Software Engineer I

The driving force behind Big Data at Mimecast. Dive into the forefront of innovation with our Data Platform engineering team, where we process massive volumes of data to delight our customers with insights they love and fuel ML models with trusted data! Our pioneering Data Platform pushes on the boundaries of what's possible, leveraging AI-native and agentic ways with AWS.

If you're interested in solving customer data challenges at immense scale, the Data Platform team is for you. Our AWS services process billions of events from millions of users each day. With efficient storage and querying capabilities, we're able to serve requests in milliseconds when querying over huge volumes of data!

What You’ll Do:

• Implement scalable and reliable microservices on AWS infrastructure.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and professional growth.
• Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation for architectures, processes, and procedures.
• Provide support during critical incidents and implement preventive measures.
• Monitor and analyze AWS usage, providing recommendations for cost savings without compromising system performance and reliability.

What You’ll Bring:

• Demonstratable ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment, mentoring junior team members and contributing to a positive team culture.
• Experience with Java development to build services and libraries with Java 21 and above.
• Experience in developing and supporting backend systems for data processing within AWS.
• Hands-on experience with foundational AWS services, such as ALB, ECS, S3, ElastiCache, IAM, CloudWatch.
• Knowledge of implementing and maintaining Kafka-based event-driven services.
• Proficiency in either relational or NoSQL databases, with an understanding of database design, optimization, and management.
• Champion AI-powered development tools (Cursor, Claude) across the full engineering lifecycle with an AI-First engineering mindset.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, such as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.
• Knowledge of Jenkins and developing CI/CD pipelines.

AI-First Engineering at Mimecast:

Mimecast is an AI-First engineering organization. Our teams actively leverage AI-powered development tools to accelerate innovation, improve code quality, and solve complex cybersecurity challenges at scale. We're looking for engineering leaders who embrace these technologies or are eager to master them quickly. Our AI leadership extends beyond how we build to what we build.

What We Bring:

Join our Data Platform team to accelerate your career journey, working with cutting-edge technologies and contributing to projects that have real customer impact. You will be immersed in a dynamic environment that recognizes and celebrates your achievements. Mimecast offers formal and on-the-job learning opportunities, maintains a comprehensive benefits package that helps our employees and their family members to sustain a healthy lifestyle, and importantly - working in cross-functional teams to build your knowledge!

Our Hybrid Model:

We provide you with the flexibility to live balanced, healthy lives through our hybrid working model that champions both collaborative teamwork and individual flexibility. Employees are expected to come to the office at least two days per week, because working together in person fosters a culture of collaboration, communication, performance and learning, drives innovation and creativity within and between teams, introduces employees to priorities outside of their immediate realm, and ensures important interpersonal relationships and connections with one another and our community!

Career Growth Opportunities:

Power real-time cybersecurity at Mimecast—build scalable data platforms that drive threat detection, fuel AI innovation, and accelerate your path to system ownership and leadership. Work at the intersection of data, AI, and cybersecurity to solve real-world threats.

Manager's Working Style & Team’s Purpose:

You're not just executing tasks—you’re shaping the data backbone that powers Mimecast’s cybersecurity products, while steadily growing into a system owner and technical decision-maker. Own critical components end-to-end – from design to production, not just implementation. Improve system scalability and cost efficiency, directly impacting business margins. Enable faster AI/ML and analytics use cases by delivering clean, reliable data. Identify gaps and drive platform improvements or new capabilities. Gradually influence architecture decisions and engineering standards.

Salary:

The base salary range for this position is £48,000−£72,000 plus benefits. This range represents the minimum and maximum new hire compensation for this role. The position may also be eligible for incentive plans and additional benefits, in accordance with company policy and local regulations. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location with individual compensation also dependent on factors such as qualifications, experience, and skills. Final offers will reflect these considerations and may vary accordingly.

Belonging at Mimecast:

Cybersecurity is a community effort. That's why we're committed to building an inclusive, diverse community that celebrates and welcomes everyone – unless they're a cybercriminal, of course. We're proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affiliation Employer, and we'd encourage you to join us whatever your background. We particularly welcome applicants from traditionally underrepresented groups. We consider everyone equally: your race, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, ability, marital status, nationality, or any other protected characteristic won't affect your application.