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Guardsquare

Mobile app security with code protection

C++/LLVM Team Lead

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/14/2026
No salary listed
Senior
Master's
Leuven, Belgium
HybridHybrid work policy; based in the Leuven office.
Engineering ManagementEngineering Leadership

About the job

Requirements
  • A Master's degree in computer science and at least 5 years of experience, including at least 3 years as a Team Lead.
  • A proven track record of achieving results with teams.
  • Experience setting performance goals and performing appraisals.
  • Strong programming fundamentals.
  • An asset is previous experience with low-level programming.
  • A nice plus is deep knowledge of C++.
  • Understanding of the value of in-person leadership in a hybrid work environment.
Responsibilities
  • Own the results delivered by a team of about 5 to 7 C++/LLVM compiler engineers.
  • Lead day-to-day development by assigning tasks, tracking progress, and ensuring timely delivery and high quality.
  • Mentor engineers, foster collaboration, and motivate the team to reach company and personal objectives.
  • Set coding standards and best practices for maintainable solutions.
  • Work with product teams to translate business needs into technical specifications.
  • Implement and enforce testing practices to deliver reliable software.
  • Encourage new ideas and own engineering processes to drive continuous improvement.
  • Represent Guardsquare’s R&D values, products, and culture.
Desired Qualifications
  • Previous experience with low-level programming.
  • Deep knowledge of C++.

About the company

GuardSquare provides multi-layer mobile app security for native and cross‑platform apps. It protects Android with DexGuard and iOS with iXGuard using code hardening, obfuscation, encryption, and runtime protection, and offers AppSweep for security testing and ThreatCast for live threat monitoring. It differentiates itself by wrapping protection across the development lifecycle and maintaining backward compatibility with ProGuard configurations. Its goal is to help businesses securely ship mobile apps by reducing code exposure and detecting active attacks, supported by licenses and expert services.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Early VC

Total Funding

$30.1M

Headquarters

Leuven, Belgium

Founded

2012

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Verdane invested July 2025, signaling fresh capital for M&A and distribution.
  • The February 2026 XTD deal added 60 customers, including Crédit Agricole and Deutsche Bank.
  • AppSweep Enterprise expands monetization from individual developers into regulated team workflows.

What critics are saying

  • Appdome, Promon, and NowSecure pressure pricing across mobile app security deals.
  • Verdane and Battery ownership prioritize growth, risking integration drag after the 2026 XTD buy.
  • If enterprises standardize on platform vendors, Guardsquare's point products become budget-line casualties.

What makes Guardsquare unique

  • ProGuard origins and DexGuard give Guardsquare deep Android protection credibility.
  • AppSweep, DexGuard, iXGuard, and ThreatCast span testing, hardening, monitoring.
  • The 2026 XTD acquisition adds patents, experts, and end-to-end mobile coverage.

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Benefits

Hybrid Work Options

Flexible Work Hours

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

1%

1 year growth

0%

2 year growth

0%
Yahoo Finance
Oct 6th, 2026
Guardsquare opens Singapore office amid 50% APAC revenue growth

Guardsquare, a mobile application security provider, has opened its first Asia-Pacific office in Singapore. The Belgium-based company reported more than 200 customers across Asia and 50% year-over-year revenue growth in the region. Located at Suntec Tower 2, the office will serve as an operational and technical centre for Asia-Pacific, with dedicated sales, technical support, and solutions engineering teams. The facility will help Guardsquare serve rising demand for mobile application and API security across testing, protection, threat intelligence, and app attestation. The company marked the opening with an October 1 celebration attended by regional partners, customers, government representatives, and business leaders. Guardsquare is hiring across sales, marketing, and engineering in Singapore. The Singapore office joins six other Guardsquare offices worldwide.

Citybiz
Feb 5th, 2026
Guardsquare Acquires Verimatrix XTD

BOSTON & LEUVEN, Belgium–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Guardsquare, the leading provider of mobile application security, today announced it has completed the acquisition of... Read More

Leuven MindGate
Dec 12th, 2025
Guardsquare acquires Verimatrix's XTD division for $8.5M, adds 60 clients including major banks

Leuven-based Guardsquare has acquired Verimatrix's XTD (Extended Threat Defense) division for $8.5 million in its first major acquisition. XTD, founded in 2021 by cybersecurity experts, protects mobile, web and desktop applications against cyber threats by predicting, detecting and combating risks before they affect apps. The acquisition brings Guardsquare 60 new customers, predominantly tier 1 and 2 companies in media and financial sectors, including Crédit Agricole and Deutsche Bank. CEO Roel Caers said the deal expands Guardsquare's presence into four new countries: Scotland, the Netherlands, Finland and Hungary. The French cybersecurity company Verimatrix, listed on the Paris stock exchange, sold the division to its Leuven-based competitor.

Minyanville
Jul 3rd, 2025
Verdane Partners with Guardsquare for Growth

Verdane, a European growth investment firm, is partnering with Guardsquare, a leader in mobile application security, to expand access to Guardsquare's security solutions globally. This partnership follows previous investment from Battery Ventures and aims to address growing mobile app security threats. Verdane's investment will help Guardsquare enhance its market share and global reach through organic growth and M&A. Completion of the transaction is subject to regulatory approvals.

Business Wire
May 7th, 2024
Guardsquare Augments Free Mobile App Security Testing Product With Enterprise-Ready Version

LEUVEN, Belgium--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Guardsquare, the mobile application security provider, today announced the company’s award-winning free mobile application security testing (MAST) product, AppSweep, is now available in an enterprise version to help organizations scale their ability to find and address security risks across multiple teams working at different stages of mobile app builds. AppSweep Enterprise facilitates access across teams, compliance with IT security policies and seamlessly integrates with existing tools and systems. Now available in both free and paid versions, Guardsquare’s introduction of AppSweep Enterprise provides organizations with the ability to seamlessly integrate with existing business tools and processes while also scaling to meet the needs of growing teams. With this latest release, organizations can now:Manage team permissions and roles with fine-tuned access controls that can be customizedUnified, secure login experience for all team members with seamless single sign-on (SSO)Easily integrate detailed findings with existing tools through extended command line interface (CLI)AppSweep helps developers quickly find and - with the actionable recommendations within the product - solve security issues in Android and iOS app code and dependencies, based on security standards such as OWASP MASVS. Built for mobile, AppSweep automates the testing of mobile apps leveraging different analysis techniques to obtain relevant, actionable findings about an app’s code through static analysis (SAST) and dynamic analysis (DAST/IAST) at runtime. AppSweep is now available in both free and Enterprise versions