As a Pentester / Cybersecurity Engineer at Escape, you’ll be at the front line of identifying real-world vulnerabilities and pushing the boundaries of application security. You’ll work on hands-on penetration testing projects while contributing to original research that advances our AI-driven security platform.

What You’ll Do:

🔍 Hands-On Penetration Testing
Conduct in-depth security assessments of modern SaaS platforms, APIs, and cloud infrastructures. You’ll identify and exploit vulnerabilities and then help fix them, driving tangible improvements in real systems.

🧪 Security Research
Explore and prototype new attack techniques, contribute to tooling, and help uncover novel vulnerabilities. You’ll have opportunities to publish technical blog posts and co-author research papers that contribute to the cybersecurity community.

💡 Technical Insights with Business Impact
Bridge the gap between deep technical work and strategic outcomes. Translate findings into actionable insights for our product, engineering, and go-to-market teams - helping shape both roadmap and customer outcomes.

Our Tech 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.

• Background in cybersecurity, computer science, or a related technical field.

• Experience conducting academic or independent research in cybersecurity or a related technical domain.

• Ability to write clearly about technical topics for both research publications and technical blogs.

• Familiarity with penetration testing methodologies and tools.

🤓 1 meeting with the HR representative – 30 minutes

💻 Technical challenge

The final interview will be done with 2 stages, mentioned below:

🤔 1 technical deep dive with the CEO & Co-founder – 1 hour

👋 Meeting with the team in the office – 1 hour

💌 Formal hiring proposal.