Full Stack Team Leader

Passionate about food? Eager to join a dynamic SaaS startup shaping the food and beverage industry? Tastewise is just the place for you. 

Tastewise: The GenAI-powered consumer data platform revolutionizing product strategies and driving success for major brands like Nestle, Pepsi, and Campbell’s. With insights from billions of data points, we empower our clients to create, market, and sell their products faster and more successfully.

Join this $10 trillion industry, where creativity and an entrepreneurial mindset drive daily success and reach the homes of billions of people in an industry where change isn't just a recipe but a way of life.  

Let's shape the future of food together.

About the role:

We’re looking for a Full Stack Team Leader to join our team and report directly to our VP R&D. This role sits at the intersection of engineering, product, and business—transforming real strategic challenges from global food & beverage leaders into scalable platform capabilities.

You’ll lead a high-impact team of 5 engineers, owning end-to-end delivery while staying close to both the code and the customer. As a growing startup, we’re looking for someone who is excited by breadth, ambiguity, and the opportunity to help shape our R&D organization's evolution over time.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of full-stack engineers, fostering collaboration, growth, and technical excellence.
• Balance short-term customer deliverables with long-term platform development and scalability.
• Partner closely with Product to shape the roadmap using real-world customer insights and strategic needs.
• Drive technical decision-making that supports both immediate project goals and broader platform architecture.

Requirements:

• At least 3 years of experience leading engineering teams, with a strong track record of mentoring, motivating, and delivering results through others.
• Strong hands-on background in full-stack development, with deep experience building and maintaining production-grade systems.
• Proven expertise with React and Node.js, including designing user-facing applications and scalable, high-performance backend services.
• Solid understanding of system architecture, API design, and modern development best practices.
• Experience working closely with Product, stakeholders, and customers to translate business needs into technical solutions.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with generative AI platforms such as OpenAI, Anthropic, or LangChain, as well as AI engineering companions like Cursor or Claude Code
• Strong system design and architecture skills with an eye for performance, scalability, and maintainability
• Familiarity with cloud platforms and modern DevOps practices
• Understanding of data engineering fundamentals and best practices

Please note that this role is a hybrid role, 4 days/week in our Tel-Aviv office.