Description
Senior Backend Developer TL
Location: Tel - Aviv
#LI-Hybrid
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Backend Developer Team Leader to join our team. This is a key
role in our next generation of distributed and highly-scaled product for network orchestration. We are
building a new team for a newly initiated large product and this position gives the opportunity to shape
the architecture and influence the technical choices.
Key Responsibilities
• Join a skilled and experienced team focused on high-quality code and product development
• Design, develop, and maintain the next-gen network orchestration product
• Play a key role in shaping the product’s architecture and roadmap
• Primarily use Python to develop scalable, containerized networking applications
• Contribute to system architecture decisions and design scalable backend solutions
• Work with network infrastructure components such as routers and switches
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including QA, DevOps, and Product, to ensure highquality deliverables
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code that adheres to best practices and industry
standards
• Participate in code reviews, mentor junior developers, and drive continuous improvement within
the team
Requirements
Qualifications
• Python experience of 5+ years
• 3+ years of experience as a development team leader
• Experience with server-to-server communication (e.g.,REST, gRPC)
• Hands-on experience with containers and orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes)
• Experience working with Linux
• Familiarity with databases (relational and non-relational)
• Understanding of networks and knowledge of common networking protocols
• Strong skills in diagnosing and fixing issues
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced
environment.
• Strong teamwork and communication skills, with experience collaborating across cross-disciplinary
teams.
Preferred Qualifications
• General Linux skills, such as setting up common services (e.g., Nginx), understanding YAML files,
etc
• Experience with TSDB (e.g., Influx)
• Knowledge of cloud platforms and services (e.g., AWS, Azure).
What We Offer
• An opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies and really make an impact on a large scale
• A collaborative and innovative work environment
• Continuous learning and professional development opportunities
Top Skills
What We Do
DriveNets is a rapidly growing software company that has created a radical new way for service providers and hyperscalers to build their networking infrastructure. DriveNets Network Cloud and DriveNets Network Cloud-AI are new innovative networking solutions that apply the cloud architectural approach to high-scale networking. They bring together the scalability of standard Ethernet Clos architecture with the high performance and reliability of service provider networking, delivering optimal networking performance, scale and cost structure for service providers and hyperscalers.
Founded by Ido Susan and Hillel Kobrinsky, two successful telco entrepreneurs, DriveNets Network Cloud is the leading open disaggregated networking solution based on cloud-native software running over standard white boxes.
Over three funding rounds, DriveNets raised $587 million. Its solutions are used by tens of service providers globally and are in proof-of-concept and lab trials at dozens of operators and hyperscalers, consistently ranking #1 in trials for breadth of capabilities and solution quality. AT&T, the largest backbone in the US, deployed DriveNets Network Cloud across its core network, and DriveNets is currently transporting more than 52% of AT&T’s core network traffic. DriveNets is engaged with over 100 Tier-1 operators and cloud-providers on large projects in North America, Asia and Europe.
