Forward Deployed Engineer

About the company

Cato Networks is the converged network and security cloud for the AI era.

As AI reshapes cybersecurity, enterprises face a dual challenge: unlocking AI’s potential while defending against AI-driven attacks. Cato addresses both through a unified, cloud-native platform, providing the visibility and context to prioritize risks and stop threats in real time across users, applications, data, and AI agents.

Join us as we scale: take on ambitious technological challenges and shape the next generation of enterprise security at a company trusted by thousands of organizations worldwide.

The Field AI Engineering team is a unique group of professionals combining strong technical expertise, rooted in a software engineering background, with excellent customer-facing skills.

Your tasks

In this role you will lead major customer engagements, both remotely and on-site, and tackle the most complex challenges faced by our customers. Some of these challenges will be addressed in-house by designing and developing tailored solutions for customer environments. Others will require close collaboration with our R&D and Product teams to deliver scalable and impactful solutions.

This position is ideal for someone who enjoys solving hard technical problems while working directly with customers and influencing product direction.

• Drive AI Security deal success by handling complex technical sales engagements.
• Lead and participate in customer meetings, including technical deep dives, solution design sessions, and executive-level discussions, both remotely and on-site.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including Sales, Product, R&D, Marketing, Customer Success, and Professional Services, to deliver end-to-end customer solutions.
• Design and develop custom features, integrations, and tailored solutions to address customer-specific environments and challenges.
• Lead and support complex customer deployments, from initial design through implementation and validation.
• Act as a hands-on technical expert throughout the customer lifecycle, contributing wherever needed to ensure successful outcomes.

Requirements

NOTE: This is a customer facing role. Previous sales or customer facing consulting experience is required.

• 5+ years of hands-on programming in Python, Node.js, or Go (you know one well, and you’re comfortable picking up the others).
• 1+ years working with AWS, Kubernetes, and RDS (you know your way around cloud-native deployments, scaling, and persistence).
• Proven experience in customer-facing roles (e.g., solutions engineering or product management), with a track record of translating customer needs into product feedback, integrations, and end-to-end solutions - Advantage
• B.Sc. in Computer Science / Engineering or equivalent experience from a technological army unit.

What we offer

• Be part of a lean, elite team where your work doesn’t just sit in a backlog — you’ll ship real value, frequently, and see the impact.
• This is a unique opportunity to combine deep technical expertise with a highly customer-facing role.
• You’ll work on some of the most complex and dynamic customer scenarios, designing and delivering tailored solutions.
• This role offers significant impact, constant learning, and the chance to shape both customer outcomes and product direction.