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title: 'Backend Engineering Team Lead at Netcraft'
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# Backend Engineering Team Lead at Netcraft

- **Company:** Netcraft
- **Location:** London Manchester OR Bath, United Kingdom
- **Posted:** 2026-09-10
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-15
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/netcraft/jobs/4965520101

## Job description

## About Netcraft

Netcraft is the global leader in cybercrime detection and disruption. We’re a trusted partner for three of the four largest companies in the world and many large governments. We've blocked over 225 million cyber-attacks to date, and we take down around 33% of the world's phishing attacks.

Our purpose and passion are focused on just one thing: protecting the world from cybercrime.

That passion shapes how we work, too. We’re proud of our talented team and the value each person brings, and we’ve built a workplace where people feel supported and inspired. From strong benefits and wellness programs to meaningful collaboration and team connection.

## The Role

We’re looking for a Backend Engineering Team Lead to establish and lead a new backend team responsible for several key Netcraft products, including:

- The Integration Layer, which enables customers to integrate their SIEM platforms with Netcraft data
- NSI, which supports engagement with criminals conducting conversational scams at scale
- The Web and SSL Server Survey
- Spam, which analyses emails from multiple sources to identify phishing and scam activity

These products are a mixture of legacy platforms that produce key data supporting Netcraft systems and new products that support our customer base. You’ll be a technical leader with expertise across a varied stack, with the commercial acumen to understand how to modernise legacy products as well as commercialise new products.

You will build a new team to manage and improve these products, contributing code, demonstrating best practice, and managing an exciting delivery roadmap.

You’ll be:

- Working with Product and Design colleagues to evaluate each of your products, determining where immediate improvements can be made and helping to develop the long-term strategy for each
- Operating with autonomy, taking the initiative to solve problems and recognising the importance of adhering to demanding delivery timelines
- Managing requirements from key stakeholders and customers, understanding what needs to be done based on business needs without necessarily needing to be told
- Prioritising, refining, and sequencing the team’s workflow while retaining approximately 30–50% of your time for hands-on engineering
- Deeply embedded in conceiving and executing engineering solutions, creating performant systems and services to delight our customers
- Upholding high engineering standards with a demonstrable commitment to code quality, a test-driven approach, and a modern continuous integration/continuous deployment delivery flow
- Well-versed in how AI-first development techniques can materially boost productivity
- Responsible for building and leading a high-performing team of talented and enthusiastic engineers

## What You’ll Need to Be Successful

- Strong and demonstrable leadership skills, with a constructive attitude to problem-solving and the ability to switch effectively between priorities
- Excellent communication skills, including the ability to distil technical concepts for a range of stakeholders and motivate a team
- A strong engineering background spanning a range of technologies, including Go, OpenSearch, and MongoDB, with Perl experience considered an advantage
- A demonstrable track record of identifying opportunities to create significant value within existing products and taking ideas from concept through to production
- Experience partnering closely with Product Managers and Product Owners to shape product strategy, define priorities, and translate customer and business needs into effective technical solutions
- Experience working with AWS technologies and a range of machine learning tools and frameworks
- An interest in reverse-engineering codebases, where necessary, to understand the inner workings of legacy products
- Experience interviewing and hiring engineers, building effective teams, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement

Bonus Points If You Have:

- Strong Go development skills, particularly in technology modernisation or uplift projects
- Experience with generative AI technologies and where and how to apply them to improve customer experiences
- Practical experience managing engineers at different career stages, from recent graduates to seasoned professionals

The Rewards Package

- 33 days annual leave - includes public holidays which can be worked if you prefer
- Generous enhanced family leave and pay
- Enhanced company sick pay from day one of employment, with additional support after your first six months’ service
- Salary sacrifice pension with matched employer contributions up to 5% + NI savings
- Private health cover, including access to a private GP service
- Life Assurance at 4 x salary
- Equity tracking scheme (eligibility criteria apply) - allowing you share in Netcraft's long term success
- Hybrid and flexible working options
- Meals, snacks, and drinks provided in the office
- Comprehensive health, safety, and wellness service available 24/7 for you and your family
- Two paid Learning & Development days per year plus access to learning resources such as Udemy and Coursera to support your career
- Two Volunteering Days per year, to allow you to contribute to your wider community or charity
- Employee Referral Bonus scheme
- Spot reward bonus scheme to reward truly outstanding contributions

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

This is deeply important to us. Through our ally network, we support under-represented groups and maintain a working environment free from bias, harassment, or discrimination. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

We’re also happy to make adjustments to the hiring process to ensure every candidate can participate fully.

Please note: Netcraft does not accept unsolicited approaches from external recruiters.

