
Escape helps teams secure modern applications - APIs, Single Page Apps, and Microservices: 1. Document all your APIs in minutes—no traffic monitoring or complex integrations required 2. Leverage our proprietary DAST algorithm to detect business logic vulnerabilities 3. Reduce developer remediation overhead with code fixes

Escape helps teams secure modern applications - APIs, Single Page Apps, and Microservices: 1. Document all your APIs in minutes—no traffic monitoring or complex integrations required 2. Leverage our proprietary DAST algorithm to detect business logic vulnerabilities 3. Reduce developer remediation overhead with code fixes
What they do: AI-driven DAST and automated API discovery focusing on business-logic vulnerabilities for modern stacks (APIs, SPAs, GraphQL, microservices)
Founded: 2020
Founders / key execs: Tristan Kalos (Co‑founder & CEO), Antoine Carossio (Co‑founder & CTO)
Recent funding: Seed round announced Jun 2023 (~$3.9M / €3.6M)
Headcount (approx.): 60
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Application and API security focused on business-logic vulnerabilities in modern web architectures.
2020
Computer and Network Security
$3.9M (≈€3.6M)
Announced Jun 6, 2023; participation from Frst, Y Combinator, Irregular Expressions, Tiny Supercomputers, Kima Ventures and angels
“Backed by Y Combinator (YC Winter 2023) and multiple early-stage investors including IRIS Capital, Frst, Irregular Expressions, Tiny Supercomputers, and Kima Ventures”
Escape is an AI-driven cybersecurity startup rapidly expanding across Europe and North America , with recognition from France 2030 , Y Combinator , Forbes 30 Under 30 … As a deep tech company , innovation is in our DNA , and our team is united by a passion for technology .
As a Cybersecurity Engineer on the Product Team at Escape , you will improve the precision and reliability of our automated DAST and ASM engines.
Your main goal is to ensure our scanners detect real vulnerabilities, avoid regressions, and continuously increase their coverage. You will work both on automation and on manual pentesting to understand gaps between human and automated testing, then translate those insights into concrete improvements.
Your Core Responsibilities Will Include
💻 Development & Automation
You will work closely with our engineering and product teams to strengthen our detection engine:
🔬 Research & Security Testing
You will contribute to improving our detection logic through hands-on testing and research:
🌍 What You’ll Work On
You will contribute to the evolution of fully automated pentesting:
Our Tech Stack
Backend
Monitoring & Analytics
💡 As a Cybersecurity Engineer on the Product Team , you’ll work on both offensive security and engineering. You’ll build automated systems, test real applications, research vulnerabilities, and directly improve the intelligence of our scanning engine.
We respect your time and will keep the process fast and efficient. The entire hiring process will be completed within a maximum of 2 weeks. 🤓 HR Interview – 30 minutes
🔍 Pentest Exercise – Practical pentesting evaluation
💻 Technical Challenge with our R&D Platform Engineer – 1 hour (visio)
🤔 Final Interview with the CTO – 1 hour (visio)
💌 Formal hiring proposal