Interesting work on the cutting edge of cybersecurity, with relaxed and hands off management. - Senior Software Engineer Darktrace Employee Review

5.0
May 26, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

(Note these are only relevant to the Internal Development department) - Good work / life balance: no (or almost none) "crunch time" or overtime - No micromanagement: trusting management that gives you free reign to solve things the way you think best - Interesting work on cutting edge cybersecurity technology - Private health care - Very nice people, in a low pressure and friendly work environment

Cons

(Note these are only relevant to the Internal Development department) - Minimal benefits (stingy bare-minimum pension contributions) - Salary could be more competitive (but isn't terrible by any means) - Hands-off management style isn't for everyone - Few to none opportunities for formal training or career development

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5.0
Jun 24, 2026
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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
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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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