As our Cybersecurity Research & Pentesting Intern, you’ll sit at the intersection of deep-tech hacking and business impact. You’ll support advanced penetration testing to identify vulnerabilities and enhance our AI-driven security platform. In parallel, you’ll contribute to research initiatives with opportunities to author publications advancing the state of application security.

• Hands-on pentesting: Break (and help fix) real-world SaaS, API and cloud infrastructures.

• Original research: Cecurity research to uncover new attack techniques, with the chance to share your work through blog posts and contribute to research papers that make an impact in the cybersecurity community.

• Business insight: Translate technical findings into clear value for customers, product, and go-to-market teams.

Context

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

• Company: Escape – Leading AI Cybersecurity Startup

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

• Start Date: We will adapt to your School Calendar ;)

• You’ll be working close to Escape’s CEO & co-founder, Tristan Kalos to explore

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct Security Research: Investigate emerging attack vectors and contribute to research publications and technical blog posts that share your findings with the security community.

• Perform Penetration Testing: Design and execute targeted penetration tests to identify vulnerabilities, validate security measures, and support continuous improvement of our AI-driven platform.

• Collaborate Across Teams: Work closely with the Tech, Marketing and Business team to integrate research insights into real-world security features and defenses.

• Support Innovation at Scale: Help evolve core technologies by contributing to internal tools, proof-of-concepts, AI, data-driven analysis that strengthen platform resilience.

• 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.

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.

Why join us ?

• Impact Real Security: Work on meaningful projects that directly improve the security of real-world applications used at scale.

• Learn from Experts: Collaborate with experienced engineers, researchers, and technical leads in a fast-moving environment.

• Bridge Research and Practice: Contribute to original research while applying your findings through hands-on penetration testing and product impact.

• Be Part of a Growing Team: Join an ambitious, international startup where your contributions truly matter.

We respect your time and will make it quick and efficient. The entire process will be completed within a maximum of 2 weeks

🤓 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 – 1 hour

👋 Meeting with the team – 1 hour

💌 Formal hiring proposal.