Senior Backend & Cybersecurity Integration Developer
No salary listed
Mid, Senior
Bachelor's
Athens, Greece
Hybrid
Software EngineeringBackend Engineering
About the job
Requirements
- A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- At least 4 years of Java and Spring Boot development experience.
- Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs.
- Experience with microservices and distributed systems.
- A good understanding of event-driven architectures and asynchronous messaging.
- Experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases.
- Experience with Docker and Linux environments.
- Familiarity with authentication and authorization technologies such as OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JSON Web Token, and public key infrastructure (PKI)/certificates.
- Understanding of cybersecurity concepts including security events, alerts, incidents, logs, network security, and access control.
- Good written and spoken English.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop backend services and microservices for cybersecurity applications.
- Develop REST APIs and event-driven interfaces between SIEM, SOAR, AI/ML, and external systems.
- Integrate with SIEM platforms, including security-event ingestion, parsing, normalization, enrichment, and incident interfaces.
- Integrate with SOAR platforms, including incidents/cases, playbooks, response workflows, and enforcement connectors.
- Implement the Cyber Incident Package (CIP) interface between the security analytics and response domains.
- Implement response and enforcement APIs for network, identity and access management, security, and platform controls.
- Develop services supporting incident management, response orchestration, execution tracking, and response verification.
- Integrate AI/ML analytical outputs such as anomaly scores, behavioral indicators, threat classifications, and confidence scores into operational workflows.
- Implement secure service-to-service communication, authentication, authorization, and audit mechanisms.
- Develop connectors and adapters for heterogeneous cybersecurity and infrastructure systems.
- Contribute to system architecture, API specifications, data models, automated testing, integration testing, and technical documentation.
- Collaborate with cybersecurity engineers, AI/ML engineers, system architects, and other European project partners.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with SIEM technologies.
- Experience with SOAR platforms and security orchestration/playbook development.
- Experience with Kafka, RabbitMQ, or equivalent messaging/event-streaming technologies.
- Experience with Elasticsearch or OpenSearch.
- Experience with IDS/IPS/NDR technologies and integration with security telemetry.
- Experience with threat intelligence and standards such as STIX/TAXII.
- Experience with cybersecurity frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK.
- Experience integrating with IAM, firewall, network-management, or endpoint-security APIs.
- Experience with Kubernetes.
- Experience with DevSecOps and CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience integrating AI/ML into production systems.
- Experience with defence, C4ISR, mission-critical, or EU research projects.
About the company
iKnowHow designs and delivers custom robotics, automation and software solutions for industry, along with digital health and digital transformation services for public and private sectors. Its offerings combine embedded systems, AI/ML and computer vision to turn sensor data into actionable insights, delivered as end-to-end solutions from hardware to software platforms. The company differentiates itself as a single, integrated provider after merging with Innora, able to cover hardware, software and data analytics across three business units. Its goal is to help organizations boost efficiency and decision-making through data-driven automation while growing its market presence and turnover in Europe and the US.
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
$30K
Headquarters
Municipal Unit of Neo Psychiko, Greece
Founded
2002
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- HARPIA-Defence started December 1, 2025, with iKnowHow as coordinator.
- Minotaur-R qualified for Phase II in September 2026, unlocking further funding.
- iKnowHealth won four Healthcare Business Awards 2025, reinforcing digital health credibility.
What critics are saying
- Public-sector and EU-funded projects dominate revenue, creating procurement timing risk in 2026.
- Minotaur-R still needs Phase II optimization before customer piloting, delaying commercialization.
- Heavy reliance on niche robotics and health contracts makes a funding shortfall existential.
What makes iKnowHow unique
- 2002 Athens roots and 2016 Innora merger created a rare robotics-to-software shop.
- ISO 9001, 27001, 14001, and 13485 certifications support regulated industrial and health delivery.
- HARPIA-Defence and Minotaur-R show EU-funded capability across autonomy, AI, and defense systems.
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Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Professional Development Budget
- Hybrid Work Options