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 new and rapidly expanding R&D team in London. The R&D teams at Darktrace create and improve the products behind the company’s rapid growth. Our software engineers work on a wide variety of projects and with a diverse toolset. As a C++ engineer within the Respond team, you will be responsible and improving our ability to stop in-progress cyber-attacks using proprietary software and third-party integrations.
This is a hybrid role, and the expectation would be to work a minimum of 2 days a week in the London office.
‘To find out more about our world-class products and wider business, please consult our website www.darktrace.com’
What you'll do
As an engineer within the Respond team, your role will be responsible for, but not limited to:
- Contributing to rapid prototyping of new and innovative ideas to further improve Darktrace’s services and offerings,
- Predominately working with core software modules written in C++,
- Improving the performance and competencies of existing products and platforms,
- Investigating and furthering our unique methodology in defending against unknown cyber-attacks,
Innovation is of paramount importance and as such, creativity in approach is encouraged as much as traditional project-based development. As such exposure to working with numerous technologies and applications would be advantageous.
Candidate requirements
We welcome applications from engineers who have a solution focused mindset combined with an analytical approach and problem-solving skills. During the interview process you’ll be able to demonstrate your ability to program using C++ and will show an understanding of writing code in a production environment. Additionally, it’s likely that you’ll be:
- Comfortable working autonomously and taking independent decisions as well as having the ability to work cooperatively within a team,
- Familiar with Linux,
- Accustomed with Bash or other Unix shell scripting languages,
- Familiar with Docker and containers.
- An understanding of databases such as NoSQL and SQL,
- Networking and TCP/IP domain knowledge
- Knowledgeable about cloud computing environments would be beneficial,
- Able to show knowledge or interest in cyber-security / malware forensics,
Experience of working with a range of other programming languages such as Rust and Python would also be beneficial but isn’t essential.
Benefits
- 23 days holiday + all public holidays. Increasing to 25 days after 2 years of service.
- Additional day off for your birthday.
- Private medical insurance.
- Life insurance.
- Pension – 4% employer contribution.
- Enhanced family leave.
- Confidential employee Support.
- Cycle to work scheme
