R&D Director of Engineering

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The Role
Leads multiple engineering management and development teams responsible for subscription management products. Defines engineering strategy, workflows, quality standards, and AI enablement initiatives while fostering automation and continuous improvement. Partners with product, sales, finance, executives, and customers to align business goals, product adoption, and engineering priorities. Oversees scalable SaaS delivery across cloud and hybrid-cloud environments and promotes platform engineering practices.
Summary Generated by Built In

At JFrog, we’re building the DevOps and Software Supply Chain security solutions to help the world’s greatest companies innovate: and we want you along for the ride. This is a special place with a unique combination of brilliance, spirit, and just all-around great people. Here, if you’re willing to do more, your career can take off. And since software plays a central role in everyone’s lives, you’ll be part of an important mission. Thousands of customers, including the majority of the Fortune 100, trust JFrog to manage, accelerate, and secure their software delivery from code to production: a concept we call “liquid software.” Wouldn't it be amazing if you could join us on our journey?

We are seeking a visionary Director of Engineering with a strong product mindset to lead the strategy, development, and scaling of our subscription management products.

As a Director of Engineering at JFrog, you will... 
  • Build, lead, and mentor multiple cross-functional teams of managers and developers to deliver a scalable and reliable product
  • Foster a culture of collaboration, automation, and continuous improvement within the engineering organization
  • Define and implement procedures and workflows that will enable rapid innovation while ensuring enterprise-grade quality of the delivered product
  • Own the AI enablement vision for your organization: identify where AI can meaningfully accelerate the software development lifecycle, build the roadmap, and drive hands-on execution
  • Act as a key partner to business stakeholders–product, sales, finance, and executive leadership–in translating business goals into engineering strategy and representing engineering priorities in company-wide decisions
  • Partner with engineering leaders, product teams, and business stakeholders to ensure successful product adoption by customers
To be a Director of Engineering at JFrog, you need... 
  • 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 5 years in leadership roles managing diverse R&D teams (including managing managers)
  • Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder and customer management skills
  • Proven track record of delivering scalable cloud / SaaS services and operating in multi-cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) and hybrid-cloud environments - advantage
  • Experience working in Agile or DevOps-focused organizations
  • Passion for empowering developers and enabling productivity through platform engineering

Skills Required

  • 10+ years of experience in software engineering
  • At least 5 years in leadership roles managing diverse R&D teams, including managers
  • Exceptional leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and customer management skills
  • Proven experience delivering scalable cloud or SaaS services
  • Experience operating in multi-cloud environments including AWS, Azure, and GCP
  • Experience operating in hybrid-cloud environments
  • Experience working in Agile or DevOps-focused organizations
  • Experience or passion for platform engineering and developer productivity enablement

JFrog Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about JFrog and has not been reviewed or approved by JFrog.

  • Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive overall, with many indicating they feel paid fairly relative to their roles. Compensation sentiment appears to have improved recently.
  • Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity grants and an employee stock purchase plan are commonly part of offers, adding meaningful value to total rewards. These components are highlighted alongside base pay as reasons packages are viewed favorably.
  • Healthcare Strength — U.S. medical, dental, and vision coverage are characterized as comprehensive and high quality. Employer-verified listings reinforce strong core health coverage.

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The Company
HQ: Sunnyvale, California
1,603 Employees
Year Founded: 2008

What We Do

JFrog Ltd. (Nasdaq: FROG), is on a mission to create a world of software delivered without friction from developer to device. Driven by a “Liquid Software” vision, the JFrog Software Supply Chain Platform is a single system of record that powers organizations to build, manage, and distribute software quickly and securely, ensuring it is available, traceable, and tamper-proof. The integrated security features also help identify, protect, and remediate against threats and vulnerabilities. JFrog’s hybrid, universal, multi-cloud platform is available as both self-hosted and SaaS services across major cloud service providers. Millions of users and 7K+ customers worldwide, including a majority of the FORTUNE 100, depend on JFrog solutions to securely embrace digital transformation. Once you leap forward, you won’t go back!

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