## About Netcraft

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Netcraft provides cybercrime detection, disruption, and takedown services, protecting the world’s largest organizations from phishing, fraud, and other online threats.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Bootstrapped)
- **Headquarters**: London, England, UK (with offices in Bath, Manchester, and Lehi, Utah, USA)
- **Founded**: 1994
- **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Cybersecurity (Threat Intelligence, Digital Risk Protection, Anti-Phishing, Cybercrime Disruption)
- **Target customers**: B2B — Enterprise, Government, and Financial institutions (12 of the 20 largest banks, 9 of the top 50 world governments, 5 of the 10 most valuable companies in the world) [netcraft.com](https://www.netcraft.com/company/)
- **Mission**: To protect the world from cybercrime. [netcraft.com](https://www.netcraft.com/company/)

## Products & Services
- **Threat Intelligence & Digital Risk Protection**: A platform that analyzes millions of suspicious URLs daily, validates threats within minutes, and provides actionable intelligence. It processes the world’s largest phishing dataset of more than 23 billion datapoints each year. [netcraft.com](https://www.netcraft.com/)
- **Phishing & Cybercrime Takedown Services**: Automated and manual takedown services that disrupt cyber attacks 24/7, achieving a third of the world’s phishing takedowns. [netcraft.com](https://www.netcraft.com/)
- **Conversational Scam Intelligence**: Launched in 2024, this service targets scams conducted via messaging and social platforms. [netcraft.com](https://www.netcraft.com/)
- **Web Server & SSL Surveys**: Long-running industry surveys tracking internet infrastructure (since 1995 and 1996, respectively). [netcraft.com](https://www.netcraft.com/company/)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly available (private, bootstrapped company)
- **Key Metric**: Processes more than 23 billion datapoints per year and handles a third of the world’s phishing takedowns. [netcraft.com](https://www.netcraft.com/)
- **Notable Customers**: 12 of the 20 largest banks, 9 of the top 50 world governments, 5 of the 10 most valuable companies in the world, 4 of the 10 largest technology companies, and 16 of the 50 largest banks in the world. [netcraft.com](https://www.netcraft.com/company/)
- **Growth Signals**: Launched Conversational Scam Intelligence in 2024; expanded coverage to 75+ new threat types in 2020; has been operating and innovating since 1994, with consistent investment in AI/ML models since 2014. [netcraft.com](https://www.netcraft.com/company/)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Unmatched Scale & Data**: Processes the world’s largest phishing dataset (23B+ datapoints/year) and handles a third of all global phishing takedowns, giving it unique visibility into the threat landscape. [netcraft.com](https://www.netcraft.com/)
- **Long-Standing Trust & Relationships**: Has earned the trust of the internet community and key industry players over 30 years, with deep partnerships among the world’s largest banks, governments, and tech companies. [netcraft.com](https://www.netcraft.com/company/)
- **Hybrid Detection Engine**: Combines 90K+ human-written rules, advanced AI/ML models, and rules-based processing to achieve best-of-breed accuracy with near-zero false positives. [netcraft.com](https://www.netcraft.com/company/careers)
- **Full Lifecycle Protection**: Covers the entire threat lifecycle — from detection and intelligence to automated takedown and disruption — a rare end-to-end capability in the cybersecurity market.

## Strategic Focus
- **Expanding Threat Coverage**: Continuously adding new threat types (75+ added in 2020, Conversational Scam Intelligence launched in 2024) to address evolving cybercrime tactics. [netcraft.com](https://www.netcraft.com/company/)
- **Deepening AI/ML Capabilities**: Building on a decade of AI/ML investment (since 2014) to improve detection speed, accuracy, and automation. [netcraft.com](https://www.netcraft.com/company/)
- **Global Scale & Partnerships**: Growing its threat data partnerships to enable faster restriction of access for billions of people when an attack is categorized. [netcraft.com](https://www.netcraft.com/company/)
- **Talent & Culture Investment**: Actively hiring across engineering, sales, and threat research roles, with a focus on building a diverse, inclusive, and supportive workplace (Ally Network, Mental Health First Aiders). [netcraft.com](https://www.netcraft.com/company/careers)

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-Driven Work**: Employees directly contribute to protecting the world from cybercrime, working on problems that have real-world impact at massive scale. [netcraft.com](https://www.netcraft.com/company/careers)
- **Culture of Ownership & Respect**: The company emphasizes that the best ideas speak for themselves, trusting employees to experiment and take ownership from Day 1. The culture is built on responsibility, respect, and a genuinely friendly, supportive environment. [netcraft.com](https://www.netcraft.com/company/careers)
- **Hybrid & Flexible Working**: Offers hybrid and flexible working options across its four offices (London, Bath, Manchester, Lehi). [netcraft.com](https://www.netcraft.com/company/careers)
- **Comprehensive Benefits**: Includes private health cover (with digital GP, dental, optical), pension scheme with up to 4% employer contribution, 33 days of holiday per year (including bank holidays), daily meals/snacks/drinks in offices, and Mental Health First Aiders. [netcraft.com](https://www.netcraft.com/company/careers)
- **Diversity & Inclusion**: Has an established Ally Network to support underrepresented groups and is committed to an inclusive, bias-free working environment. [netcraft.com](https://www.netcraft.com/company/careers)
- **Student & Graduate Programs**: Offers summer placements, industrial placements, and graduate roles, welcoming applications from first-year students. [netcraft.com](https://www.netcraft.com/company/careers)

## Sources
1. [netcraft.com - Company Page](https://www.netcraft.com/company/)
2. [netcraft.com - Homepage](https://www.netcraft.com/)
3. [netcraft.com - Careers Page](https://www.netcraft.com/company/careers)
4. [Greenhouse - Netcraft Jobs](https://job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/netcraft/jobs/4835313101)
5. [Built In - Netcraft Profile](https://builtin.com/company/netcraft)

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