Tech Lead

Tavily; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech-focused company is seeking a Tech Lead in Abu Dhabi to establish a new office. This role involves leading a team, building scalable systems, and driving AI infrastructure development. Ideal candidates will have expertise in backend systems, cloud architectures, and experience in mentoring technical teams, enhancing collaboration and performance in a startup environment.

Benefits

Collaborative work culture

Relocation package including flights and housing

Medical insurance for employees and families

Continuous learning environment

Qualifications

• Proven expertise in backend and distributed systems, focusing on scalable infrastructure.
• Hands-on experience designing and deploying AI agents in production environments.
• Deep understanding of retrieval strategies and context optimization.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a technical team for excellence and collaboration.
• Build systems that enable scaling and high-quality outcomes.
• Stay hands-on with infrastructure and guide technical direction.

Skills

Backend systems expertise (Python, APIs, AWS, Kubernetes)

AI agents experience

Complex system design

Database management (Snowflake, MongoDB, Redis)

Cloud-native architectures on AWS

Job description

The Role: Tech Lead (Abu Dhabi, On-Site)

We’re looking for a Tech Lead to join Tavily and establish our new office in Abu Dhabi. You’ll lead a growing team of around 12 technical professionals and play a central role in building the foundation for Tavily’s operations in the region.

This is a high-impact leadership role for someone with deep technical expertise and proven management experience who thrives in fast-paced, high-ownership environments.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and mentor a diverse technical team, ensuring excellence and collaboration

• Build processes and systems that enable the team to scale efficiently and deliver high-quality outcomes

• Stay hands-on with infrastructure and system architecture while guiding technical direction across the Abu Dhabi office

• Collaborate with leadership to align local priorities with Tavily’s global strategy

• Drive best practices in system reliability, scalability, and performance

• Help shape the culture and growth of Tavily’s new international office

What You Bring

• Proven expertise in backend and distributed systems (Python, APIs, AWS, Kubernetes/Argo), with a strong focus on building scalable and reliable infrastructure

• Hands-on experience designing and deploying AI agents or RAG workflows in production environments

• Deep understanding of retrieval strategies (dense, sparse, hybrid), context optimization, and methods to reduce hallucinations

• Familiarity with modern agent frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, or equivalent in-house systems

• Demonstrated ability to design, own, and evolve complex system architectures

• Track record of mentoring and leading multidisciplinary technical teams, setting direction and driving execution

• Experience building and operating real-time, low-latency, large-scale systems

• Strong background with databases such as Snowflake, MongoDB, and Redis

• Practical experience with cloud-native architectures on AWS, from design to deployment

• Comfortable thriving in fast-paced, high-ownership startup environments

Perks & Benefits

Full-time employees in our Abu Dhabi office are entitled to the following benefits:

• An open, inclusive, and collaborative work culture where every individual has impact from the outset

• The opportunity to contribute to a fast-growing team operating at the forefront of agentic AI

• A family-friendly relocation package to Abu Dhabi, including flights, housing, health insurance, and educational support for children

• Medical insurance coverage extended to employees and their families

• A work environment that values deep focus, intellectual curiosity, and continuous learning