Software Engineering Team Lead (AI, Analytics)

TL;DR

Software Engineering Team Lead (Node.js, AWS): Leading and mentoring a team of backend engineers to build and maintain critical communication layers and core backend services for an AI-powered embedded analytics platform, with an accent on performance, scalability, and reliability in a distributed multi-tenant SaaS environment. Focus on driving architecture, design, and delivery of high-scale core services, championing best practices in distributed systems and observability, and taking full ownership from roadmap to production.

Location: Hybrid in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

Company

hirify.global is a leading AI-first analytics platform as a service, democratizing data access and empowering developers, app builders, and business users to embed actionable insights into their products and workflows.

What you will do

• Lead and mentor a compact team of backend engineers, fostering ownership, technical excellence, and collaborative growth.
• Drive the architecture, design, and delivery of high-scale core services in a multi-tenant SaaS environment.
• Champion best practices in distributed systems, observability, orchestration, and agile delivery.
• Take full ownership of key platform components, from roadmap decisions to production reliability.
• Bridge technical execution with business impact, collaborating cross-functionally to solve real-world scalability challenges.

Requirements

• 2+ years leading an engineering team, with proven success in driving technical standards, mentoring engineers, and accelerating professional growth.
• 5+ years of hands-on backend (or full-stack) development, with deep expertise in Node.js for building scalable services.
• Strong practical experience in AWS ecosystems, including Kubernetes for orchestration, MongoDB for data persistence, and RabbitMQ for messaging/reliable queues.
• Solid understanding of the challenges of distributed systems in multi-tenant SaaS.
• Track record of full ownership on complex services: architecture design → implementation → scaling in production.
• Experience as a technical focal point/mentor, promoting Agile (Scrum/Kanban) and a high-accountability culture.
• Excellent communication to align engineering with business priorities.

Culture & Benefits

• Own systems that are foundational to hirify.global’s platform stability, global scale, and AI-driven analytics innovation.
• Enjoy the best of both worlds: Hands-on coding + leadership, no forced shift to management-only; stay technical while growing as a leader.
• Work in a modern, distributed SaaS environment with cutting-edge cloud tech (AWS/K8s-heavy stack) and a passionate team obsessed with engineering excellence.
• Thrive in a growth-oriented culture that invests in long-term development; we value learning, teamwork, and helping people evolve.