Software Developer
Cybersecurity | Belfast | Hybrid
● Mid-level developer role with a Belfast cybersecurity scale-up at an exciting stage of growth
● Python-focused engineering team with genuine ownership over product direction
● Hybrid working … Belfast city centre base
● Salary: 60-80k
● A rare chance to work on hard technical problems in a high-demand market
About Our Client
Our client is a Belfast-based cybersecurity intelligence company helping enterprises understand and manage risk across their supply chains. Operating in one of the most consequential corners of the security market, they give organisations real-time visibility into third-party cyber exposure … the kind of intelligence that is fast becoming essential for procurement teams, risk functions, and boards alike. The team is technically strong, commercially ambitious, and growing.
The Role
You will join a small engineering team building the platform that sits at the heart of our client's intelligence products. This is a hands-on development role with real ownership … you will shape how features are designed and delivered, contribute to architecture conversations, and have a direct line of sight to the impact of your work. The team values engineers who think clearly, write well, and take pride in shipping code that lasts. If you want to work somewhere your decisions matter and the problems are genuinely interesting, this is worth a serious look.
Key Responsibilities
● Design and build scalable backend features across the data and intelligence platform
● Contribute to architecture decisions and help define engineering standards as the product scales
● Write clean, well-tested code and participate actively in peer review
● Collaborate with product and data teams to translate requirements into robust, maintainable solutions
● Build and maintain integrations with third-party data sources and external APIs
● Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks as usage and data volumes grow
● Play an active role in shaping engineering culture and practices across the team
What You'll Need
Essential
● 5 years plus of professional software development experience in a production environment
● Strong Python skills with a track record of building reliable backend systems
● Comfort working in a fast-paced, small-team environment with a high degree of autonomy
● Clear communicator … comfortable discussing technical trade-offs with non-technical colleagues
● Right to work in the United Kingdom
Nice to have
● Experience in cybersecurity, threat intelligence, or a data-intensive domain
● Exposure to cloud infrastructure … AWS, GCP, or Azure
● Background in data pipelines, ETL processes, or working with large-scale datasets
Why Apply?
● Fully Remote working … Belfast city centre office with flexibility around days on-site
● Early-stage equity options
● Small team, high ownership … your decisions will shape the product
● High-growth cybersecurity company in a market with genuine long-term demand
Apply
To find out more, reach out to Ryan at Ocho People … ryan@ochopeople.com … or connect on LinkedIn.
