Varies A LOT depending on the team/department - Software Engineer Darktrace Employee Review

2.0
Apr 4, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Friendly, young colleagues Lots of freedom Very little bureaucracy Good brand recognition on a CV Promotion is available very very quickly Lots of responsibility if you want it.

Cons

Archaic tech stack with no substantial time put into upgrading/refactoring Poor code quality with very little testing and huge unmaintainable monoliths senior staff are inexperienced Exclusively hire new grads No performence review, salary increases or bonus Your experience here will be heavily dependent on what team you're assigned - so ask in the interview what the tech stack will be! If it sounds ancient (php,js,jquery) then be careful!

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5.0
Jun 24, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

good pay, good culture and great tech sales exposure

Cons

lack of internal promotion path, just overall lack of vertical career trajectory

2.0
Jun 26, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Autonomy & Independence: You get great autonomy to build your own schedule. It operates very much like a true field sales motion, which is great if you value independence. Perks: There is a high degree of expense freedom, and the Sales Kickoffs are a definite highlight.

Cons

The company is currently gasping for air and is super misaligned. There is absolutely no sense of direction. The Go-To-Market (GTM) strategy obviously doesn't work because leadership changes strategy it every Half because of poor performance . Turnover is INCREDIBLY HIGH, people was congratulating me that I made it at Darktrace more than a year when I left, which is never a good sign for a company. CEO REPVUE- stated that only 15% of reps hit their goal attainment at Darktrace from it's reviews. If you apply here, you need to know exactly what you are getting into and be willing to work extremely hard just to help dig the company out of a hole.

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