R&D Team Lead

At JFrog, we’re reinventing DevOps to help the world’s greatest companies innovate – and we want you along for the ride. 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.” Wouldn’t it be amazing if you could join us in our journey?

JFrog Security is looking for a talented R&D Team Leader to join our innovative development team. As a vital part of our mission to deliver leading security solutions, you will contribute to the development of security products that ensure the safety and integrity of our customers’ software throughout the entire lifecycle, from code development to runtime operations. If you thrive in dynamic environments, take ownership of features from end to end, and are eager to mentor and share knowledge with the team, this is the role for you!

To join us, you should demonstrate hands-on leadership while providing guidance and support, as well as assisting developers at the code level.

As an R&D Team Leader at JFrog Security, you will…

• Lead a team of 4-6 developers, working on large-scale, complex, and cutting-edge systems
• Manage the delivery of multiple, complex, simultaneous development projects from design to release
• Ensure that risks and issues are identified and managed closely, while driving all stakeholders to deliver on time and to the required quality standards
• Make key decisions to ensure the right effort for the successful implementation of all initiatives

To be an R&D Team Leader at JFrog Security, you need…

• At least 3 years of experience as a leader and at least 8 years as an engineer
• Experience in managing highly-skilled developers, and the ability to lead, coach, guide,  and influence them
• Proven experience in Python/Go/Java
• Experience in developing scalable, concurrent, low-latency, fault-tolerant systems
• Experience in SaaS/Cloud/Microservices architecture
• Strong track record of leading and managing the delivery of software development projects, meeting key milestones, and overcoming challenges
• Previous experience in both architecture and implementation-level software design of high-scale distributed systems
• Ability to manage, track, and identify risks, bottlenecks, and challenges ahead of time, and oversee technical coordination to resolve them
• Willingness to work with a driven team in a fast-paced, context-switching environment
• Proven, hands-on AI engineering experience – required in one or more of the following:
  • Building full production features using AI-native coding tools such as Cursor or Claude Code
  • Adapting the SDLC to leverage MCPs and AI Skills to measurably improve team productivity
  • Integrating agentic AI capabilities into production systems and user-facing features
• Advantage – Familiarity with the runtime cloud security domain for cloud‑native environments with a track record of shipping high‑impact capabilities