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 seek an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our team in Prague, Czech Republic. In this key role, you will develop cloud-based networking and security management solutions, working on new products and features that directly impact our customers. You will also be responsible for building microservices in near real-time environments as part of a dynamic scrum team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Software Development: Implement scalable, stable, and secure coding patterns. Develop high-scale microservices with near real-time performance and contribute to Cato’s web application through backend and full-stack development.
• Code Reviews: Ensure quality, test coverage, and security in code reviews.
• Technical Specifications: Understand the architecture and connected features of solutions. Architect end-to-end solutions for complex features, document trade-offs, and provide feedback on specifications.
• Support/On-Call Rotation: Respond to outage incidents and troubleshoot security issues.

Technology Stack:

• Java, Spring Boot
• AWS (SQS, KMS, DocDB, S3), Microservices, Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka, PostgreSQL, MongoDB
• Golang, TypeScript, React

Requirements:

• 5+ years of backend development experience with proficiency in Java and Spring Boot.
• Proven experience in high-performance environments and benchmark evaluation.
• Expertise in architecture, design, and development of complex web applications.
• Experience with microservices, Docker, Kubernetes, Grafana is a strong advantage.
• Familiarity with SaaS/Cloud-based infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure) is an advantage.
• Experience with web development using Go and GraphQL is a plus.
• Strong team player with excellent collaboration skills.
• Self-learner with the ability to acquire new skills and technologies quickly.
• Motivated, fast learner, independent, and adept at problem-solving.
• BSc in Computer Science from a recognized university.

Dev Lifecycle: You’ll receive spec definitions from Product Management, you’ll review the spec and work on a suitable design, and once ready you’ll conduct a Design Review meeting. Having the design approved, you’ll write great code, build and deploy your artifact to k8s, and test it. You’ll make sure the feature can be monitored, having metrics and alerts defined.

About App Security Group: This group provides security & visibility for SaaS applications being used by organizations (i.e. used by Cato’s customers). We are doing it by integrating with these 3rd party vendors ( like Salesforce, Slack, ServiceNow, Dropbox etc.) using their public APIs, fetching data on various activities (sign-ins, sharing, exporting etc.) and bringing it into Cato platform, enforcing relevant security policy in supported apps. We’re expanding our capabilities by designi