Software Engineer - Backend & Networking

About the role

Cato Networks is the converged network and security cloud for the AI era, offering a cloud-native platform that gives enterprises visibility and context to prioritize risks and stop threats in real time. It is looking for a passionate and experienced Software Engineer to join its Networking Group, where you will help develop cloud-based, proprietary networking and security management solutions and design scalable processes for gathering and analyzing real-time network statistics, events and large-scale data.

Key responsibilities

• End-to-end backend development, from processing large-scale data to designing efficient microservices.
• Develop and enhance high-performance, scalable services.
• Improve the reliability, security and scalability of existing infrastructure.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams including Product, Data, Security and UX.
• Research and adopt new technologies to improve the products.

Required profile

• 4+ years of hands-on experience in backend development.
• B.Sc. in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Strong problem-solving skills, self-learning ability and a team collaboration mindset.

Required skills

• Java and Spring Boot (Go is an advantage).
• RESTful APIs (GraphQL is an advantage).
• Object-Oriented Programming and software engineering principles.
• Databases: NoSQL (Elasticsearch, Redis, MongoDB) and relational (MySQL, PostgreSQL).
• Microservices, Docker and Kubernetes; AWS (advantage); big data applications (advantage).
• Frontend technologies and JavaScript (React and TypeScript are a big advantage).
• AI tools such as Claude and Codex (advantage).
• Basic understanding of networking concepts such as TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VPN and network protocols.