R&D Director (AI)

Location: Raanana, Israel; hybrid schedule with 2 days in the office and 3 days remote each week

Company

hirify.global is a global enterprise software company delivering AI, cloud, and digital solutions for customer experience, financial crime prevention, and public safety.

What you will do

• Lead the Performance Management engineering organization and align execution with company goals.
• Oversee the design, development, testing, and deployment of Performance Management microservices.
• Manage resource planning, delivery milestones, product quality, capacity planning, and operational support.
• Establish development standards, tools, and engineering methodologies.
• Integrate customer and business requirements into engineering initiatives.
• Lead a distributed team across multiple sites and recruit, develop, and retain engineering talent.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field; a Master’s degree is preferred.
• 12+ years of software engineering experience focused on SaaS products, machine learning, deep learning, and LLMs.
• 6+ years of management experience in large-scale environments.
• Expertise in data technologies and large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience with Agentic-driven development methodologies and strong leadership skills.

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• Experience building horizontally scalable solutions with containers, microservices, and big data technologies.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, and open-source data tools.
• Track record of delivering high-quality software products on time.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work model with structured office collaboration and remote work.
• Fast-paced, collaborative, and creative environment.
• Opportunities for learning, growth, and internal career development across roles and disciplines.
• Work within a global organization with more than 8,500 employees across 30+ countries.