We are looking for an R&D Group Lead to take ownership of the SaasLab group - leading multiple engineering teams responsible for the core platform services that every product of us depends on. You will drive the technical vision and execution or architectural transformation while ensuring the reliability and scalability of our SaaS foundation.
The position requires a strong architectural mindset, experience leading platform and infrastructure-level work, and the ability to balance long-term technical strategy with continuous delivery of business value.
What youll do:
Lead and mentor a group of engineers and team leads across multiple domains (core entities, access & API gateway, billing & integrations), fostering growth in design, architecture, and people leadership.
Own the SaaS platform end to end - ensuring high availability, security, and operational excellence of the systems that underpin every product.
Drive and execute an architectural transformation: decoupling from legacy data stores, building a resilient domain model, and adopting modern patterns like GraphQL Federation.
Work closely with product managers and cross-functional stakeholders, taking accountability for group deliveries and ensuring teams ship on time with excellent quality.
Lead technical initiatives, processes, methodologies, and architectural decisions across the group.
Drive AI Products development, SDLC and process improvements via cutting edge tools and methodologies.
Be a meaningful and major member of AFOS leadership team and influence the units engineering vision, processes, and culture
Requirements: What you have:
3+ years of engineering leadership experience.
10+ years of development and design experience.
Deep experience with SaaS platform systems - identity, access management, billing, multi-tenancy, API gateways, or similar control-plane domains.
Experience working with high-scale, distributed cloud-based architectures.
Strong architectural thinking, with a track record of leading complex migrations or modernization initiatives.
Excellent analytical and interpersonal skills to work successfully with engineers, product owners, and business stakeholders.
Proven track record of hiring and managing high-performing engineering teams.
Experience being a part of strong leadership teams, with excellent collaboration skills and a team-player approach.
High motivation, can-do attitude, and multi-tasking ability.
B.Sc. in computer science or equivalent experience.
Bonus Points:
Experience managing engineering managers.
Experience with Node.js, GraphQL, or graph databases (Neo4j).
Experience with platform/infrastructure teams that serve internal engineering customers.
Experience in the ad-tech ecosystem, preferably with hyper-scale systems.
Being introduced by our employee.
This position is open to all candidates.