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Software Engineering Team Lead

Gotfriends·Tel Aviv, Israel·en
HybridFull-timeEngineering ManagementCybersecurity

Lead a team of 6–7 engineers across backend, frontend, and QA, balancing people management with hands-on technical work. Build high-scale, high-availability cybersecurity software for operational technology and critical infrastructure. This is a full-time hybrid role in Tel Aviv, with two work-from-

Responsibilities

  • Lead, mentor, and manage a multidisciplinary engineering team.
  • Guide technical delivery, system architecture, and hands-on Python development.
  • Design distributed services for real-time network traffic and high-throughput data ingestion.
  • Promote continuous integration, clean code, and AI-assisted development practices.
  • Work with product management, security researchers, and system architects to turn security needs into scalable product capabilities.

Requirements

  • At least 3 years of experience managing R&D teams.
  • At least 5 years of backend engineering experience, including designing and building complex systems in Python.
  • Strong knowledge of networking protocols such as TCP/IP, HTTP/S, SSH, and RDP, and cybersecurity concepts including zero trust, identity management, access control, and encryption.
  • Experience designing and scaling distributed, high-availability systems that process real-time data.
  • Practical experience with AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor, Claude, or equivalent.
  • Experience leading teams across backend, frontend, and QA.
  • Fluent written and spoken English.

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