R&D Team Leader

About Cellebrite:

Cellebrite’s (Nasdaq: CLBT) mission is to enable its global customers to protect and save lives by enhancing digital investigations and intelligence gathering to accelerate justice in communities around the world.

Cellebrite’s AI-powered Digital Investigation Platform enables customers to lawfully access, collect, analyze and share digital evidence in legally sanctioned investigations while preserving data privacy. Thousands of public safety organizations, intelligence agencies and businesses rely on Cellebrite’s digital forensic and investigative solutions — available via cloud, on-premises and hybrid deployments — to close cases faster and safeguard communities.

To learn more, visit us at www.cellebrite.com

, https://investors.cellebrite.com/investors

and find us on social media @Cellebrite.

About the Role:

We are looking for an experienced and motivated R&D Team Leader to join our engineering organization.

This role combines hands-on technical leadership with team management responsibilities, leading the development of a complex and scalable solution.

The ideal candidate will guide the team in building high-quality products while driving architectural decisions and ensuring strong engineering practices.

If you are passionate about technology, excited about AI innovation, and thrive in a proactive, ownership-driven environment - we’d love to meet you.

Responsibilities:

People Leadership & Team Development:

• Lead hiring processes and build a strong, high-performing team.
• Provide regular feedback to team and conduct 1:1 meetings to support professional growth, especially of junior team members.
• Facilitate and lead team rituals to foster collaboration, alignment, and continuous improvement.
  
  

• Demonstrate proficiency in the team’s technologies and guide technical direction.
• Own the delivery of high-quality solutions, reviewing code and designs, while remaining fully hands-on.
• Drive sprint planning and execution, ensuring timely delivery of features with high quality and low defect rates.
• Identify, communicate, and escalate risks and blockers to maintain progress.
  
  

• Understand the product and user domain, ensuring team work aligns with product goals and customer needs.
• Work closely with Product Managers, designers, and QA to ensure alignment and smooth development.
• Communicate updates and progress transparently to stakeholders.
• Adjust team priorities and plans in response to changing circumstances and constraints.
  
  

• Encourage the team to experiment and try new approaches to solving problems.
• Explore and promote the use of generative AI tools (e.g., Copilot, ChatGPT) to enhance coding, documentation, and daily workflows.
• Make data-informed decisions, balancing priorities, technical constraints, and business needs.
  
  

• 2+ years of experience as a Team Leader managing software development teams.
• Strong hands-on experience with Node.js.
• Strong architectural and system design skills.
• Experience building and maintaining scalable applications.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.
• Proactive, self-driven, and accountable personality.
• Passion for AI technologies and eagerness to integrate AI-driven solutions into products.
  
  

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Experience working with AWS.
• Experience integrating AI/ML capabilities into production systems.
• Experience working with PostgreSQL.