About the 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 (21 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 Research 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
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Agentic scanning systems: Build systems that autonomously explore applications, maintain context, and execute complex testing strategies.
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Security detection engine: Design and implement reliable, production-grade vulnerability detection logic (injection, auth issues, business logic flaws, etc.).
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AI-driven testing: Integrate LLMs and structured reasoning into scanning workflows to improve coverage and reduce false positives.
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Distributed infrastructure: Work on systems that orchestrate thousands of concurrent scans (Kubernetes, queues, resource management).
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Performance & reliability: Ensure scans are fast, deterministic, and cost-efficient despite high complexity and concurrency.
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Core platform design: Contribute to architecture decisions around memory systems, execution environments, and data models.
Our Tech Stack & Focus
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Languages: Python (primary), Go (performance/network components)
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Runtime: Containerized workloads on Kubernetes (EKS), supporting long and resource-intensive scans
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Scaling: Kubernetes Jobs & queue-driven autoscaling
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Web Automation: Playwright + headless Chromium
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Data: PostgreSQL, S3-compatible object storage, Redis (limited use)
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Messaging: Kafka
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Observability: OpenTelemetry, Grafana Cloud
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CI/CD & Infra: GitLab CI, Terraform
Perks & Benefits
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💸 Significant equity (Stock Options/BSPCE) – become a core stakeholder in Escape’s journey
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❤️🩹 Top-tier health insurance with Alan
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🍕 Meal vouchers with Swile
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💪 EGYM Wellpass sport subscription
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📚 Continuous learning: budgets for books and online courses
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💻 Premium equipment to support your work
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🎁 Dedicated time for open-source projects
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🌍 Present research at top international conferences (RSAC, BlackHat, DEFCON, BSides, APIDays)
About You
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4+ years of experience in backend engineering, security research, or applied R&D in a product environment
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Strong software engineering fundamentals and ability to work across domains (systems, networking, web architectures)
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Proficient in at least one backend language (Python, Go, or similar)
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Experience designing and shipping production systems with measurable impact
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Ability to translate complex ideas or research into reliable, scalable implementations
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Strong analytical mindset, with a focus on pragmatism and impact
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Comfortable collaborating across engineering and security to deliver end-to-end solutions
Nice to have:
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Experience in application security (web security, pentesting, bug bounty, etc.)
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Exposure to AI/LLM-based systems
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Familiarity with browser automation or large-scale distributed systems
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Ready to lead the next wave of AI-powered vulnerability detection? Apply now to join Escape and make a real impact in cybersecurity!
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Qualifications
- Experience: 5+ Years
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Target Experience
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Minimum Education
Master Degree
Accepted Degrees
LLM
Benefits & Perks
- Vision insurance
- Equity compensation
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