Descriptif du poste

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.

Profil recherché

• 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.

Frontend Our Tech stack:

• 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.

Déroulement des entretiens

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 .