Product Engineering Lead, 100% Remote

Tether.to

. Lead the teams building QV.AC features and app experience on top of the local AI stack .

Posted 10/9/2026full-timeRemote • IrelandSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong engineering leadership and product partnership, with expertise in managing teams that develop AI-powered consumer applications. Proficient in JavaScript and React, with a solid understanding of applied AI, local-model capabilities, and performance optimization.

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Engineering LeadershipJavaScript ProficiencyReact ExpertiseAI Tools UtilizationProduct Management Collaboration

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Hard Skills

JavaScriptReactAPI DesignAI ToolsOn-Device InferenceModel EvaluationCross-Platform DevelopmentPerformance OptimizationFeature DeliveryTechnical Design

Soft Skills

Strong Product SenseCuriosityResilienceDirect CritiqueTeam Mentoring

Industry Keywords

AI-Powered AppsConsumer ProductsLocal-Model CapabilitiesDeep TechCode Reviews

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

JavaScriptOpen SourceReact

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the teams building QV.AC features and app experience on top of the local AI stack
Report directly to the CTO and take direction from product
Run app and feature teams day to day by unblocking, reviewing, and maintaining delivery momentum
Set and maintain high engineering standards for performance, reliability, and clean APIs
Own technical design of features and the API surface between the AI core and app
Coordinate with AI research and deep tech teams on code reviews, design, models, and inference
Partner with product managers to turn vision and roadmap into scoped, buildable work
Challenge unrealistic scope and propose better implementation paths
Advise product decisions on local-model capabilities and limitations
Use AI tools and rapid prototypes to validate ideas
Create clarity around team goals and success criteria
Mentor team leads and improve team operating systems and cross-team collaboration
Balance approximately 70% engineering leadership with 30% product partnership

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience managing engineers or engineering leads who ship consumer products, ideally AI-powered apps
Strong product sense
Intuition for applied AI and on-device constraints, including model size, latency, memory, and battery
Ability to distinguish reliable features from demos
Ability to use AI tools heavily and experiment with new models and capabilities
Deep JavaScript and React knowledge
Initiative, curiosity, resilience, and ability to give and receive direct critique
Preferred: experience with local or on-device inference, LLM evals, cross-platform mobile and desktop apps, or open source
Excellent English communication skills

Benefits

Comp & perks

Remote work
Collaboration with a global team
Opportunity to work on innovative fintech, blockchain, and privacy-preserving AI products
Opportunity to work with cutting-edge local, on-device AI technology
Professional growth through mentoring and leadership responsibilities