Team Leader – AI Datacenter Tools & Automation

Description

Location: Tel Aviv

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DriveNets is a leader in high-scale disaggregated networking solutions. Founded in 2015, DriveNets modernizes the way service providers, cloud providers and hyperscalers build networks. Supporting the largest network in the world, more than half of AT&T’s backbone traffic is running on DriveNets’ Network Cloud open disaggregated architecture. Raising $587 million in three funding rounds, DriveNets is disrupting the networking market from high-scale architecture to AI platforms, and is bringing onboard the most talented people. We are seeking people that want to make an impact on the world’s leading communication networks and are experienced in networking architecture or AI infrastructure solutions.

Job Summary

We are looking for a talented and experienced Team Leader to establish and lead a new team focused on developing tools and automation solutions for AI datacenters.

This role combines technical leadership, hands-on development, and strategic collaboration across multiple layers of the AI datacenter stack, including switches, hosts, smart NICs, GPUs, and orchestration middleware.

Key Responsibilities

• BSc degree in Computer Science or Engineering.
• Lead and mentor a team of software engineers developing automation tools and customer-facing solutions for AI datacenters.
• Define the team’s roadmap, priorities, and development methodologies to align with company and customer objectives.
• Design and implement scalable, reliable software tools using Python and modern full-stack technologies.
• Collaborate closely with networking, compute, and AI acceleration teams to integrate automation across switches, NICs, GPUs, and software frameworks.
• Work with product, QA, and DevOps teams to identify customer needs and translate them into practical, high-impact, high-value tools.
• Drive software quality through strong engineering practices, including testing, code reviews, and CI/CD automation.

Requirements

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software development experience, including 2+ years in a team leadership or technical lead role.
• Strong proficiency in Python for automation, orchestration, and backend development.
• Proven experience designing and implementing automation or infrastructure management tools at scale.
• Practical experience with full-stack development (React, Angular, Node.js, or similar).
• Experience with CI/CD, containers, and orchestration technologies (Docker).
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and leadership skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AI and GPU computing stacks such as CCLs, PyTorch, or TensorFlow.
• Background in datacenter automation, telemetry, or performance monitoring systems.
• Knowledge of microservices, REST/gRPC APIs, and distributed architectures.
• Familiarity with network operating systems, smart NICs, or high-performance interconnects.
• Experience with test automation frameworks (pytest, etc.).