Artificial Intelligence Engineer

We're proud to be working exclusively with a high-growth cloud security company that established its Northern Ireland engineering hub less than two years ago. Since launching locally, the team has grown to 30 engineers and is now entering a major scale-up phase following a $250 million investment secured in January.

As part of ambitious growth plans through 2026 and beyond, we're hiring multiple Backend Software Engineers (Golang / Java) to join their expanding backend engineering group.

In this role, you'll work on technically complex, real-world problems every day building new, innovative capabilities while continuously improving and scaling existing systems.

You'll operate in a modern, cloud-native environment and have genuine ownership over what you deliver, from early architectural design through to deployment, monitoring, and long-term optimisation in production.

The platform integrates deeply with AWS, GCP, and Azure, and makes heavy use of technologies such as:

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• Golang
  
• Java
  
• Docker
  
• eBPF
  
• Distributed systems at scale
  

This is not a "ticket factory" role it's an engineering-first environment where you'll solve meaningful problems that directly impact global customers.

As a Backend Software Engineer, you'll:

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• Own services end to end: design, build, deploy, monitor, and iterate
  
• Contribute to technical and architectural decisions
  
• Perform reliability and performance analysis on Golang / Java-based systems
  
• Conduct high-quality design and code reviews
  
• Work closely with Product, Frontend, and DevOps teams to deliver best-in-class features
  
• Contribute to capacity planning and SLO definition
  
• Continuously improve scalability, performance, and reliability
  

You'll be building and enhancing data-intensive systems that operate in highly dynamic production environments.

This is a modern cloud security startup operating at runtime to protect customer infrastructure using deep system visibility and contextual data.

Unlike traditional tools, the platform leverages runtime insights and eBPF-powered sensors to identify and prioritise real risks enabling customers to detect threats, reduce risk exposure, and respond automatically at scale.

Despite being under two years old locally, the business is already:

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• Well-funded
  
• Commercially proven
  
• Scaling globally
  
• Backed by serious investment
  

It's a rare opportunity to join early - but with strong financial backing and clear product-market fit.

You'll work with a genuinely modern stack, including:

Core: Golang, Java

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• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or similar
  
• 1-3+ years commercial backend engineering experience
  
• Strong experience with Golang and/or Java (other languages welcome)
  
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)
  
• Experience building data-intensive or distributed systems
  
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines
  
• Familiarity with microservices architectures
  
• Strong analytical thinking and ownership mindset
  

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• Experience writing or working with eBPF
  
• Strong understanding of Linux internals, networking, or filesystems
  

This is a high-trust, collaborative engineering culture. The Site Lead describes the team "like a band - everyone plays their part."

You'll work alongside some of the strongest engineers in the local market, in an environment where:

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• Engineers own problems, not just tasks
  
• Technical excellence is valued
  
• People genuinely enjoy what they do
  
• There's ambition - but also balance
  

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• Base salary up to £150k, Equity, Private healthcare, Flexible / hybrid working
  

This is a chance to make a real impact during a period of record growth, while working on meaningful, technically challenging problems in one of the most exciting areas of modern software engineering.

Apply via the link or contact Phil Gamble directly for an informal, confidential chat via LinkedIn or WhatsApp.

Phil has over 21 years' experience delivering senior and specialist tech hires across the UK, Ireland, and the US, and is happy to advise on whether this role - or the wider market - is right for you.