About the job

The Founding Product Engineer - Cloud Security role at Understanding Recruitment is a hands-on, full-time position based onsite in London, where the candidate will design and build distributed systems in C# for cloud-based threat detection, develop scalable services that handle high-volume event data with real-time performance, collaborate closely with founders to shape technical direction, and drive innovation across architecture, deployment, and platform capabilities. The role involves building the next generation of security infrastructure from the ground up, working with technologies such as C#, Go, Python, AWS, GCP, and Kubernetes, and focusing on speed, precision, and resilience. Ideal candidates will have strong experience in object-oriented programming and distributed systems, a background in building performant and scalable platforms, an interest in security engineering and cloud infrastructure, and a Computer Science or related degree. The company offers £90,000–£120,000 per year plus equity, benefits, and visa sponsorship for eligible candidates.