Senior Engineering Contributor

This role is designed for former engineering leaders (IC or EM) or founders who are comfortable owning end-to-end technical outcomes but specifically want to continue being impactful as individual contributors and spend more time in the code. You'll work on a small, high-caliber team (2–5 engineers and a PM) building AI products for our clients. You'll set technical direction, write code, and be the person the team looks to when something is hard. You'll spend roughly 75% of your time in code and 25% working directly with clients — often their CTOs — understanding problems, walking through tradeoffs, and making sure what we’re building meets their needs.

What You Bring:

• 8+ years of engineering experience, with deep care for the craft. You've shipped multiple complete products end-to-end and write elegant, production-ready code across multiple disciplines.
• Specific interest in applying software engineering fundamentals to AI systems. You care about balancing frontier model capabilities with good system design.
• Comfort talking with senior technical stakeholders. You navigate conversations skillfully, and care about people using what you build.
• High ownership mindset. You jump in without instruction, embrace a 'no job too big, no job too small' mindset, and want to shape strategy and culture.
• Low ego, high integrity. You help others and ask for help. You hold a high bar for honesty – with yourself and your team.

Location: UAE
Work Arrangement: 4 days in-person, Fridays remote