R&D Manager jobs in Tel Aviv-Yafo

Appcharge is a leading direct-to-consumer platform for app publishers. We help publishers sell digital goods directly to their users - bypassing traditional app store commissions and owning the full payment and commerce experience. The result: higher margins, better flexibility, and a more direct relationship with end users. Backed by $89M from leading investors and operators, we've grown 14x in the past year and now process over a billion dollars annually. We're building the infrastructure that lets modern app businesses take back control of monetization – at scale. We are seeking an entrepreneurial, business-driven VP R&D to own, scale, and lead our rapidly growing engineering organization. As a key member of our executive team, you will drive our technology strategy and ensure the flawless delivery of our high-scale, mission-critical platform. You will be responsible for fostering a culture of engineering excellence, ownership, and continuous delivery while partnering closely with Product and Business leadership to achieve our ambitious goals. Responsibilities: Lead & Scale: Manage, mentor, and scale a high-performing engineering organization, including managing Directors, R&D Managers, and individual contributors across Backend, Frontend, DevOps, and QA. Technical Vision: Drive the company's technology strategy and architecture to support massive scale, high availability, and future business needs. Execution & Delivery: Own the end-to-end engineering delivery process. Ensure high-quality, predictable, and timely release of products in a fast-paced environment. Engineering Culture: Cultivate a strong culture of ownership, innovation, transparency, and engineering best practices. Talent Acquisition: Attract, hire, and retain top-tier engineering talent to support our hyper-growth. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with the VP Product, CEO, and other executive stakeholders to align the engineering roadmap with business objectives and product vision. Operational Excellence: Oversee cloud infrastructure (AWS), system performance, security, and production monitoring to ensure operational excellence for a platform processing billions of dollars. Requirements 12+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 8+ years in senior R&D leadership roles at high-growth tech companies. Proven track record of managing managers and scaling engineering organizations from dozens to hundreds of engineers. Deep technical background and hands-on experience (in the past) with building large-scale, highly available, distributed systems and microservice architectures. Strong familiarity with our tech stack ecosystem (Node.js/TypeScript, AWS, NoSQL, Kubernetes, Event-driven architecture). Demonstrated experience in hyper-growth startups (B2B SaaS, FinTech, or Gaming infrastructure is a massive advantage). Exceptional leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to inspire teams and communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders. Strategic thinker with a strong business acumen and a "get-things-done" startup mentality. Experience dealing with high-volume transactional systems or payment processing platforms - a strong advantage.

What you’ll own You'll lead and grow a team of engineers building Alta's AI-powered GTM platform, owning delivery end to end ,from product thinking and design through to production and measurable impact. You'll stay hands-on, contributing across frontend, backend and data systems while setting the technical bar for the team. You'll build and scale the core systems powering Alta's AI agents and real time GTM workflows, with a strong focus on scalability, reliability and fast iteration. You'll work closely with Product, AI and GTM teams to translate complex problems into clear engineering work, bringing strong product thinking to every decision, obsessing over user problems, and making sure what gets built actually moves the needle. You'll mentor engineers, shape the architecture of Alta's AI-native platform, and set the engineering standard for how Alta builds and scales. What you bring Required • You have 3+ years of engineering leadership experience and 8+ years of overall software development under your belt. • You have a strong hands on full stack background and are comfortable across frontend, backend and data systems -with solid experience in Node.js and TypeScript or similar. • You've built scalable, distributed or data-heavy systems and know what it takes to keep them reliable as they grow. • You have a strong product mindset, naturally orienting around user problems and outcomes, and you've worked closely with product teams to shape what gets built and why. • You take full ownership of your work, from first principles through to production. Nice to Have • Experience with AI or LLM based systems or automation. • Background in B2B SaaS or GTM products. Who you are • You take full ownership and follow through on your team, your systems and your outcomes. • You're a builder at heart, turning ambiguous problems into real products that users love. • You lead with strong judgment, making good decisions fast in a high pace environment. • You're obsessed with user impact, and it shows in how you think about what to build and why. • You stay close to the code without losing sight of the bigger picture.

