Software Engineering Team Leader

At Thales we know technology has the ability to make our world more secure sustainable and inclusive and that its all driven by human intelligence.

Because it takes human intelligence to build and power the systems and solutions that people depend on every day. So we stay curious and make space for diverse points of view. We share what we know and we challenge whats possible.

Were driving progress in some of the worlds most important industries - from the bottom of the oceans to the depths of space and cyberspace - and from manufacturing to engineering we work together to build a future we can all trust.

Imperva a Thales company is a globally recognized cybersecurity leader dedicated to securing data and applications across diverse environments. Our cutting-edge solutions empower organizations to safeguard their most critical assets ensuring robust protection against emerging threats.

Were proud to be recognized as one of Israels Top 50 High-Tech Companies to Work For in 2025(Dun & Bradstreet) and offer a flexible hybrid workmodel requiring on-site presence one day per week in Rehovot and one day per week in Tel Aviv.

Were looking for an experienced and passionate Software Engineering Team Leaderto join our Elastic WAF group the group behindImpervas most strategic and modern next-generation WAF product lineswithin the AppSec organization.

TheFoundation teambuilds thecore infrastructurethat powers these products. The team is responsible for developing thefoundations of new Cloud-Native and SaaS WAF solutions designed forsimple fast and DevOps-friendly onboarding and installation. These products deliverbest-of-breed securitythrough amodern scalable architectureandseamless operational experience.

If youre passionate about leading talented engineers designing scalable systems and shaping the architecture of cutting-edge security products wed love to meet you.

Key Responsibility:

• Lead a team of 4 skilled developers focused on building and maintaining core components shared services and developer tooling.

• Lead distributed system design decisionsand continuously improve system performance maintainability and technical standards.

• Design and evolve scalable multi-tenant SaaS architectureand cloud-native platform services (microservices APIs event-driven systems).

• Be hands-on with architecture and development in Java Go and Kubernetes.

• Drive cross-team initiatives that improve development efficiency reliability and scalability.

• Act as a mentor and coach to help team members grow professionally and technically.

• Collaborate with engineering leads and product stakeholders to set technical direction and priorities.

• Champion innovation transparency and a strong engineering culture.

• Ensure reliability and operational excellence implementing observability (metrics/logs/tracing) and strong incident response practices.

Requirements:

• 7years of backend development experience with deep knowledge in Java and modern infrastructure (Kubernetes preferred).

• Proven 3 years of leadership experience including managing or mentoring other developers.

• Strong system design and architecture skills with the ability to make technical decisions.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills especially across teams.

• Wide technical viewacross systems infrastructure and application layers.

• Passion for improvingdeveloper experience and building reusable components.

• Adaptability comfortable working in dynamic environments and leading through change.

• Strong organizational skills including sprint planning progress tracking and cross-team coordination.

• Problem-solving orientation proactively identifies risks and dependencies and manages them effectively.

• Experience with Go(Golang)development advantage.

Thales champions inclusion and we believe diversity strengthens the fabric of our culture. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex gender identity sexual orientation race colour religion national origin disability protected Veteran status age or any other characteristic protected by law.