Senior Backend Software Engineer

Elbit Systems Israel

Elbit Systems Israel

Posted on May 4, 2026
<div style="text-align: left"><br></div><div style="text-align: left">We are looking fof</div><div style="text-align: left">For our site in Netanya, we are looking for an experienced Senior Backend Software Engineer with strong backend foundations and hands-on experience building agentic AI systems, to join a highly hands-on focused R&D team in the C4I and Cyber division and help build the core of C4I systems. The team owns the full process: solution definition, capability research, technology exploration, prototyping, and execution. We work at the intersection of backend systems, AI agents, on-prem LLMs, and operational workflows, with a strong emphasis on turning advanced concepts into practical capabilities. This is your opportunity to be part of a team that shapes the future of AI-driven operational systems in a meaningful, defense-oriented environment.</div><div style="text-align: left">In this role you will</div><div style="text-align: left">Lead backend development of agentic AI workflows and LLM-based orchestration systems</div><div style="text-align: left">Design and implement reliable agentic flows, including integration with external tools and enterprise systems</div><div style="text-align: left">Integrate on-premise LLM technologies into product-grade capabilities for complex operational environments</div><div style="text-align: left">Build and maintain backend services using modern languages such as Python, Java, Go, or Node.js</div><div style="text-align: left">Contribute to technical thinking, solution design, and exploration of new capabilities</div><div style="text-align: left">Work with tool calling, structured outputs, prompt and workflow design, and context handling</div><div style="text-align: left">Collaborate across disciplines to deliver end-to-end solutions from concept to execution</div><div style="text-align: left"><br></div><div style="text-align: left">Requirements</div><div style="text-align: left">5+ years of backend development experience</div><div style="text-align: left">At least 1 year of hands-on experience in agentic development, including AI agents, agent workflows, or LLM-based orchestration systems</div><div style="text-align: left">Strong experience with on-premise LLM deployment and integration</div><div style="text-align: left">Strong understanding of system design, APIs, microservices, and scalable backend architecture</div><div style="text-align: left">Experience with frameworks such as LangGraph, LangChain, or LlamaIndex - advantage</div><div style="text-align: left">Experience with self-hosted inference environments such as vLLM, Ollama, or similar - advantage</div><div style="text-align: left">Experience with RAG, vector databases, observability, and production debugging of LLM systems - advantage</div><div style="text-align: left"><br></div><div style="text-align: left">*Only relevant applications will be answered</div><div style="text-align: left">#Netanya</div>