AppsFlyer is known for its massive backend production. At any given moment thousands of servers are consuming 200 billion mobile app events daily crunching our users data serving requests and communicating on a massive scale. To achieve such scale our data & microservice architecture is built with the best and latest cutting-edge technologies such as Go Kafka GraphQL Neo4j Redis BigQuery AWS and many more

The SaasLab group is part of the AFOS (AppsFlyer Operating System) unit which owns the SaaS platform and control plane of AppsFlyer the foundational layer that manages users accounts billing API gateway authentication permissions and business integrations. SaasLabs systems serve as the backbone for every product and feature at AppsFlyer handling millions of API calls daily and supporting thousands of enterprise customers worldwide.

We are looking for an R&D Group Lead to take ownership of the SaasLab group leading multiple engineering teams responsible for the core platform services that every AppsFlyer product depends on. You will drive the technical vision and execution or architectural transformation while ensuring the reliability and scalability of AppsFlyers SaaS foundation.

The position requires a strong architectural mindset experience leading platform and infrastructure-level work and the ability to balance long-term technical strategy with continuous delivery of business value.

What youll do

• Lead and mentor a group of engineers and team leads across multiple domains (core entities access & API gateway billing & integrations) fostering growth in design architecture and people leadership
• Own the SaaS platform end to end ensuring high availability security and operational excellence of the systems that underpin every AppsFlyer product
• Drive and execute an architectural transformation: decoupling from legacy data stores building a resilient domain model and adopting modern patterns like GraphQL Federation
• Work closely with product managers and cross-functional stakeholders taking accountability for group deliveries and ensuring teams ship on time with excellent quality
• Lead technical initiatives processes methodologies and architectural decisions across the group
• Drive AI Products development SDLC and process improvements via cutting edge tools and methodologies
• Be a meaningful and major member of AFOS leadership team and influence the units engineering vision processes and culture

What you have

• 3 years of engineering leadership experience
• 10 years of development and design experience
• Deep experience with SaaS platform systems identity access management billing multi-tenancy API gateways or similar control-plane domains
• Experience working with high-scale distributed cloud-based architectures
• Strong architectural thinking with a track record of leading complex migrations or modernization initiatives
• Excellent analytical and interpersonal skills to work successfully with engineers product owners and business stakeholders
• Proven track record of hiring and managing high-performing engineering teams
• Experience being a part of strong leadership teams with excellent collaboration skills and a team-player approach
• High motivation can-do attitude and multi-tasking ability
• . in computer science or equivalent experience

Bonus Points

• Experience managing engineering managers
• Experience with GraphQL or graph databases (Neo4j)
• Experience with platform/infrastructure teams that serve internal engineering customers
• Experience in the ad-tech ecosystem preferably with hyper-scale systems
• Being introduced by an AppsFlyer employee

As a global company operating in 19 countries across 5 continents we reflect the human mosaic of the diverse and multicultural world in which we live. We ensure equal opportunities for all of our employees and promote the recruitment of diverse talents to our global teams without consideration of race gender culture or sexual orientation. We value and encourage curiosity diversity and innovation from all our employees customers and partners.
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