Head of Product Development

Confidential Company; Dubai; On-site; AED 335,000 - 614,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential Company seeks a Product Technical Leader to own the full product lifecycle and drive an AI-first roadmap. You will collaborate with founders and customers to translate needs into features, mentor the dev team, and ensure scalable MERN-based solutions.

You will oversee cloud infrastructure on AWS, promote modern architecture and CI/CD, and push AI-assisted workflows to accelerate delivery and future-ready development.

Qualifications

• Strong expertise in MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, Node.js (MERN).
• Mandatory experience in AI-assisted coding, LLMs, or ML integrations.
• Strong experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudFront, IAM, VPC).
• Strong understanding of architecture, microservices, and system design.
• Proven leadership and product leadership experience in SaaS environments.

Responsibilities

• Own the full product lifecycle and deliver a strong aligned product roadmap.
• Lead and mentor the development team, setting modern best practices.
• Oversee development using the MERN Stack and contribute directly when needed.
• Manage AWS cloud infrastructure and ensure reliable deployment pipelines.
• Drive AI-driven innovation and integrate AI tools, ML models, and automation frameworks.

Skills

AI-assisted coding

LLMs / ML integrations

SaaS development

Leadership

Product mindset

Communication

Tools

MongoDB

Express.js

React.js

Node.js

MERN

Python

AWS

CI/CD

Microservices

Job description

Product Technical Leadership

Own the full product lifecycle and deliver a strong aligned product roadmap Work closely with founders and customers to translate needs into features Lead and mentor the development team setting modern best practices Drive an strong AI-first workflow ensuring fast efficient and future-ready development

Engineering Development

Oversee development using the MERN Stack and contribute directly when needed Support Python-based and AI-integrated projects Ensure clean architecture scalability and high performance Implement version control CI CD automated testing and quality standards

Cloud Infrastructure DevOps

Manage infrastructure hosted on AWS and ensure reliable deployment pipelines Optimize performance scalability cost and security Oversee system health uptime and disaster recovery readiness

AI-Driven Innovation

Integrate AI tools ML models automation frameworks and next-gen methodologies Replace slow traditional coding habits with fast modern AI-assisted workflows Identify and deliver AI-powered product features

Requirements Technical Skills

Strong expertise in MongoDB Express js React js Node js MERN Solid experience with Python Mandatory experience in AI-assisted coding LLMs or ML integrations Strong experience with AWS services EC2 S3 RDS Lambda CloudFront IAM VPC Strong understanding of architecture microservices and system design

Leadership Product Experience

Proven experience leading development or product teams Strong product mindset with the ability to turn business needs into tech solutions Experience in SaaS development is a major plus Excellent communication and decision-making skills Strong expertise in MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, Node.js (MERN).Solid experience with Python.Mandatory experience in AI-assisted coding, LLMs, or ML integrations.Strong experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudFront, IAM, VPC).Strong understanding of architecture, microservices, and system design.Proven experience leading development or product teams.