Platform Engineer jobs in Israel

Description About Zenity Zenity is the first security and governance platform purpose-built for AI agents — spanning SaaS, home-grown platforms, and end-user devices. Trusted by Fortune 500 enterprises, we help security teams confidently adopt AI by delivering defense-in-depth with full-lifecycle coverage: from agent discovery and posture management to real-time detection, prevention, and response. We recently closed a $125M Series C led by Norwest, with participation from SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and others, and we're scaling fast to meet surging enterprise demand for AI agent security. About the Role We're looking for a Director of Platform Engineering to lead our Platform group — a team responsible for both software engineering and the more traditional Platform/DevOps/infrastructure domains. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future structure and direction of the group as we scale, working closely with our engineering leadership to define how we build, operate, and secure the infrastructure behind our product. What You’ll Do Responsibilities: • Lead and grow a team spanning software engineering, Platform, DevOps, and infrastructure • Own the architecture and operational excellence of our cloud infrastructure (multi-cloud, Kubernetes, CI/CD) • Drive initiatives across BYOC (Bring Your Own Cloud) and other software-focused product capabilities • Partner closely with Product, R&D, and executive leadership to align technical direction with business priorities • Build and scale engineering processes, culture, and best practices as the team grows • Recruit, mentor, and develop engineering managers and senior ICs Requirements Requirements: • 5+ years of experience in engineering leadership, with direct management of both software engineering and Platform/DevOps/Infrastructure functions • 9+ years of overall experience in the field • Proven experience scaling technical teams in a high-growth startup environment • Deep hands-on background in cloud architecture (AWS/GCP/Azure), Kubernetes, and CI/CD at scale • Strong familiarity with modern AI concepts and practical experience applying AI to engineering workflows (e.g., agent orchestration, AI-driven developer tooling) • Excellent communication skills and experience partnering with cross-functional leadership • Experience in cybersecurity or a related regulated/enterprise domain is a strong plus Nice to Have • Experience with identity, data, or cloud security platforms • Background in building developer platforms or internal tooling • Experience operating in regulated/enterprise environments (e.g., FedRAMP, SOC2)

At Lendbuzz, we believe financial opportunity should be more personalized and fair. We develop innovative technologies that provide underserved and overlooked borrowers with better access to credit. From our employees to our dealers, partners, and borrowers, we’ve built a company and a culture around a resolute belief in the promise and power of diversity. We value independent and critical thinking. Our Platform Engineering group builds internal tools for over a 100 Lendbuzz engineers in Boston & Tel Aviv. We treat the platform as a product: our engineers are our users, we actively collect their feedback, we measure whether what we built is impactful for the organization, and we continuously improve based on feedback and metrics. This position is a unique hybrid of a hands-on technical developer & leader with a highly analytical developer focused product manager. > Note: Prior management experience is not required—we are happy to grow a strong technical candidate into the leadership aspect of the role. Key Responsibilities: • ~50% hands on development • Work together with your manager, other engineering managers, service owners and champions from various teams to understand their pains and prioritize the teams’ tasks accordingly. • Lead a team of engineers with a computer science background, keep their vision focused and aligned with management, teach them how to lead projects effectively, collect feedback and give good service to the engineers of the company • Build decentralized ecosystems that are very easy to contribute to with vibe coding (Backstage, CLI tools, Microservice templates, Self Service, HELM Charts values, etc) • Drive high-impact, multi-team technical initiatives from ideation to delivery by establishing clear technical standards, defining trackable compliance metrics while securing the buy-in of other engineering leaders • Lead Kubernetes (K8s) initiatives. • Manage research of cutting edge cloud native technologies Key Requirements: • Computer Science degree from a leading university • 5+ years of software development experience. • 2+ years of experience developing applications on K8S using HELM/Kustomize/Crossplane/CDK/Other • Understand the concepts of Platform Engineering well • Strong backend development skills in a modern languages: Typescript/Python with Asyncio/Go/Rust/Modern C#/Kotlin. • Proficiency with Claude/Codex which includes writing skills, system prompts & delivering features across multiple repos. Preferred: • Production experience running services on Kubernetes.. • Proven experience writing design documents, presenting them to engineering leaders and answering hard technical questions in fluent English. • Experience writing and maintaining internal tools with an impact on developer experience such as: Backstage/Port, internal CLI tools/Microservice templates/infra-related libraries, agentic flows/AI skills • Experience working with open source K8S charts such as: Keycloak, Debezium, Airflow, Temporal, a feature flag system or LangSmith What we offer: - A culture that values product ownership, collaborative architectural planning, and building wins for your resume/portfolio as much as for the company. - Smart, dynamic people with whom you can share the experience of building something unique. - Competitive salary with opportunities for growth and advancement. A Note on Recruiting Outreach We’ve been made aware of individuals falsely claiming to represent Lendbuzz using lookalike email addresses (eg @lendbuzzcareers.com). Please note that all legitimate emails from our team come from @lendbuzz.com. We will never ask for sensitive information or conduct interviews via messaging apps.

