Senior Backend Engineer | Cybersecurity AI AppSec

About this role

Location: Paris (75002) | Hybrid (2 days remote/week) About Escape Join Escape, a fast-growing leader in AI-powered cybersecurity. Our mission-driven engineering team (18 engineers, 4 technical leads, 3 product owners) is dedicated to redefining application security with cutting-edge detection and automation. We operate at the forefront of technology and research from our Paris office. About the Role As a Senior Backend Engineer you will work in a team with talented security researchers.

You’ll champion innovation, and ensure research translates into impactful production solutions. What You'll Do - Agentic scanning systems: Build systems that autonomously explore applications, maintain context, and execute complex testing strategies. - Security detection engine: Design and implement reliable, production-grade vulnerability detection logic (injection, auth issues, business logic flaws, etc.). - AI-driven testing: Integrate LLMs and structured reasoning into scanning workflows to improve coverage and reduce false positives.

- Distributed infrastructure: Work on systems that orchestrate thousands of concurrent scans (Kubernetes, queues, resource management). - Performance & reliability: Ensure scans are fast, deterministic, and cost-efficient despite high complexity and concurrency. - Core platform design: Contribute to architecture decisions around memory systems, execution environments, and data models. Our Tech Stack & Focus - Languages: Python (primary), Go (performance/network components) - Runtime: Containerized workloads on Kubernetes (EKS), supporting long and resource-intensive scans - Scaling: Kubernetes Jobs & queue-driven autoscaling - Web Automation: Playwright + headless Chromium - Data: PostgreSQL, S3-compatible object storage, Redis (limited use) - Messaging: Kafka - Observability: OpenTelemetry, Grafana Cloud - CI/CD & Infra: GitLab CI, Terraform Perks & Benefits - 💸 Significant equity (Stock Options/BSPCE) – become a core stakeholder in Escape’s journey - ❤️‍🩹 Top-tier health insurance with Alan - 🍕 Meal vouchers with Swile - 💪 EGYM Wellpass sport subscription - 📚 Continuous learning: budgets for books and online courses - 💻 Premium equipment to support your work - 🎁 Dedicated time for open-source projects - 🌍 Present research at top international conferences (RSAC, BlackHat, DEFCON, BSides, APIDays) About You - 4+ years of experience in backend engineering, security research, or applied R&D in a product environment - Strong software engineering fundamentals and ability to work across domains (systems, networking, web architectures) - Proficient in at least one backend language (Python, Go, or similar) - Experience designing and shipping production systems with measurable impact - Ability to translate complex ideas or research into reliable, scalable implementations - Strong analytical mindset, with a focus on pragmatism and impact - Comfortable collaborating across engineering and security to deliver end-to-end solutions Nice to have: - Experience in application security (web security, pentesting, bug bounty, etc.) - Exposure to AI/LLM-based systems - Familiarity with browser automation or large-scale distributed systems - Ready to lead the next wave of AI-powered vulnerability detection? Apply now to join Escape and make a real impact in cybersecurity!