Senior Backend Engineer Ramat Gan

Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv, Israel

Job Description

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you'll partner with a team of seasoned engineers to build the AI-powered foundations that are redefining test automation at Applitools, helping engineering teams deliver flawless digital experiences faster and with greater confidence, by bringing visual AI and autonomous capabilities into every step of the testing lifecycle

You'll work on distributed, high-throughput microservices systems powering visual AI testing for some of the world's largest engineering teams.

Within this role, you will be responsible for:

Designing and evolving cloud-native microservices that power large-scale distributed rendering and browser orchestration pipelines

Leading the design and delivery of mobile device infrastructure (iOS and Android) in our Execution Cloud, becoming the team's domain expert on simulators, emulators, and mobile toolchains

Owning the full software delivery lifecycle from design and development through testing, deployment, and production operations, including the underlying infrastructure

Driving continuous improvement of system reliability, scalability, and performance

Collaborating closely with teammates across the stack to deliver well-designed, high-quality solutions

Exploring and integrating AI-driven capabilities to push the boundaries of what's possible in test automation

5+ years of experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems in a microservices architecture

Senior-level proficiency with Node.js and TypeScript

Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration

Experience with cloud infrastructure providers (GCP preferred; Azure or AWS also valued)

A sense of ownership you take on large, ambiguous initiatives, see the bigger picture, and drive them to completion

Genuine excitement about AI and its potential to transform developer tooling

Proficient with AI-assisted development tools

Strong bonus - experience with mobile development infrastructure (iOS simulators, Xcode, Android emulators)

Bonus - experience with Redis and async messaging systems (e.g., Pub/Sub) for distributed state management and caching

Bonus - basic familiarity with browser technologies (HTML, CSS, DOM, DevTools Protocol)