Senior System Architect

Kiryat Ono- Main Office · Full-time · Senior
About The Position

Lead the tech behind one of Israel’s fastest-growing companies.

At Kendago, a highly stable and profitable company, we’re not just running ads — we’re building a game-changing tech product that gives our marketing teams a serious edge.

It’s a smart, insight-driven optimization platform that analyzes tons of ad data and turns it into real-time recommendations and insights for publishers.

We’re looking for a passionate and proactive Senior System Architect to join our backend-focused R&D team and take a key role in shaping and building our scalable core systems.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced architect or senior developer who wants to step into a leadership role for the first time, while staying hands-on and deeply involved in the technical work.

If you’re a strong technical professional with an architecture mindset and the ambition to grow into leadership, we’d love to meet you. Previous formal leadership experience is not required — we’re looking for the right potential, and we’ll support you as you grow into the role.

You’ll be at the center of our most strategic tech and business initiatives, driving innovation and delivering high-impact solutions.

This is a hybrid position, including two to three work-from-home days per week, with flexibility based on team and individual needs.

Our office is located in Kiryat Ono.

Requirements
8+ years of development experience
Strong backend skills with a microservices mindset using Node.js or Python
Strong experience in system architecture, or strong development experience with an architecture mindset
Comfortable working with both SQL and NoSQL databases
Passion for building products that drive business value
Clean coder, great communicator, proactive, and eager to grow into a leadership role
Previous formal team lead experience is not required

Advantages:

Solid experience with React / other frontend architecture
Working at scale with big amounts of data

Responsibilities
Take a key technical role in a full-stack team working on our proprietary optimization platform
Architect and build high-scale, data-centric web systems
Be a hands-on technical leader: code when needed, mentor others, solve complex challenges, and help drive the team forward
Collaborate with product managers who work hand-in-hand with our performance teams
Balance rapid delivery with long-term architecture and stability