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Description Anecdotes is looking for an R&D Team Lead - Agents Platform to build and lead the team shaping the next generation of our AI capabilities. This is a unique opportunity to combine deep hands-on technical impact with people leadership, owning everything from agent architecture and quality to execution and team growth. You won’t just join a team - you’ll help build the agentic future of Anecdotes from the ground up. Our story Anecdotes are redefining enterprise GRC for the AI era. We are the only AI-native enterprise GRC platform, built on a foundation of complete, accurate, and structured data automatically collected from your systems - trusted by some of the largest enterprises in the world, including Fortune 500 companies and leading auditors. We’re looking for an R&D Team Lead - Agents Platform to lead the team building the next generation of AI products and infrastructure at Anecdotes. This is a hands-on leadership role for a highly technical person who loves building from scratch, thrives in ever changing environment, and knows how to turn rapidly evolving AI capabilities into reliable, production-grade products. What You'll Do • Lead & Grow the Team Lead a team of engineers, owning day-to-day execution, technical roadmap, performance, growth, and hiring. • Build Agentic Products Hands-On Design and build production-grade AI agents and agentic workflows that solve complex GRC problems at enterprise scale. • Shape the Product Partner closely with Product and other teams to understand customer problems and translate them into valuable AI capabilities. • Raise the Bar Establish strong engineering practices and standards while helping the team experiment, learn, and iterate quickly in a rapidly evolving space. • Lead by Example Write code, review designs and PRs, prototype new approaches, and dive into complex technical challenges alongside the team. Requirements • Hands-on experience building and deploying LLM-based products, AI agents, or agentic workflows in production - Must. • 5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, with strong backend and system-design fundamentals. • 2+ years of experience in a technical leadership role, such as Team Lead or Tech Lead, in a fast-paced product environment. • BSc in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience. • Experience designing, evaluating, and improving non-deterministic / generative AI systems, including evaluation frameworks, observability, and quality measurement. • Experience with distributed systems, microservices, APIs, databases, and cloud environments such as AWS, GCP, or Azure. • Strong product mindset and the ability to translate complex customer and business problems into technical solutions. • Excellent execution in fast-moving and rapidly changing environments - you bring clarity, make decisions, and help teams move quickly. • Experience mentoring and growing engineers while maintaining a high technical bar. Nice to Have: • Experience with agent orchestration frameworks, tool calling, RAG, retrieval systems, or multi-agent architectures. • Familiar with Python development. • Experience working with large-scale data processing or data-intensive systems. • Experience building new products or technical domains from scratch. Summary Anecdotes is looking for an R&D Team Lead - Agents Platform to build and lead the team shaping the next generation of our AI capabilities.

At JFrog, we’re reinventing DevSecOps to help the world’s greatest companies innovate. Our team of industry-leading software security experts are true pioneers, constantly pushing the boundaries with original research and technological innovation. JFrog is a special place with a unique combination of brilliance, spirit and just all-around great people. 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? JFrog Security is looking for a talented R&D Team Leader to join our innovative development team. As a vital part of our mission to deliver leading security solutions, you will contribute to the development of security products that ensure the safety and integrity of our customers' software throughout the entire lifecycle, from code development to runtime operations. If you thrive in dynamic environments, take ownership of features from end to end, and are eager to mentor and share knowledge with the team, this is the role for you! To join us, you should demonstrate hands-on leadership while providing guidance and support, as well as assisting developers at the code level. As an R&D Team Leader at JFrog Security, you will... • Lead a team of 4-6 developers, working on large-scale, complex, and cutting-edge systems. • Manage the delivery of multiple, complex, simultaneous development projects from design to release. • Ensure that risks and issues are identified and managed closely, while driving all stakeholders to deliver on time and to the required quality standards. • Make key decisions to ensure the right effort for the successful implementation of all initiatives. To be an R&D Team Leader at JFrog Security, you need… • At least 3 years of experience as a leader and at least 8 years as an engineer. • Experience in managing highly-skilled developers, and the ability to lead, coach, guide, and influence them. • Proven experience in Python/Go/Java. • Experience in developing scalable, concurrent, low-latency, fault-tolerant systems. • Experience in SaaS/Cloud/Microservices architecture. • Strong track record of leading and managing the delivery of software development projects, meeting key milestones, and overcoming challenges. • Previous experience in both architecture and implementation-level software design of high-scale distributed systems. • Ability to manage, track, and identify risks, bottlenecks, and challenges ahead of time, and oversee technical coordination to resolve them. • Willingness to work with a driven team in a fast-paced, context-switching environment.

