Software Architect

Riverbed, the leader in AI observability, helps organizations optimize their user's experiences by leveraging AI automation for the prevention, identification, and resolution of IT issues. With over 20 years of experience in data collection and AI and machine learning, Riverbed's open and
AI-powered observability platform
and solutions optimize digital experiences and greatly improves IT efficiency. Riverbed also offers industry-leading
Acceleration solutions
that provide fast, agile, secure acceleration of any app, over any network, to users anywhere. Together with our thousands of market-leading customers globally – including 95% of the FORTUNE 100 – we are empowering next-generation digital experiences.

Position
Position
: Software Architect

Location
: Hybrid, Hod HaSharon

We are looking for a hands-on Architect who will drive the technical vision, design, and implementation of our SaaS platform, while also serving as a senior technical leader for our R&D organization. This role blends strategic architecture with practical technical leadership, ensuring our engineering teams deliver high-quality, scalable, and innovative solutions.

What You Will Do

• Own the end-to-end architectural vision and technical roadmap for the product.
• Lead design and implementation of complex cross-team initiatives.
• Act as a hands-on technical lead for select teams and projects, especially where technical leadership is lacking.
• Participate directly in coding, POCs, troubleshooting, and complex problem-solving.
• Define, document, and champion engineering best practices, patterns, and standards.
• Mentor and guide developers, helping them grow into future tech leads.
• Collaborate closely with product management, business stakeholders, and other architects to align technical decisions with business goals.
• Initiate and lead technology evaluations and POCs to keep our stack modern and competitive.
• Lead the Israeli Architecture Forum and represent the site in the company's global Architecture Guild.
• Partner with DevOps and QA to ensure our CI/CD pipelines and testing processes support rapid, reliable delivery.

What Makes You An Ideal Candidate

• +10 years of experience in software development, with at least 5 years in a senior architecture role.
• Proven experience acting as both a strategic architect and a hands-on technical leader.
• Strong hands-on skills with Java and C#; experience with Angular or React is a plus.
• Deep knowledge of AWS services and modern DevOps practices.
• Experience building scalable, high-performance SaaS products from the ground up.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to quickly dive deep into complex technical issues.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills in both Hebrew and English; ability to influence without formal authority.
• Passion for technology, innovation, and mentoring others.

Why This Role Matters
You will be the technical anchor of our R&D organization - ensuring architectural excellence, driving key technical initiatives, and directly uplifting the capabilities of our teams. In a fast-moving, high-growth SaaS environment, your work will be critical to delivering innovative, reliable, and scalable solutions to our customers.

What We Offer
Our employee benefits including flexible workplace policies, employee resource groups, learning and development resources, career progression pathways, and community engagement initiatives are some of the reasons why we have had great success in bringing in new talent. In addition, our global employee wellness programs are crafted to support the physical, emotional, and financial well-being of our employees.

Benefits & Perks vary by Country.

About Riverbed
With a 20-year history of innovation, Riverbed is agile, yet proven, and we are disrupting the market with differentiated solutions that enable our customers to deliver secure, seamless digital experiences and accelerate enterprise performance While we are a 'customer-first' company, we are all about our people with a shared commitment to creating a global impact. We bring our best selves to work and pursue excellence, trust, and respect for one another. We welcome and encourage transparency and open communication throughout the company. We strive to be an inclusive, fair, and enjoyable workplace for our people globally and care about their wellbeing. We are committed to our people, partners, and customers while supporting the communities where we work and live. It's the
Power of
WE
that binds us together.

Riverbed is an equal employment opportunity/Affirmative Action (EEO/AA) employer and provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy or child birth (including breast feeding), sexual orientation, genetics, genetic information, marital status, veteran status or any other basis protected by and in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

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