Remote Product Engineering Lead - P2P Messenger Platform

Tether; La Pampa; Remote; ARS 185,448,000 - 293,627,000; Full time

Job summary

Keet is a fully peer-to-peer messaging and video calling app built on Holepunch's P2P stack. There are no servers, no middlemen, and no data harvesting. People talk directly to each other, with end-to-end encryption by design.

This role leads the engineering teams building Keet's features and reports to the CTO. You will own the how and the engineering bar, shaping features with product, and guiding a 70/30 split between engineering leadership and product.

Qualifications

• Experience leading engineers who ship consumer products, preferably in chat, calling, or social apps.
• Strong product sense to distinguish good features from busy ones.
• Deep knowledge of distributed and local-first systems; offline-first and eventual consistency conceptual
• Expertise in JavaScript and React development.
• Bonus experience with CRDTs, sync engines, offline-capable apps or open source projects.

Responsibilities

• Run the API and frontend teams day to day: unblock, review, and keep them shipping.
• Set and hold a high engineering bar for performance, reliability, and clean APIs.
• Own the technical design of features and the API surface between Keet's core and the app.
• Ensure API team collaborates with deep tech teams on reviews and design touches the engine.
• Collaborate with product managers to translate vision into scoped, buildable work.
• Push back when scope and reality diverge and propose better paths.
• Provide engineering perspective in product decisions, especially for P2P opportunities.
• Leverage AI tools and rapid prototypes to validate ideas before committing.
• Create clarity around team goals and ensure everyone understands success.
• Mentor team leads to build strong operating systems and cross-team collaboration.
• Lead by example and roll up sleeves when needed.

Skills

JavaScript

React

Engineering leadership

Product sense

Distributed systems

Local-first design

Communication

CRDTs

Open source

Offline-first apps

Job description

Keet is a fully peer-to-peer messaging and video calling app built on Holepunch's P2P stack. There are no servers, no middlemen, and no data harvesting. People talk directly to each other, with end-to-end encryption by design.

This role leads the engineering teams building Keet's features and reports to the CTO. You will own the how and the engineering bar, shaping features with product, and guiding a 70/30 split between engineering leadership and product.