SW Engineer

Welcome to the future of cloud networking and security!

Cato Networks is the first company to converge enterprise networking and security into one centralized and global service that is delivered by cloud. It is led by networking and security pioneer Shlomo Kramer (Check Point, Imperva) and early investor (Palo Alto Networks, Exabeem, Trusteer and more). Cato’s unique technology inspired a brand-new product category, later named “SASE” by Gartner and a market expected to reach $28.5 billion by 2028.

This is your opportunity to get on the rocket ship and join a company that is building a cutting-edge enterprise network and secure cloud platform, and is on a fast track to becoming the worldwide market leader – don’t miss it!

This is your opportunity to get on the rocket ship and join a company that is building a cutting-edge enterprise network and secure cloud platform, and is on a fast track to becoming the worldwide market leader – don’t miss it!

Now we’re looking for a bright and passionate Senior Software Engineer to join our team. In this critical role, you will design, develop, and maintain core components of our Access Clients used by hundreds of thousands of users worldwide across Windows and Linux in both household and enterprise environments. You will help take our desktop clients to the next level of functionality and stability, developing core service/daemon functionality as well as user-facing components tailored to each OS.

Responsibilities:

• Develop core components for cross-platform C++ services/daemons and applications on Windows and Linux.

• Research new technologies and drive POCs that improve reliability, performance, and user experience.

• Take ownership of new features and lead collaborative efforts end-to-end.

• Support the entire application lifecycle across all three OSes, including release management and production support.

• Collaborate with quality assurance, technical support, product management, and other engineering teams to deliver integrated features.

Requirements:

• BSc in Computer Science from a known university or equivalent experience.

• Excellent understanding of software engineering principles and best practices.

• 5+ years of C++ development (modern C++ preferred).

• Hands-on experience building desktop applications or services/daemons on: Windows, Linux.

• Strong multithreaded development skills, synchronization, and data structures.

• Deep networking experience (protocols, sockets, TLS, routing, packet processing).

• Experience with cross-platform build systems and toolchains (e.g., CMake, Ninja, MSVC/Clang/GCC) and debugging/profiling across OSes.

• Experience developing low-level code in C – Advantage.

• Systems-level development on any OS (e.g., Windows drivers/WFP, Linux kernel modules/eBPF) – Major advantage.

• Passionate about delivering a great user experience; motivated, independent, fast learner, and great problem-solver.

• A team player with excellent communication and collaboration skills.