Back-End Engineer
JFrog is hiring a Back-End Engineer in Tel Aviv, Israel. Level rates it ; you can apply on JFrog.
Level's read on this job
- On Level's scale, this role is Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
- The posting mentions Claude, Cursor and Claude Code among its tools and skills.
- Level classes it as a mid-level role.
- JFrog has 73 other open roles on Level.
- Posted in the last few days.
AI in this role
At JFrog, we’re reinventing DevOps to help the world’s greatest companies innovate – and we want you along for the ride. This is a special place with a unique combination of brilliance, spirit and just all-around great people. Here, if you’re willing to do more, your career can take off. And since software plays a central role in everyone’s lives, you’ll be part of an important mission. Thousands of customers, including the majority of the Fortune 100, trust JFrog to manage, accelerate, and secure their software delivery from code to production – a concept we call “liquid software.” Wouldn't it be amazing if you could join us on our journey?
We are looking for a hands-on Back-End Engineer to join an innovative and talented R&D team. To join us, you will need to deliver high-quality code using the latest cloud frameworks and technologies.
As a Back-End Engineer at JFrog you will...- Be responsible for all development aspects from design to production of a cloud-native product
- Write high-quality, testable, and efficient code in Java
- Initiate and promote new ideas for continuous improvement of product functionality
- Work closely with team members and product colleagues
- Participate in the architecture and development of the JFrog DevOps core products
- Design, develop, and maintain back-end services
- Write high-quality, clean, efficient, and maintainable code while adhering to best practices and coding standards
- Stay up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies related to DevOps and the software development lifecycle
- Contribute to architectural discussions and design sessions to promote scalability and maintainability
- Use AI coding tools to design, implement, test, and review changes, and stay accountable for correctness, security, and operability.
- 4+ years of Java programming experience
- Familiarity with database technologies
- Solid architectural understanding of web applications and APIs
- Experience with concurrency – big advantage
- Experience with production mission-critical systems – advantage
- Good exposure towith modern DevOps tools like Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Shell Scripting, CI/CD – advantage
- Hands-on experience shipping production changes with AI coding tools such as Cursor or Claude Code.
How we rate this
Back-End Engineer at JFrog rates 14 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Little AI. AI is not part of the work.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.
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- Walk me through how you've used Cursor in your day-to-day work.
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