Israel
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Israel

1:51 PM GMT+331°C / 88°F · Mainly clear992 open roles

Israel has one of the densest startup ecosystems in the world, concentrated in Tel Aviv, and it skews heavily toward cybersecurity and enterprise infrastructure. monday.com, Cato Networks, SentinelOne, and Wiz all came out of this pipeline, much of it seeded by military technology units. The talent-per-capita is extraordinary, which is why global firms run large R&D centers here.

Population
9.8M
country population (2023 est.)
Cost of living
102vs 100 US avg
near the US average, though Tel Aviv is one of the pricier tech cities.
Climate
Mediterranean, with hot dry summers and mild wet winters. Tel Aviv stays warm and sunny most of the year.
Open roles
992
across 2 cities
Top Universities

Where Israel’s tech talent studies

The Technion is the engine of Israel's startup economy, producing RSA co-inventor Adi Shamir and a stream of founders, while Tel Aviv University sent Check Point's founders into cybersecurity and Hebrew University produced Mobileye's Amnon Shashua. Much of the talent is also seeded by elite military technology units.

Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

technion.ac.il
~10K undergrads~$12k/yr4 YearHaifa
Notable alumni
  • Adi ShamirCo-inventor of RSA, Turing Award laureate
  • Yossi VardiBacker of ICQ, serial tech entrepreneur
  • Nadav ZafrirCo-founder of Team8, former head of Unit 8200
Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University

tau.ac.il
~17K undergrads~$12k/yr4 YearTel Aviv
Notable alumni
  • Gil ShwedFounder and CEO of Check Point Software
  • Shlomo KramerCo-founder of Check Point and Imperva, founder of Cato Networks
  • Marius NachtCo-founder of Check Point Software
Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

huji.ac.il
~13K undergrads~$12k/yr4 YearJerusalem
Notable alumni
  • Amnon ShashuaCo-founder and CEO of Mobileye, founder of AI21 Labs
  • Daniel KahnemanNobel laureate in Economics
Weizmann Institute of Science

Weizmann Institute of Science

weizmann.ac.il
~1K undergrads~$12k/yr4 YearRehovot
Notable alumni
  • Shafi GoldwasserTuring Award laureate, cryptography pioneer
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

bgu.ac.il
~15K undergrads~$11k/yr4 YearBeersheba
Notable alumni
  • Zohar ZisapelCo-founder of the RAD Group of technology companies
Top Unicorns

Unicorn startups in Israel

The roster is security and infrastructure through and through: SASE at Cato Networks, identity at Transmit Security, and networking at DriveNets, plus zero-knowledge crypto at StarkWare. Moon Active and Yotpo add gaming and commerce to a bench built on deep technical talent.

StarkWare
StarkWare$8B
Zero-knowledge proof systems that scale Ethereum · Netanya
Moon Active
Moon Active$5B
Casual mobile games, headlined by Coin Master · Tel Aviv
Cato Networks
Cato Networks$4.8B
Cloud-native SASE platform for enterprise networking & security · Tel Aviv
Decart
Decart$4B
Real-time generative-video & world-model AI infrastructure · Tel Aviv
DriveNets
DriveNets$2.5B
Carrier-grade networks as cloud software on white-box hardware · Ra'anana
Yotpo
Yotpo$2.5B
E-commerce marketing: reviews, SMS, loyalty & subscriptions · Tel Aviv
HiBob
HiBob$2.45B
Modern HR platform (Bob) for mid-sized companies · Tel Aviv
Transmit Security
Transmit Security$2.3B
Passwordless identity, authentication & fraud prevention · Tel Aviv
Earnix
Earnix$2B
AI-driven pricing & personalization for banks & insurers · Givatayim
Verbit
Verbit$2B
AI-powered transcription & captioning · Tel Aviv
Bright Data
Bright Data$1B
Web-data collection platform at scale · Netanya
Guesty
Guesty$1B
Property-management platform for short-term rentals · Tel Aviv

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FAQ

Tech jobs in Israel: common questions

How many tech jobs are open in Israel right now?

Feeny is tracking about 992 open tech roles in Israel, from roughly 152 companies hiring. Each listing is pulled from a company's own careers page, so a role here is one they're actively filling. Almost all of it runs through Tel Aviv, the country's tech center. Filter by discipline to focus the set.

Which cities in Israel have the most tech jobs?

Tel Aviv concentrates it. The vast majority of the country's tech roles sit in and around the city, which packs one of the densest startup scenes anywhere into a small footprint. Other areas have engineering pockets, but Tel Aviv is effectively the whole map. Across the 2 we index, this is a single-hub market in practice.

What companies are hiring for tech roles in Israel?

Israel's calling card is cybersecurity and enterprise infrastructure, and the pipeline is remarkable: monday.com, Cato Networks, SentinelOne, and Wiz all came out of it. Much of that talent was seeded by military technology units, which feed a steady stream of engineers into the startup world. So the biggest employers cluster around security, infrastructure, and increasingly AI. Feeny lists roles from about 152 companies, so the live openings are worth checking directly.

What kinds of tech roles are common in Israel?

Cybersecurity leads by a wide margin, since it's the specialty the whole ecosystem is built around. Enterprise infrastructure is close behind, with companies building the systems and tools that larger organizations run on. AI has become a fast-growing third category as the security and infra firms fold it into their products. If you work in security or infrastructure, few places have this density of relevant companies.

What is it like to work in tech in Israel?

Tel Aviv runs at a high intensity, with a startup culture that's direct, fast, and unusually concentrated for a city its size. English is widely used in the industry, which lowers the barrier for foreign engineers considerably. Cost of living in Tel Aviv is steep, and that's a real factor in any move. The honest trade is a world-class security and infra scene against a high cost of living and an intense pace.

Can international candidates get a work visa to work in tech in Israel?

The main route is the B-1 work visa, which is sponsored by a specific employer. A large share of the ecosystem is built on local talent coming out of the army-tech pipeline, so foreign relocation happens but is less common than in Western Europe. English is widely used across the industry, which helps once you're in. Be realistic that the local talent pipeline shapes most hiring, even though foreign engineers do find roles.

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