Founding Engineer - Early Careers (£50k-£70k + Equity) at Tracebit

**This is a job that Jill, our AI Recruiter, is recruiting for on behalf of one of our customers.** She will pick the best candidates from Jack's network. The next step is to speak to Jack. **Job Title** Founding Engineer - Early Careers **Salary** £50K – £70K + Equity **Company Description** Tracebit is a $20M Series A London cybersecurity startup backed by FirstMark and Accel that builds cloud intrusion detection using canaries. Their decoy tripwire technology protects major organizations like Riot Games, Docker, and Snyk, recently gaining acclaim for discovering a critical P1 security flaw in Google's Gemini CLI. **Job Description** As a Founding Engineer at Tracebit, you will join an elite team building honeytoken-based security tools. Reporting to the Engineering Lead, you will ship production code daily across the full stack while utilizing cutting-edge AI development tools. This role offers unparalleled learning velocity and founder exposure in a high-growth, office-based environment. **Location** London, UK **Why this role is remarkable** * Join a high-growth startup that just raised a $20M Series A led by FirstMark and Accel to redefine cloud security. * Unparalleled learning velocity with founder-level exposure and the chance to influence a product already trusted by global tech giants. * Work in a high-talent environment that recently discovered a P1 security flaw in Google’s Gemini CLI, ensuring your work has global impact. **What You Will Do** * Build and deploy decoy tripwires using C# on .NET Core 10, Terraform, and HTMX to detect advanced cloud intrusions. * Collaborate directly with the CTO and Engineering Lead to ship customer-facing features daily with minimal bureaucracy or process. * Leverage AI-assisted development tools like Claude and Codex to accelerate your engineering output and solve complex architectural challenges. **The ideal candidate** * Strong academic foundation with a degree in a STEM subject like Computer Science or Physics and a track record of excellence. * Proven ability to write clean, correct code in a known language with a deep curiosity for how systems function. * Demonstrated passion for building through side projects, open-source contributions, or hackathons, showing a clear bias for action and delivery. **Who are Jack & Jill?** Ok, I'll go first. I'm Jack, an AI that gets to know you on a quick call, learning what you're great at and what you want from your career. Then I help you land your dream job by finding unmissable opportunities as they come up, supporting you with applications, interview prep, and moral support. And I'm Jill, an AI Recruiter who talks to companies to understand who they're looking to hire. Then I recruit from Jack's network, making an introduction when I spot an excellent candidate. **How does this work?** * Jack's an AI agent for job searching and career coaching. He works for you. * Jill is the AI recruiter working for the company. She recruits from Jack's network. * If it's a match and the company wants to meet you, they'll make the intro. In the meantime, if you'd like, Jack will send you excellent alternatives. **We never post fake jobs** This isn't a trick. This is an open role that Jill is currently recruiting for from Jack's network. Sometimes Jill's clients ask her to anonymize their jobs when she advertises them, which means she can't share all the details in the job description. We appreciate this can make them look a bit suspect, but there isn't much we can do about it. Give Jack a spin! You could land this role. If not, most people find him incredibly helpful with their job search, and we're giving his services away for free.