Junior Developer

About Us

We’re a fast-growing startup on a mission to redefine Insider Threat Management for the world’s largest enterprises and financial services. Our platform leverages the latest in generative AI, vector databases, and hybrid retrieval/generation to solve real-world cybersecurity challenges. This is a unique opportunity to join at the earliest phase, work with cutting-edge technology, and help shape the next generation of secure, intelligent applications.

Why Join Us?

• Work on the Edge: Build applications using the latest in generative AI, embeddings, vector DBs, and hybrid retrieval/generation. We use React, Node & Postgres

• Real Impact: Your work will directly contribute to protecting global enterprises from insider threats.

• Learn & Grow: We offer mentorship with a world-leading cybersecurity expert, and hands-on experience with advanced tech and modern DevOps practices.

• Startup Energy: Be part of a small, ambitious team where your ideas matter and you’ll help define our culture and products.

• Career Acceleration: Grow with us - early joiners will have opportunities for rapid advancement as the team expands.

• Industry Exposure: Gain exposure to and work directly with financial services, Fortune 2000 clients & other highly regulated companies.

What You’ll Do

• Develop and maintain full stack applications using React (frontend), Node.js/Next.js (backend), and PostgreSQL (database). 

• Integrate and consume APIs for large-scale data ingestion and processing.

• Collaborate and drive AI use to implement generative AI features, embeddings, and hybrid retrieval/generation workflows.

• Work with vector databases and modern data architectures.

• Contribute to cybersecurity-focused features and secure coding practices.

• Deploy applications using Docker; setup, configure and participate in CI/CD pipelines.

• Write clean, well-documented, and testable code.

• Participate in code reviews, sprint planning, and daily standups.

• Learn from senior folks who have been there and done that and contribute your own ideas to product and technical discussions.

Who You Are

• Enthusiastic about technology and eager to learn-no prior experience with every tool required, but a willingness to dive in is essential.

• Comfortable with JavaScript/TypeScript and have some experience (personal, academic, or professional) with React and Node.js.

• Familiar with relational databases (ideally PostgreSQL) and REST APIs.

• Interested in AI, machine learning, or cybersecurity (any hands-on exposure is a plus).

• Understands the basics of Docker and/or CI/CD, or keen to learn.

• Thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced startup environment.

• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.

• Willing to speak make suggestions in a supportive and collaborative environment. Your views will matter.

• Able to work autonomously, listen to suggestions, make recommendations, focus on delivery.

Bonus Points For

• Experience with Next.js, API data ingestion, or vector databases (e.g., Pinecone, Weaviate, pgvector, qdrant).

• Exposure to embedding models, LLMs, or hybrid retrieval/generation architectures.

• Previous projects (personal, academic, or open source) related to AI, security, or data engineering.

• Familiarity with Docker Compose and GitHub Actions (or similar CI/CD tools).

What We Offer

• Competitive salary.

• Manchester City Centre location when working in the office.

• Flexible working hours and remote/hybrid work.

• Structured mentorship and regular learning sessions.

• Real ownership of projects from day one.

• The chance to help build something that matters, with real-world impact.