Bogus product but good learning exp for new grads - Software Engineer Darktrace Employee Review

3.0
Oct 17, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

- Things move fast - you can learn a lot if you're willing to work hard - Some people are smart - Easy interview (no Leetcode!), good place to start if you haven't done the interview prep grind - Most people are pretty friendly and easy to work with Basically not terrible for new grads if you don't know enough Leetcode for FAANG - probably stay a year or two before you find a real tech job

Cons

- Pay is a bit low - ...so some people are pretty dumb - avoid them and you'll be fine - Very strong culture of dishonesty and information-hiding - ...particularly around the core "self-learning AI" tech - basically there is no "self-learning AI", it's just very simple anomaly detection - Basically just standard crappy enterprise SaaS software, all the revenue is driven by marketing + sales

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5.0
Jun 24, 2026
Recommend
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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
CEO approval
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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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