Ocho · Northern Ireland, United Kingdom ·
Backend Software Engineer (Golang/Java) at a high-growth cloud security startup's Northern Ireland hub. You'll own services end to end — design, build, deploy, monitor — for data-intensive, distributed, cloud-native systems, with eBPF-powered runtime sensors integrating across AWS, GCP and Azure. Hybrid working.
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Backend Software Engineers (Golang / Java)
Hybrid Roles | Cloud Security | Northern Ireland
We're proud to be working exclusively in partnership 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 40 engineers and is now entering a major scale-up phase following a $250 million investment earlier in the year.
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.
The Opportunity
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:
This is not a "ticket factory" role it's an engineering-first environment where you'll solve meaningful problems that directly impact global customers.
The Role
As a Backend Software Engineer, you'll:
You'll be building and enhancing data-intensive systems that operate in highly dynamic production environments.
About the Company
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 just over three years old locally, the business is already:
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
What We're Looking For
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:
Salary & Package
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.
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