Software Team Lead – Streaming

LiveU is the global leader in live streaming and remote production, delivering high-quality, low-latency live broadcast solutions worldwide. We generate and process massive volumes of real-time device telemetry, operational data, and business metrics. We are looking for Software Team Lead – Streaming to join our R&D Department The Role You'll lead a team of four experienced software engineers developing real-time video, audio and data streaming solutions across LiveU's field encoders and backend systems. This is a hands-on technical leadership role for a strong software engineer who enjoys building complex systems, making architectural decisions and helping others grow. You'll take ownership of technical direction and delivery, contribute directly to production code, and drive the team's adoption of AI-powered development practices. What You'll Do Lead technical design. Drive architectural decisions across real-time media processing, networking, device management and software upgrades, collaborating with architects and other engineering teams. Stay hands-on. Design, implement, debug and review production code. Lead by example through strong engineering practices, testing and code quality. Own delivery. Lead projects from requirements through release, including technical planning, estimation, risk management and release readiness. Work closely with QA, Product and Project teams. Lead and grow engineers. Provide technical guidance, mentor team members, encourage ownership and support their professional development. Build a culture of collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement. Drive AI-powered development. Lead the adoption of AI coding agents throughout the development lifecycle, from planning and implementation to testing and code review. Establish effective workflows while maintaining high standards for quality, security and maintainability. Collaborate across R&D. Work closely with hardware, Product and neighboring engineering teams to align technical decisions, dependencies and priorities. Location: Kfar Saba (hybrid model) Requirements: 6+ years of hands-on software development, including experience as a Software Team Lead with a strong technical background and a proven record of leading engineers and technical initiatives. Hands-on experience using AI coding agents in software development, including the ability to critically evaluate and validate AI-generated code. Strong programming skills, preferably in C++ and/or Python, with solid software design and debugging capabilities. Experience developing complex systems involving real-time processing, networking or embedded Linux. Strong architectural judgment, problem-solving skills and experience delivering production software. Ability to mentor engineers, provide technical direction and take ownership of team deliverables. Strong communication and collaboration skills across engineering and Product teams. Advantages Experience with video/audio streaming technologies and protocols, multithreading, performance optimization and network troubleshooting. Experience working across embedded devices, hardware and backend systems. Experience building reusable AI tooling, including agent skills, MCP integrations and code-context solutions. Experience introducing AI-driven engineering workflows across teams and measuring their effectiveness.