
- Your community: - Volunteer Days - Gift Matching
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
Leadership
Peter Bauer
(Co-Founder & Member of the Board of Directors and Co-founder)Former Managing Director of FAB Technology (Co-Founder) and Idion Solutions Cape Town. Was the CEO of Mimecast between 2003 and 2024.
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