Cloud Software Engineer, Cloud Security

Founded by mathematicians and cyber defense experts in 2013, Darktrace is a global leader in cyber security AI, delivering complete AI-powered solutions in its mission to free the world of cyber disruption. We protect more than 8,400 customers from the world’s most complex threats, including ransomware, cloud, and SaaS attacks.

Our roots lie deep in innovation. The Darktrace AI Research Centre based in Cambridge, UK, has conducted research establishing new thresholds in cyber security, with technology innovations backed by over 130 patents and pending applications. The company’s European R&D center is located in The Hague, Netherlands.

Headquartered in Cambridge, UK, Darktrace has more than 2,400 employees located globally. Customers include public sector agencies, education institutions, media, organizations supplying critical infrastructure, and businesses of all sizes worldwide.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a fast-growing company, named one of TIME magazine’s “Most Influential Companies” for 2021 and one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative AI Companies” in 2022. For more information on our cutting-edge technology, visit darktrace.com.

You will join the significant R&D teams in Cambridge that create and improve the products behind the company’s rapid growth. Our software engineers work across a wide variety of projects and with a diverse toolset.

For more information on our product and company, please consult our website.

This is a hybrid role, and the expectation would be to work a minimum of 2 days a week in the Cambridge office.

Responsibilities:

• Contributing to existing projects.
• Building and maintaining greenfield services.
• Researching and implementing features that align with the Cloud Security product feature set.
• Working in a team but being able to operate autonomously with minimal supervision.

Candidate Requirements:

• Self-directed, with a desire to research and implement features systems.
• Experience writing production Python code.
• Experience of either AWS, Azure, or GCP or similar cloud compute environments.
• Experience working with docker.
• Experience working with microservice architectures is desirable.
• Knowledge or interests in the Cloud Native landscape.
• Experience or interest in infrastructure as code (e.g. Terraform).
• Familiar with git and CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiar with Linux.
• Interest in learning other programming languages such as Rust or Go.

Benefits:

• 23 days holiday + a day off for your birthday, rising to 25 (+ birthday) after 2 years
• All UK public holidays
• BUPA healthcare with premiums fully paid by Darktrace for employee + eligible family members
• Salary Sacrifice pension scheme with company contribution of 4% and employee contribution of 5%
• Life Insurance  4x salary
• Cycle to work scheme

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