R&D Team Lead (hands-on)

The Mesh team is a group of innovators and leaders on a mission to make payments smarter, smoother, and more secure. We believe in building a transparent and dynamic world, and we highly invest in our people, customers, and product. We have a flexible work model, connecting people from multiple locations including the US, Europe, and Tel Aviv. We’re rapidly growing and always looking for talented people to be part of the Mesh team to help shape our product and culture. Join us on this journey in building the future of corporate travel and expense management!

We are looking for an R&D team leader to lead the development work on a core part of our product, As team lead at Mesh, you will lead your team to solve technical challenges and enable them to deliver high-quality software, in a fast-paced, agile environment. Mesh’s platform is used by hundreds of companies, processing billions of dollars monthly, and integrates with complex ERPs and platforms, with thousands of end-users. You will collaborate regularly with other leaders, engineers and product managers to drive the execution and make an impact, while addressing quality, performance and stability. 

What Will You Do:

• Lead an autonomous, cross-functional agile team of engineers in a dynamic environment.
• Own end-to-end development of features; from design to production - including monitoring, troubleshooting and maintenance - setting a high bar for quality, stability and performance.
• Mentor team members technically and professionally by offering constructive and on-going feedback.
• Serve as a force multiplier for your team by removing roadblocks, identifying and implementing process improvements, and delegating effectively
• Work closely with product managers through roadmap planning and on-going execution in an agile environment.
• Be part of the R&D leadership team.
• Coordinate between the product and your team to scope, estimate, plan, test and deliver end-to-end scalable features.
• Take a key role in the team’s roadmap planning - carefully and quickly evaluating high-level requirements from taking technical considerations into account to decision-making, prioritization and alignment with company-level and engineering objectives.
• Be hands-on, contributing to the code and troubleshooting challenges.

What Should You Have:

• 7+ years of experience in software development.
• At least 2 years of leadership experience, preferably in a startup environment.
• An Action-oriented and and can-do approach towards challenges, with the ability to take hands-on responsibilities to ensure deliverables are met on time.
• Experienced with object-oriented concepts and design patterns.
• In depth knowledge of industry standard best practices, development lifecycle processes and methodologies. Experience using agile methodology is a plus.
• Fluent in English with excellent written, verbal and presentation skills.
• Previous experience in a startup environment - a must