R&D Team Leader – Cloud & On-Prem Infrastructure Development (Hospitality)

This role combines leadership, technical, and business responsibilities, including managing developers and QA engineers, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders, and driving modern AI-powered development practices.
The ideal candidate has significant experience leading technology teams within large-scale organizations, a proven ability to develop people and processes, and a broad systems-thinking mindset. The office is in Nesher, Haifa district.

Responsibilities:

Team Leadership & People Management:

• Lead and manage a team of approximately 8 employees and QA engineers.
• Define individual and team objectives and track performance against goals.
• Mentor, coach, and develop team members both professionally and personally.
• Build career growth plans and help engineers progress from junior to senior levels.
• Foster a culture of excellence, innovation, accountability, and collaboration.

Technical Leadership:

• Lead the development and operation of cloud and on-premises platforms and infrastructure.
• Own architecture, scalability, performance, security, and reliability considerations.
• Promote modern engineering standards, methodologies, and best practices.
• Drive CI/CD, automation, and DevOps initiatives.
• Integrate advanced AI tools and practices into development and testing workflows.

External Integrations & Partnerships:

• Lead integrations with third-party systems, including:
• Booking.com
• Hotel websites
• Travel agents and distribution partners
• CRM platforms
• ERP systems
• Additional external systems and services

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience managing software development teams.
• Previous experience leading teams within medium-to-large organizations.
• Proven experience managing teams of at least 6 employees.
• Strong hands-on experience developing enterprise applications using .NET.
• Experience working with React.
• Practical experience with AWS cloud services.
• Experience working in Windows Server and on-premises environments.
• Experience leading CI/CD and DevOps initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of GitHub and Azure DevOps.
• Experience working in Agile development environments.
• Hands-on experience with Jira.
• Proven experience leading complex, cross-functional projects.
• Strong people management, coaching, and leadership skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
• Experience in the Hospitality or Travel Tech industry – Big Advantages.
• Experience integrating with Booking platforms and Channel Managers – Big Advantages.
• Familiarity with enterprise CRM and ERP systems- Big Advantages.
• Experience working with Claude Code- Big Advantages.
• Experience with MCP (Model Context Protocol) – Big Advantages.
• Experience implementing AI-driven software development practices- Big Advantages.
• Experience building teams and leading technology transformation initiatives- Big Advantages.
• Knowledge of Cloud-Native architectures and modern distributed systems- Big Advantages.
• Proven success in mentoring and growing engineers from Junior to Senior and Tech Lead positions- Big Advantages.