Description About the Company DriveNets is a leader in large-scale networking solutions for AI infrastructure and service providers. The company's disaggregated networking architecture transforms the economics of large-scale infrastructures while maximizing performance, utilization, and operational efficiency. Its high-performance AI fabric maximizes GPU utilization and accelerates deployments by optimizing the AI stack end-to-end, resulting in higher tokens-per-second and lower cost-per-token. DriveNets' solutions power production networks for global tier-1 operators like AT&T and Comcast, and scale multi-vendor AI infrastructures at foundation model labs, NeoClouds, and enterprises. Responsibilities • Design, build, and operate the internal engineering platform that powers DriveNets' build, test, deployment, and security validation workflows. • Write and maintain production code and automation for the tooling that runs build, test, and release. • Develop large-scale orchestration of complex environments across hybrid cloud and on-prem execution infrastructure. • Implement DevSecOps integrations and advanced automation across the platform. • Provide a scalable, reliable, and intelligent platform that enables hundreds of engineers to build, deploy, and validate a complex distributed networking product efficiently and safely. • Troubleshoot platform issues, take ownership, and drive solutions end-to-end. • Collaborate with engineering teams across the organization. Requirements Technical Skills • 3+ years of hands-on software development experience (primary requirement). • Strong programming skills and the ability to design, implement, and maintain production code. • DevOps experience: CI/CD, Linux, containers, and cloud infrastructure, with the ability to learn the platform's tooling on the job. • B.Sc. in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience. • Solid understanding of Linux, containers (Docker), and Git-based workflows. • Familiarity with CI/CD (GitHub Actions or similar) and infrastructure as code (Terraform, Helm, or similar). • Familiarity with cloud environments, AWS in particular, and an interest in hybrid cloud/on-prem systems. • You will work with: Kubernetes (EKS, on-prem), GitHub Actions, ARC, Karpenter, Terraform, Helm, Docker/DinD, Sysbox, containerd, BuildKit, ECR, S3, ElastiCache (Valkey), sccache, Direct Connect, VPC endpoints, IAM/OIDC, Secrets Manager, and self-hosted runners. Deep prior experience with this stack is not required; basic DevOps foundations and strong software engineering skills are enough to pick it up. Soft Skills • Strong system-level thinking and troubleshooting skills. • Ability to take ownership and drive solutions end-to-end. • Excellent communication and cross-team collaboration skills. Nice to Have / Advantage • Python or another high-level language used in production tooling. • Hands-on AWS experience (EKS, ECR, S3, IAM/OIDC, VPC, Secrets Manager). • Experience with runner pools, DinD test environments, or build caching (BuildKit, sccache). • Jenkins, GitHub merge queue, MinIO / on-prem S3 cache, hardware-in-the-loop CI, monorepo CI optimization. If your experience is close but doesn't fulfil all requirements, please submit your application. DriveNets is on a mission to build a special company comprised of individuals with different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. DriveNets is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on upon race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. More About DriveNets Based in Israel with extended teams located in the US, Japan, and Romania, DriveNets operations cover more than twelve countries globally. Powering production networks for global tier-1 operators, DriveNets is a leader in large-scale networking solutions for AI infrastructure and service providers. Visit our website to learn more: https://drivenets.com/company/