Escape is the pioneering AI-driven cybersecurity startup rapidly expanding across Europe and North America, with recognition from France 2030, Y Combinator, Forbes 30 Under 30… As a deep tech company, innovation is in our DNA, and our team is united by a passion for technology.

👉 👉 We are seeking a driven and talented Senior Backend DevSecOps Engineer to join Escape and play a key role in advancing our platform and infrastructure. This is a unique chance to be part of a fast-growing AI cybersecurity company, take on significant technical responsibilities, and directly contribute to our mission of securing applications at scale. As a member of one of our technical teams, you will be responsible for building and maintaining the foundational technologies that power our platform, ensuring its reliability, security, and scalability.

Context

• Location: Paris (75002), 2 days remote/week

• Company: Escape – Leading AI Cybersecurity Startup

• Cofounders: CEO (Tristan Kalos) and CTO (Antoine Carossio)

• Engineering Team: 13 Engineers (including 5 Interns), 2 Technical Leads, 1 Designer

• You’ll be working in a close-knit team of 4 outstanding engineers under supervision of a technical lead

Key Responsibilities:

• Core Backend Development: Design, develop, and maintain backend systems using tools like Python, TypeScript, or Go to support AI-driven cybersecurity features.

• Infrastructure and Orchestration: Build and manage containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes, ensuring robust and scalable deployments.

• Event-Driven Architecture: Develop and optimize event-based systems leveraging Redpanda Kafka to manage data flows seamlessly.

• Cloud Operations: Operate and improve cloud-based services on AWS ensuring high availability and reliability.

• Monitoring and Observability: Implement and maintain monitoring and observability solutions with Grafana, Prometheus, and related tools to ensure system performance and reliability.

• DevSecOps Practices: Strengthen security across all aspects of the development pipeline, from secrets management to container security and secure coding practices.

• Infrastructure as Code: Use Terraform to define and manage infrastructure.

• Continuous Improvement: Contribute to improving the architecture, maintainability, and quality of the codebase while staying updated with the latest technologies and practices.

Our Stack

Frontend:

• Svelte with TypeScript for high-performance, intuitive UIs.

• GraphQL for efficient data querying and responsive applications.

Backend — API:

• Node.js for server-side logic and GraphQL APIs powered by Yoga, Pothos and Prisma for scalable architecture.

• PostgreSQL for secure, efficient database management.

• Kafka for high-performance, event-driven systems.

Backend — Deep Tech:

• Python for AI and algorithmic development, driving our cutting-edge cybersecurity solutions.

• Go for network-efficient tasks, optimizing performance and scalability.

DevSecOps:

• AWS infrastructure which successfully passed Foundational Technical Review for AWS Partner Network.

• SOC-2 Compliance with rigorous code quality and security standards.

• GitLab CI for streamlined, secure CI/CD pipelines

• Grafana for monitoring

Code Quality:

• Modern Standards: All code follows the latest industry standards and best practices.

• Comprehensive Testing: We maintain high code quality through unit tests, integration tests, end-to-end (E2E) tests, and utilize Codecov for test coverage.

Perks

💸 Equity: Significant stock options via BSPCE, making you a true stakeholder in our success.

❤️‍🩹 Health first: Comprehensive health insurance with Alan

🍕 Meal vouchers with a Swile Card

💪 Sport subscription to have preferential prices to go to the gym, with Gymlib

📚 A place to learn and grow: Unlimited access to books and online courses to help you excel in your role

🎁 Open-source: Free time to work on Open-Source projects

💻 Tech perks: Get the latest tech gear, including Apple (or not) equipment and ultra-wide screen, to do your best work

🌎 Global exposure: Present groundbreaking research at top international conferences, like APIDays (Paris, London, New York), GraphQL Conference (San Francisco), bSides (Berlin, Milan, Oslo, Stockholm…), etc

Must Have

• Programming Languages: Expertise in one or more: TypeScript, Python, Go…

• Message Brokers/Event-Driven Architecture: Skilled with tools like Apache Kafka (preferred), RabbitMQ, Amazon SQS, Google Pub/Sub, NATS…

• Cloud Providers: Practical experience with at least one major provider: AWS (preferred), Azure, GCP, IBM Cloud, OCI…

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Competence with tools such as Terraform (preferred), Pulumi, AWS CloudFormation, Ansible…

• Container Orchestration: Hands-on experience with Kubernetes.

• Container Technologies: Strong knowledge of Docker, Podman, CRI-O…

Nice to Have

• CI/CD Pipelines: Familiarity with platforms like GitLab CI/CD (preferred), GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CircleCI…

• Monitoring and Observability: Proficient with tools such as Grafana (preferred), Prometheus, ELK/EFK Stack, Datadog, New Relic…

• Databases: Experience with systems like PostgreSQL (preferred), Redis, MySQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB…

Bonus Points

• Open-Source Contributor: You like contributing or maintaining open-source projects during your free time – maintaining your own HomeLab is fine too ;)

• Passion for Security: You’re fan of Application Security, Cloud Security or Cybersecurity in general.

• Networking Concepts: Knowledge of protocols such as HTTP/HTTPS, load balancing, DNS, VPC architecture and security…

• API Gateway and Reverse Proxies: Experience working with tools like nginx, Kong, Apigee…

We respect your time and will make it quick and efficient. The entire process will be completed within 1 week.

🤓 1 meeting with the CTO or HR representative – 30 minutes

🤔 1 technical deep dive with the CTO and the Technical Lead – 1 hour

👋 1 leadership & strategy interview the CEO and – 1 hour

💌 Formal hiring proposal.