Remote Product Engineering Lead: Scale a Global P2P App

Jobgether SRL; South Africa; Remote; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Global team

CTO collaboration

Engineering ownership

Job summary

Keet, based in South Africa, seeks a Product Engineering Lead to steer API and frontend teams building a global peer-to-peer messaging and video-calling product. You will collaborate with product leadership, report to the CTO, and own architectural decisions for scalable, privacy-focused features.

This role blends leadership with hands-on technical influence, emphasizing local-first design and rapid delivery, while mentoring engineers and shaping standards across distributed teams.

Qualifications

• Senior-level engineering leadership experience.
• Proven track record delivering consumer-facing products at scale.
• Strong collaboration with product teams and CTO-level partner.

Responsibilities

• Lead the API and frontend engineering teams day to day, removing blockers and maintaining momentum.
• Establish high standards for engineering quality, performance, reliability, and API design.
• Own the technical design of product features and the API boundary between core and frontend.

Skills

Leadership

JavaScript

React

Product sense

Distributed systems

Mentoring

Tools

React

Job description

Keet, based in South Africa, seeks a Product Engineering Lead to steer API and frontend teams building a global peer-to-peer messaging and video-calling product. You will collaborate with product leadership, report to the CTO, and own architectural decisions for scalable, privacy-focused features.

This role blends leadership with hands-on technical influence, emphasizing local-first design and rapid delivery, while mentoring engineers and shaping standards across distributed teams.