Software Team Leader (C)

About this role

Cato Networks is the converged network and security cloud for the AI era.

As AI reshapes cybersecurity, enterprises face a dual challenge: unlocking AI’s potential while defending against AI-driven attacks. Cato addresses both through a unified, cloud-native platform, providing the visibility and context to prioritize risks and stop threats in real time across users, applications, data, and AI agents.

Join us as we scale: take on ambitious technological challenges and shape the next generation of enterprise security at a company trusted by thousands of organizations worldwide.

We’re looking for a bright and passionate Software Team Lead to join our R&D Core team.

In this critical role, you will lead, design, and develop major parts of our highly scalable and high-performance solution. You would be part of engineering the backbone of a revolutionary platform, including complex networking topology and optimizations.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of experienced software engineers, fostering a culture of ownership, excellence, and mutual support
• Serve as a mentor and coach, guiding both personal and professional development of team members
• Design, implement, and test network security enterprise solutions
• Perform ongoing research and prototyping for new features and product ideas
• Research new technologies and adopt them for use in the company’s product

Requirements

• At least 10 years of experience as a hands-on software developer of a large-scale network or security solution
• 2+ years of experience as a Team Lead
• In-depth knowledge of Networking, Network Protocols, and Environment
• Demonstrated hands-on experience in customizing Linux or Unix-based operating systems
• Strong proficiency with C in a multithreaded environment
• Experience in developing frequently released production code, our production cycles are short
• Working experience with Networking and Real-Time Development, Security and Network Research, and SaaS infrastructure
• Passionate about demystifying performance, and the system internals from the smallest Makefile flags and bios configurations, and up to holistic integrated solutions with many moving parts
• Expert in designing and building highly scalable services, particularly in SMP environments

- A team player with excellent collaboration and communication skills

• Advantages:
• Experience with Cloud-based infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Hands-on experience profiling system performance and analyzing traffic and throughput patterns