Breakpoint Research
Experienced Software Developer
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Experienced Software Developer
Breakpoint Research
Breakpoint Research builds novel, mission-critical offensive cyber capabilities, to strengthen and advance democracy. Behind every capability we field is the engineering that turns a fragile proof-of-concept into something dependable. We're hiring experienced software developers to work shoulder-to-shoulder with our research team and help close that gap.
What you will help with
- Building and maintaining the tools our researchers depend on every day.
- Turning research into capabilities reliable enough to depend on in the field.
- Owning the testing and automation that keeps it all dependable.
How we work
We are relentlessly curious, unafraid to try new things, and we own our failures alongside our wins. We act with honesty, integrity, humility, and kindness. Everything we've built came from a culture of deep collaboration, and we work hard to keep it that way.
About you
You're a generalist, comfortable wearing several hats:
- Debugging a kernel crash one week.
- Refactoring test harnesses the next week.
- Building a tool that a researcher will use every day after that.
Moving between low- and high-level languages comes naturally, and you reach for the right level of abstraction rather than your favourite one.
Good engineering standards matter to you:
- Version control and tidy branching.
- Code review and documentation worth reading. This holds even when the people around you are heads-down on the research.
The things that don’t show up in a demo are what you care about:
- Code that’s still readable in six months.
- Tests that catch regressions before the customer does.
- Tools that make the next person faster.
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Better to build something the whole team can rely on than something only you can maintain. You ask when you don’t know, share when you do, and pick teammates up when they get knocked down.
Much of the best work in this field can't be talked about publicly, and a track record without public artefacts is no obstacle for us. We're also open to candidates with non-traditional backgrounds.
Nice to have
- Industry experience building developer and researcher tools, testing, or automation frameworks.
- Experience in taking research work through to deployable products or capabilities.
- Comfort working close to the metal: kernels, firmware, embedded systems, or similar.
- Familiarity with assembly and reverse engineering concepts—enough to follow what the research team is doing and build tooling that fits.
- Experience working with file formats, protocols, and parsing—a solid grasp of how data is structured on disk and over the wire, and how to handle input that isn't always clean or well-formed.
- Experience maintaining long-lived software where reliability genuinely matters.
- Contributions to open-source projects, public projects, or conference talks.
Where you will work
- Remote, globally.
- We consider applicants from any country and any background—criteria are your skillset.
- The team works in English, so you’ll need to be fluent.
- Particular interest in UK-based candidates; holding or being eligible for Developed Vetting is a positive but not a requirement.
What we offer
Salaries are benchmarked for each local market—wherever UK, US, Australia, or elsewhere. Come with your market expectations.
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Core benefits for all (in addition to market-based salaries):
- 25 days annual leave plus local public, bank, or federal holidays. Free time means you’re expected to take it.
- Bonus scheme: when the business does well, everyone shares.
- Unlimited training and conference budget—go to the conferences that matter, wherever they are.
- Employee assistance program offering you and your immediate family:
- Confidential counselling.
- Mental health support.
- Financial advice.
- Legal advice.
- Regular get-togethers:
- Seasonal team parties.
- Technical workshops.
- Annual offsite bringing the whole team together.
Location-specific add-ons:
UK-based roles:
- Graduating leave increases: Get 1 day/year for a total of 28 days.
- 6% matched pension contribution.
- Private medical insurance included.
- 4x death-in-service cover.
- Cycle-to-work scheme participation.
USA-based roles:
- Matched 401(k) up to 4%—yours and ours.
- Full healthcare, dental, and vision coverage.
Australia-based roles:
- Minimum 12% superannuation guarantee.
For candidates based elsewhere, we’ll design a competitive package matched to the local market.
Breakpoint Research fosters an equal opportunity and inclusive workplace.
- We celebrate diversity and target underserved groups in hiring.
- Committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Application feedback timeline: Aim to respond via email within one week of your application. Keep an eye on your spam/junk folders—sometimes emails go astray, even with legitimate brand senders.
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