At JFrog, we’re reinventing DevSecOps to help the world’s greatest companies innovate. Our team of industry-leading software security experts is a true pioneer, constantly pushing the boundaries with original research and technological innovation. JFrog is a special place with a unique combination of brilliance, spirit, and just all-around great people. 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 seeking a highly motivated, hands-on, and experienced R&D Team Leader to take the helm of a highly visible, strategic team of 6–7 developers. This is not just another team leadership role. This team is one of top priorities for JFrog and a critical driver for our future growth. As AI rapidly transforms the software landscape, your team will sit at the intersection of security and massive data scale, taking ownership of two high-impact technological domains: • You will lead the evolution of a critical security and network layer, specifically building the safeguards that govern package traffic and protect organizations from rogue AI agents reaching out to the public internet. • You will drive a high-profile initiative to build a brand-new intelligent caching service that is essential for managing, optimizing, and accelerating the staggering explosion of data generated by modern AI workloads. To be successful, you must demonstrate a strong ability for hands-on leadership, offering high-level architectural guidance while actively assisting developers at the code level to ensure successful, high-quality deliveries. As an R&D Team Lead you will… • Lead and inspire a high-performing team of 6–7 developers working on large-scale, complex traffic management and edge computing systems. • Drive technical strategy and delivery for our critical traffic control and proxy services, managing complex development projects from initial architecture and design through to production release. • Act as a hands-on technical authority, providing code-level guidance, mentorship, and support to your developers. • Proactively identify and mitigate risks, bottlenecks, and complex architectural challenges, driving cross-functional stakeholders to deliver on time without compromising quality. • Make key technical and strategic decisions to align engineering efforts with high-visibility business goals and the massive demands of AI-driven data growth. To be an R&D Team Lead at JFrog you need… • Experience: At least 4-5 years of technical leadership experience, paired with hands-on software engineering experience. • Leadership Skills: Proven ability to lead, coach, mentor, and influence highly skilled developers in a fast-paced environment. • Technical Expertise: Deep expertise in high-scale back-end development with Java/Go/C#. Experience with reverse proxies, caching mechanisms, or network traffic management is a strong advantage. • AI-Assisted Development: Experience incorporating agentic AI tools across the entire software development lifecycle. • Systems Architecture: A strong background in the architecture and implementation of scalable, concurrent, low-latency, fault-tolerant distributed systems. • Delivery & Risk Management: A strong track record of managing complex software projects, hitting key milestones, and pre-emptively resolving technical challenges. • Adaptability: A thriving mindset in a fast-paced, context-switching, and highly driven environment.

About Payoneer Founded in 2005, Payoneer is the global financial platform that removes friction from doing business across borders, with a mission to connect the world’s underserved businesses to a rising global economy. We’re a community with over 2,500 colleagues all over the world, working to serve customers, and partners in over 190 countries and territories. By taking the complexity out of the financial workflows–including everything from global payments and compliance to multi-currency and workforce management, to providing working capital and business intelligence–we give businesses the tools they need to work efficiently worldwide and grow with confidence. Role summary - Hybrid Full-time As an R&D Team Leader in the Pricing & Packaging R&D crew, you’ll be a key contributor to designing and building our monetization platform – pricing and packaging engines that drive the core business model of our payments platform. You’ll own complex features end to end, influence architecture and standards, mentor your team members, and help shape how we design, build, deploy, and operate services in AWS. This is a hands-on senior role with significant impact and room to lead technical changes. What you’ll do • Collaborate closely with Product, Design/UX, DevOps, and other R&D teams • Lead an autonomous team of software engineers who are working closely with product management for achieving business goals • Put special focus on developing the team • Provide technical authority to your team by demonstrating a hands-on leadership style • Be responsible for the overall design, development, architecture, code quality, and production environment deployment of your team Who you are - • B.S. in computer science or equivalent • 8+ years of experience with backend development in Node.js, combined with practical experience in C#. • 3+ years of experience with advanced SQL (MSSQL/Oracle/MySQL/PostgreSQL, etc.) • 4+ years of managerial experience – a must! • Experience with building SaaS platforms for cloud-based products, preferably AWS • Experience with Containers and Kubernetes (K8s), preferably EKS • Experience with Message Brokers such as RabbitMQ/SQS/Kafka, preferably Kafka • Experience with Microservices development • Broad knowledge of OOP and design patterns • Team player attitude and mentality • Experienced and passionate about managing and growing people • Experience in engineering best practices (code reviews, testing coverage, Agile methodologies) • Ambitious and eager to learn new things What could set you apart • Experience with Full-Stack development (frontend side experience with technologies like Angular and React) • Experience with Redis or similar • Experience with ORM such as Entity Framework • Experience with Domain Driven Design (DDD) #LI-CD1 The Payoneer Ways of Working Act as our customer’s partner on the inside Learning what they need and creating what will help them go further. Do it. Own it. Being fearlessly accountable in everything we do. Continuously improve Always striving for a higher standard than our last. Build each other up Helping each other grow, as professionals and people. If this sounds like a business, a community, and a mission you want to be part of, apply today. We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace. Payoneer is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment no matter your race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you require reasonable accommodation at any stage of the hiring process, please speak to the recruiter managing the role for any adjustments. Decisions about requests for reasonable accommodation are made on a case-by-case basis.

