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Forward Tech Stack

Network digital twin platform for visibility and security policy verification

Computer Networking Products Santa Clara, CA 201–500 employees Privately Held

Forward builds a network modeling platform that creates a mathematically accurate digital twin of customer network infrastructure. The tech stack spans Python, GraphQL, and multi-vendor integrations (Cisco, Arista, Juniper, Palo Alto, F5, Fortinet), with active adoption of Spring Boot and Java ecosystem tooling—suggesting a backend-heavy, modular architecture. Hiring is heavily skewed toward sales (28 roles) and directors (21 roles), indicating aggressive go-to-market expansion paired with org scaling; engineering hiring remains lean (4 roles), which aligns with a maturing platform phase rather than foundational R&D.

Tech Stack 47 technologies

Core StackPython GraphQL Cisco Fortinet Palo Alto Networks Google Analytics Salesforce JavaScript React Angular Vue Java AWS Kubernetes C++ Docker Spring Hibernate Google Ads bash jq Arista F5 Juniper Forward Networks LinkedIn Sales Navigator GCP Azure Guice NoSQL+11 more
AdoptingKotlin Scala TypeScript JavaScript Forward Networks Spring Boot Spring Web MVC Groovy

What Forward Is Building

Challenges

  • Avoiding outages
  • Network security challenges
  • Accelerating troubleshooting
  • Modernizing network management
  • Reducing network outages
  • Complex network management
  • Network reliability issues
  • Adoption of our technologies
  • Visibility across vendor environments
  • Post-sales technical issues

Active Projects

  • Network digital twin platform
  • Pipeline development for data ingestion
  • Scalability and performance optimization
  • Feature development leveraging network model
  • Customer adoption of forward networks platform
  • Post-sales technical issue resolution
  • New product features leveraging network model
  • Designing data model for new product features
  • Implementing rest apis for web application
  • Storage systems development

Hiring Activity

Accelerating40 roles · 25 in 30d

Department

Sales
28
Support
5
Engineering
4
Data
1
Marketing
1

Seniority

Director
21
Senior
14
Manager
2
Mid
1
Principal
1

Notable leadership hires: Sales Director

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About Forward

Forward Networks operates a platform called Forward Enterprise that gives network teams a digital model of their infrastructure for visibility, path analysis, and security policy verification. The product targets enterprise and mid-market network operations teams dealing with complex, multi-vendor environments (Cisco, Arista, Juniper, Palo Alto, F5, Fortinet). Core engineering work spans data ingestion pipelines, network model design, REST API development, and storage systems; concurrent projects track customer adoption, post-sales technical support, and scalability optimization. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, and actively hiring across five countries (US, UK, India, Japan, Australia).

HeadquartersSanta Clara, CA
Company Size201–500 employees
Hiring MarketsUnited Kingdom, United States, India, Japan, Australia

Frequently Asked Questions

What tech stack does Forward Networks use?

Primary stack includes Python, GraphQL, Java, Spring (Boot, Web MVC), Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, GCP, Azure. Multi-vendor integrations: Cisco, Arista, Juniper, Palo Alto Networks, F5, Fortinet. Frontend: React, Angular, Vue, JavaScript.

Where does Forward Networks hire?

Five countries: United States, United Kingdom, India, Japan, and Australia. Headquarters in Santa Clara, CA.

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