Product Engineering Lead — On-Device AI & Consumer Apps

Tether.io; United Arab Emirates; Remote; AED 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Tether is seeking a Product Engineering Lead to guide the QV.AC project, turning vision into reliable, on-device AI features. You will lead teams that build core app experiences on the local AI stack, reporting to the CTO and partnering with product to define the what and why.

You combine consumer product shipping experience with strong technical leadership, mentoring, and a deep understanding of AI constraints, latency, and resource usage.

Qualifications

• Experience leading engineers who ship consumer AI powered apps.
• Strong product sense to distinguish good features.
• Intuition for applied AI and on-device constraints.
• Proficiency in JavaScript and React.
• Ability to give and receive direct critique.

Responsibilities

• Lead the app and feature teams day to day, unblock and ship.
• Set and uphold a high engineering bar for performance and APIs.
• Own the technical design of features and API surface with AI core.
• Collaborate with AI research and deep tech teams on design and reviews.
• Bridge product vision with engineering execution and delivery.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Product sense

AI on-device

JavaScript

React

Mentoring

Cross-functional

Tools

Local AI stack

Job description

Tether is seeking a Product Engineering Lead to guide the QV.AC project, turning vision into reliable, on-device AI features. You will lead teams that build core app experiences on the local AI stack, reporting to the CTO and partnering with product to define the what and why.

You combine consumer product shipping experience with strong technical leadership, mentoring, and a deep understanding of AI constraints, latency, and resource usage.