ScaleOps is redefining autonomous cloud and AI infrastructure. We're on a mission to free DevOps and platform engineers from manual resource management so they can focus on innovation, not tuning resources. The results: maximized performance and a reduction of cloud costs by up to 80%. As the category leader in Autonomous Cloud and AI Infrastructure Resource Management, we're trusted by leading enterprises including Adobe, Wiz, Epic Games, Northwestern Mutual, Coinbase, DocuSign, and Fortune 100 companies to autonomously manage their most critical production environments. Backed by Insight Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and other leading VCs with over $210M in funding, ScaleOps is the leading player in a massive and growing market. We are building the autonomous infrastructure management platform that will power the next decade of enterprise compute. What You Will Be Doing • Lead and grow a high-performing engineering organization responsible for our core product offering. • Define and execute the engineering strategy for our Kubernetes resource management platform, enabling DevOps teams worldwide to operate more efficiently. • Partner closely with Product, Design, and Go-to-Market leaders to translate business strategy into engineering execution. • Drive technical excellence, architectural direction, and engineering best practices across multiple teams. • Build, mentor, and develop engineering managers and senior engineers, fostering a culture of ownership, innovation, and continuous improvement. • Scale engineering processes, organizational structure, and delivery capabilities while maintaining a high bar for quality and execution. • Balance hands-on technical leadership with organizational leadership, making key architectural and strategic decisions when needed. • Create an environment where talented engineers can do their best work with a high degree of autonomy, accountability, and collaboration. What You Bring Along • An inspiring engineering leader who is passionate about building exceptional teams and empowering people to grow. • 7+ years of software engineering experience, including several years leading engineering organizations in high-growth SaaS or cloud infrastructure companies. • Proven experience managing multiple engineering teams and developing engineering managers. • Strong technical background in distributed systems, cloud-native technologies, Kubernetes, and containerized environments, with the ability to engage deeply in technical discussions. • Experience scaling engineering organizations, processes, and product delivery through periods of rapid growth. • A track record of partnering effectively with Product and Executive leadership to deliver business impact. • A degree in Computer Science from a leading academic institution or equivalent experience, including service in an elite technological IDF unit. • A collaborative, ownership-driven leader who sets a high bar for execution while fostering a positive, high-performance engineering culture.

Realize your potential by joining the leading performance-driven advertising company! As a VP R&D on the Tech team in our Israel office, you’ll play a vital role in shaping and scaling the technology that powers Taboola’s core products and revenue streams. You’ll lead a large, global R&D organization and drive technical excellence across multiple mission-critical product domains. Working closely with Product and senior leadership, you’ll turn strategy into execution and ensure our platforms operate reliably at massive scale. To thrive in this role, you'll need: • 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with significant experience in senior R&D leadership roles • Proven experience leading and scaling large R&D organizations (250+ people) • Strong technical background building and operating large-scale, high-traffic, data-driven systems • Experience managing multi-disciplinary teams including engineers, algorithm experts, and data scientists • Demonstrated experience partnering closely with Product to deliver measurable business impact Bonus points if you have: • Experience managing distributed teams across multiple geographies • Background in advertising technology, marketplaces, or large-scale platforms How you’ll make an impact: • Lead and scale a global R&D organization of approximately 300 people across Israel and Eastern Europe • Own the technical vision, architecture, and execution across multiple core product areas • Drive engineering excellence, reliability, scalability, and performance across high-impact systems • Partner closely with Product leadership to prioritize and deliver initiatives that drive revenue and growth • Build strong leadership layers, talent development plans, and succession across the organization • Serve as a key member of the senior Technology leadership team and Taboola management Why Taboola? If you ask Taboolars what they love about working here, they’ll tell you that they’ve been empowered to realize their full potential while growing and learning from and with smart and talented people. They’ll also share more about: • Adam Singolda, Taboola Founder and CEO: “You can copy anything from another business but you can’t copy a company’s culture.” • Well-being: Competitive benefits and well-being programs tailored to the region, including comprehensive health benefits, a fully stocked kitchen, and location-specific perks. • Flexibility: We offer a hybrid work schedule with 3 days in-office, with an option to come in more often if desired. • Work with some of the biggest names: Our publisher partners include Yahoo, Conde Nast, Fox Sports, NBCU, ESPN, CBS, and E! Online. Our advertiser clients include Wells Fargo, Honda, Pinterest, and Expedia. Ready to realize your potential? Taboola is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity in all forms. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and believe such an environment is critical for success. Employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. Learn more about #TaboolaLife on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, & the Taboola Life Blog. About Taboola Taboola empowers businesses to grow through performance advertising technology that goes beyond search and social and delivers measurable outcomes at scale. Taboola works with thousands of businesses who advertise directly on Realize, Taboola’s powerful ad platform, reaching approximately 600M daily active users across some of the best publishers in the world. Publishers like NBC News, Yahoo, and OEMs such as Samsung, Xiaomi and others use Taboola’s technology to grow audience and revenue, enabling Realize to offer unique data, specialized algorithms, and unmatched scale. #LI-LT1 #LI-Hybrid