Web filtering and digital safety platform for UK education
Smoothwall operates a web filtering and content security platform built on cloud infrastructure (GCP, AWS, Azure) with Kubernetes and infrastructure-as-code tooling. Current project focus on high-performance pipelines, event architecture, and AI data denoising suggests an infrastructure modernization effort alongside scaling challenges—the team is actively tackling reliability and incident response at scale while migrating away from legacy platforms.
Smoothwall provides web filtering, security gateway, and anti-malware solutions primarily for UK educational institutions. The company has operated in this vertical for nearly 25 years and joined the Qoria group in 2021, positioning itself within a broader child digital safety portfolio. The product addresses content filtering, email security, and intrusion detection across school networks. The engineering-heavy hiring mix (mostly senior and mid-level roles) reflects infrastructure and reliability work rather than feature expansion.
Smoothwall runs on GCP, AWS, and Azure with Kubernetes, Terraform, and GitHub for infrastructure. Application layer uses .NET Core, React, TypeScript, and Go. Observability via Datadog; design tools include Figma, Adobe Creative Suite.
Leeds, England. All current hiring is in the United Kingdom.
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