Oded Bahar – Engineering Leader

Summary

Engineering Leader and Executive MBA graduate with 20+ years of experience designing, scaling, and operating complex SaaS ecosystems. Specialized in bridging R&D and Production Engineering, leading high‑scale cloud environments, and building developer‑centric platforms. Proven ability to modernize legacy systems, enable autonomous engineering teams, and drive organizational growth through infrastructure innovation and strategic leadership.

Core Strengths

Infrastructure & Scale: Cloud Production Management, High Availability, SLA Ownership, DR/Failover
Leadership: Team Building (10–30+), Mentorship, Strategic Planning, Agile/CD
Technical Expertise: SaaS Architecture, Distributed Systems, Java, Node.js, PHP
Business & Strategy: Executive MBA, Cost Optimization, Organizational Growth, Technical Vision

Experience

Head of R&D — Amadeus Global Travel Ltd (2016–Present)

Lead multi‑disciplinary engineering group building mission‑critical SaaS tools.
Own high‑traffic cloud production with 99.9% SLA.
Built internal self‑service infra enabling autonomous deployments.
Designed modern CI/CD orchestration reducing deployment risk.
Modernized legacy systems into cloud‑native architectures (Java, PHP, Node.js).
Managed $1M+ annual budget with cloud cost optimization.

CTO — VideoJam (2014–2016)

Designed backend systems supporting millions of concurrent video requests.
Led engineering team of 8, building ownership and high‑standards culture.
Architected scalable real‑time solutions using Node.js and Java.

R&D Manager — DMG Ltd (2007–2014)

Managed distributed R&D across local and offshore teams.
Led development of multi‑region ad‑tech platforms.
Drove transition to Continuous Delivery, increasing deployment velocity.
Pioneered early adoption of cloud‑based production environments.

Technical Skills

Languages: Java (Spring Boot), Node.js, PHP, C#, Classic ASP

Infra/DevOps: Cloud Management, CI/CD, Release Orchestration, Scaling

Databases: MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, MSSQL

Systems: Linux, SaaS Architecture, Public Cloud Environments

Education

Executive MBA, College of Management — Distinction (2020)

B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, University of Herefordshire — Distinction (1996)

Practical Engineer (Mechanical), Tel‑Aviv University (1992)