R&D Team Leader, AI-Native - JFrog Fly

At JFrog, we’re reinventing DevOps and shaping how software is delivered, helping the world’s leading companies innovate faster and safer. 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”. Our newest innovation, JFrog Fly, is redefining how developers build and ship software by combining AI-driven insights with effortless delivery. If you're excited about LLMs, agents, and the next generation of AI-powered developer tools, Fly is the place to do that work. We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Team Leader to join our JFrog Fly group and be responsible for planning, coordinating, and leading technical projects across the full delivery lifecycle, with a strong focus on the AI capabilities at the core of the product. To join us, you should bring strong hands-on leadership, combining technical excellence with innovation, leading by example, and mentoring your team while fostering close collaboration with product partners, AI specialists, and external stakeholders. As an R&D Team Leader at JFrog you will: Lead a team of 5–7 developers working on a large-scale, complex, and innovative product Lead delivery across multiple product domains, including user-facing applications, backend infrastructure, and AI services, balancing priorities across disciplines and technologies Identify and manage risks and challenges, ensuring alignment, commitment, and high-quality execution across all stakeholders Prioritize roadmap items in partnership with product management and balance technical debt against feature delivery Take an active role in recruiting, onboarding, and mentoring new team members to build a strong, collaborative, and high-performing team Contribute to the architecture and design of the different solutions, while exploring new technologies in the AI, agent, and DevOps spaces to drive innovation and scalability To be an R&D Team Leader at JFrog you need: 5+ years as a Team Leader or Engineering Manager, with a proven track record of mentoring engineers and building high-performing teams 10+ years of engineering experience in software development Ability to manage delivery, set milestones, and resolve technical and organizational challenges Strong architectural skills, with the ability to make sound design and implementation decisions Proven experience designing and implementing scalable, reliable, high-performance production systems Deep understanding of backend development of SaaS and microservices, using cloud-native practices Familiarity with DevOps and Kubernetes domains, with the ability to define requirements and collaborate closely with DevOps engineers Hands-on experience in Go and Python is an advantage Experience with, or active interest in, LLMs, agents, and AI-powered development tools A self-driven and fast-learning mindset, able to quickly adapt to new technologies and evolving product needs