Director R&D

Fetcherr experts in deep learning, algo, e-commerce, and digitization, Fetcherr disrupts traditional systems with its cutting-edge AI technology. At its core is the Large Market Model (LMM), an adaptable AI engine that forecasts demand and market trends with precision, empowering real-time decision-making. Specializing initially in the airline industry, Fetcherr aims to revolutionize industries with dynamic AI-driven solutions.

As Director of R&D, you will serve as a senior technical and organizational leader, helping to scale Fetcherr's data-driven products and engineering capabilities. This is a hybrid role combining technical authority, strategic vision, and operational excellence. You will co-lead the R&D organization, work directly with customers, and be instrumental in shaping cross-functional, product-focused engineering teams.

We’re looking for a leader who’s both visionary and hands-on, able to drive execution, foster innovation, and build high-performance engineering cultures at scale.

Responsibilities:

Strategic & Technical Leadership

• Act as a senior technical authority in data architecture, analytics, monitoring, and system design.
• Collaborate with the VP of R&D to define and execute the company’s technical roadmap.
• Drive innovation, process improvement, and change management across engineering and data science teams.
• Scale the R&D team in line with Fetcherr’s rapid growth.
  
  

• Design and refine engineering processes to improve reliability, velocity, and quality.
• Champion data quality, validation, and analytics engineering practices.
• Reduce cloud infrastructure costs through architectural optimization and engineering discipline.
• Lead the transformation from functional silos to multidisciplinary product teams.
  
  

• Serve as a technical interface to customers, understanding their needs and translating them into product and technical strategies.
• Represent R&D in customer discussions, guiding prioritization and product development with a real-world impact lens.
  
  

• Lead and mentor remote and distributed teams, fostering alignment, engagement, and accountability.
• Promote a collaborative, analytical, hands-on culture across engineering, data science, and product.
• Partner closely with product and data stakeholders to deliver scalable, production-grade AI solutions.
  
  

• 3+ years managing team leads; 2+ years in a Director or Head of R&D role.
• Experience growing R&D teams at a startup or high-growth tech company.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional, remote-first teams.
  
  

• Strong background in data engineering, analytics, data science, or QA infrastructure.
• Familiarity with cloud-native architectures (preferably GCP).
• Experience in scaling systems, improving CI/CD, and working with ML or real-time data products.
  
  

• Ability to motivate, mentor, and grow high-performing teams.
• Strong communicator who can align technical and business stakeholders.
• Excellent English skills (spoken and written) – able to clearly communicate with global teams, customers, and leadership.
• Comfortable engaging directly with customers, partners, and executives.
  
  

• Hands-on and detail-oriented, with a “roll up your sleeves” attitude.
• Strategic thinker who can balance short-term wins with long-term scalability.
• Passion for building impactful, AI-driven products.