Engineering Team Lead

🚨 We're Hiring: HandsOn Senior/Team Leader of Engineering and AI with deep experience in

• Distributed systems and architecture design & scale
• DevOps & infrastructure
• AI/ML, LLMs, MLOps
• Experience in the domain of video, data streaming and computer vision

Location: Tel Aviv / Hybrid / Remote

Company: Argu.ai

Seniority: Very Senior / Founding Engineer / VP

Who We're Looking For

We're building Argu.ai – a top tier startup that's backed by the world's top investors.

We redefine how machines understand video and real-world environments.

We're looking for a super-star technical leader. HandsOn by nature, with management and team leadership skills. This is a chance to design, develop and deploy innovative technologies that pushes boundaries.

You will lead and build solutions that impact millions of lives in some of the most known and high-profile places on earth.

You need to come from this world - scaling infrastructure, building mission-critical systems, managing HUGE volumes of data and leading your team mates.

What You'll Own

• Architect, build, and scale on-prem and cloud distributed systems
• Lead infrastructure design and building for video streaming at scale (RTSP, WebRTC, HLS)
• Build systems that support insanely high data traffic, especially streaming data
• Drive DevOps excellence: Kubernetes, Docker, Ansible, Terraform, Graphana, Redis, Kafka, RabbitMQ. We require full control with industry leading tools.
• Oversee modern CI/CD, monitoring, logging, and full observability stacks
• Own the ML/AI infrastructure - model training, LLM ops, fine-tuning, data pipelines
• Be hands-on - from architecture to deployment, own every line of code.
• Build and lead the internal engineering team. Hire. Mentor. Lead.
• Shape the technical vision alongside the company leadership.

Your Skill Set

• 6+ years building scalable backend and infra systems (cloud/on-prem)
• Experience scaling platforms from 0 to 1M+ users
• Deep knowledge of:
• Kubernetes, Docker, Ansible
• RabbitMQ, Spark, Redis, PostgreSQL
• Video streaming protocols: RTSP, HLS, WebRTC
• Python for backend, ML, and AI (TensorFlow, PyTorch, etc.)
• Proven experience with LLMs, ML pipelines, and AI/ML Ops
• You’ve built real-time systems, handled tens of thousands of concurrent streams
• You’ve led high-caliber teams, and know how to balance speed, quality, and scale
• Proven record in performing and managing development tasks using modern methodologies (Agile, Waterfall)
• You thrive under ownership. You lead by doing. You're not afraid to rewrite half the stack if needed.

Nice to Haves:

• Knowledge and experience in Go programming
• Deep experience in managing GPU-related architecture

What You’ll Get

• Founder-level impact
• Work directly with the CTO and CEO.
• Literally affect people's lives (!)
• A company with real traction and vision
• A smart, no-bullshit culture
• A rewarding and compensating place that honors you, every day.

Apply If You Are:

• An elite technical leader who wants to build category-defining systems
• Excited about scaling both systems and teams
• Looking to be a part of something that affects people's lives. Knowing that every feature you build is being used by militaries, governments, and Fortune 500 companies.
• Passionate about AI/ML, distributed systems, and infrastructure that scales