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Liat Malka

@liatmalka

Engineering leader guiding multi-site teams to ship scalable distributed products and accelerate AI with agile delivery.

Portugal

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to lead a group of engineering managers in order to ship scalable distributed products, align delivery with business goals, and accelerate AI adoption—while mentoring engineers and driving measurable time-to-market and quality improvements.

I’m an R&D Director and Technology Leader who builds and scales high-performing, multi-site engineering teams. I bring a strong mix of vision, leadership, and agile delivery to consistently drive successful project outcomes.

Across my roles, I’ve aligned engineering delivery to business goals and set architectural standards for large-scale distributed systems and service-oriented architectures. I focus on measurable progress—improving delivery time by 24%, time-to-market by 20%, user story velocity by 15%, and reducing rollout time-to-market by 60% through automation-first approaches.

I also lead AI adoption with a pragmatic, delivery-oriented mindset—building programs like company-wide Show & Tell and leading AI POCs to integrate tools (e.g., Copilot) that increased developer productivity by 25%. I’m deeply committed to mentoring senior engineers, strengthening engineering quality, and fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Engineering Manager

Current

USERCENTRICS

Nov 2025 - Present (8 months)

Leading two engineering teams in the server-side tracking product within the Google Cloud (GCP) and GKE ecosystem, improving delivery time by 24%. Founded and directs a company-wide Show & Tell program to accelerate engineering velocity through practical AI upskilling and tracking AI impacts on delivery, productivity, and quality.

Engineering Leadership Agile Delivery Google Cloud AI Tools Process Improvement KPI Tracking

R&D Director & Tech Lead

Aristocrat Interactive

Jan 2024 - Nov 2025 (1 year 10 months)

Led and coordinated multiple squads across distributed locations within the US Lottery tribe, improving time-to-market (TTM) of core products by 20%. Championed quality and innovation through an AI POC team integrating Copilot to increase developer productivity by 25%.

Engineering Leadership Agile At Scale Time To Market (TTM)Architecture Alignment Microsoft Copilot Developer Productivity

R&D Director & Tech Lead

NEOGAMES

Jan 2021 - Dec 2023 (2 years 11 months)

Scaled and led multiple squads within a new tribe, mentoring and growing managers and technical experts. Drove architecture and solution design while enforcing coding and architecture standards, improving user story velocity by 15% and reducing time-to-market for game rollouts by 60%.

Engineering Leadership Solution Architecture Coding Standards Software Architecture Performance Tuning

Group & Engineering Leader

NEOGAMES

Jan 2020 - Dec 2020 (11 months)

Headed a cross-site group of backend and automation engineers, increasing delivery efficiency by 20% through targeted training. Reduced automation failures by 70% by redesigning the codebase and adjusting work processes to meet organizational quality standards.

Engineering Leadership Backend Engineering Automation Training Codebase Redesign Process Improvement Quality Standards

Chapter Expert & Product Manager

NEOGAMES

Mar 2015 - Jan 2020 (4 years 10 months)

Dual technical leadership and product management role leading two agile teams (DBG and Backend Game Engines), reducing delivery time by 30% through team restructuring and skill development. Served as Technical Product Manager for iLottery projects by defining requirements and setting priorities for the US Lottery group.

Agile Delivery Technical Product Management Requirements Definition Prioritization Stakeholder Management