R&D Team Leader

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 in our journey? We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Team Leader to join our R&D group and be responsible for planning, coordinating, and leading technical projects and efforts across the full delivery lifecycle of the Artifactory product, to ensure successful deliveries. To join us, you need to demonstrate the ability for hands-on leadership and ensure you can offer guidance and support, as well as assist developers at the code level. As a R&D Team Leader at JFrog you will... Lead a team of 2-4 developers, working on large-scale, complex, and cutting-edge systems Manage the delivery of complex development projects from design through 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 on the right opportunity for the successful implementation of all initiatives To be an R&D Team Leader at JFrog you need… At least 1-2 years of leading experience and at least 10 years as an engineer Experience in managing highly skilled developers, and the ability to lead, coach, guide and influence them Experience working with AI models and frameworks (e.g., Cursor, GitHub Copilot), making the needed considerations, working efficiently, and increasing productivity Hands-on experience in delivering complex features Experience in developing scalable, concurrent, low-latency, fault-tolerant systems Experience in SaaS/Cloud/Microservices architecture Strong project management capabilities 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 in a fast-paced, and driven team in a context-switching environment