Technical Lead; Remote
UAE/Dubai
Listed on 2026-02-08
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Software Development
Software Engineer, Full Stack Developer
About Tether
Join Tether and shape the future of digital finance. At Tether, we pioneer a global financial revolution, empowering businesses from exchanges to ATMs to integrate reserve‑backed tokens across blockchains.
Our solutions deliver instant, secure, worldwide token storage, sending, and receiving at a fraction of the cost. Transparency is the bedrock of everything we do, ensuring trust in every transaction.
Why Join Us?Our team is a global talent powerhouse, working remotely from every corner of the world. If you’re passionate about making a mark in the fintech space, this is your opportunity to collaborate with some of the brightest minds, pushing boundaries and setting new standards.
We’ve grown fast, stayed lean, and secured our place as a leader in the industry. If you have excellent English communication skills and are ready to contribute to the most innovative platform on the planet, Tether is the place for you.
About The JobWe’re looking for a Technical Lead to lead our development efforts in building cross‑platform peer‑to‑peer applications using the Pear Runtime and the broader ecosystem created by Holepunch.
You’ll define technical direction, support engineers in day‑to‑day development, and act as the main liaison with Holepunch engineers – translating upstream developments into actionable work, coordinating releases, and contributing to the evolution of our peer‑to‑peer ecosystem.
What You’ll Work On- Act as the primary technical liaison between our dev team and the Holepunch engineers.
- Lead knowledge‑sharing sessions between the teams for everyone to stay up‑to‑date.
- Build and maintain flagship desktop (Electron) and mobile (React Native) applications that run fully peer‑to‑peer with zero central servers.
- Design beautiful, performant cross‑platform UX for file sharing, messaging, video calls, and collaborative tools.
- Integrate and extend the Pear Runtime / Holepunch stack (Hypercore, Hyperdrive, Hyperswarm, etc.).
- Ship new features rapidly, participate in code reviews, write tests, and optimize performance.
- Help external partners and the open‑source community build on the platform.
- Occasionally contribute improvements and bug fixes back to the underlying open‑source modules.
- Act as the primary technical liaison between our dev team and the Holepunch engineers.
- Lead knowledge‑sharing sessions between the teams for everyone to stay up‑to‑date.
- Translate product requirements into clear technical plans and architectures aligned with the Holepunch stack.
- Ensure our applications follow a modular approach and are designed according to best practices.
- Coordinate internal and external documentation and training plans.
- Coordinate consolidated feedback from our dev team and external projects to the Holepunch team.
- Guide and mentor the different engineering teams.
- Strong production experience with React Native and/or Electron (shipping apps that real users love).
- A strong background in building and managing modular codebases and creating reusable npm modules.
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Experience leading small development teams and coordinating with internal and external stakeholders.
- Experience with mobile application stores, browser stores or Desktop stores.
- Very comfortable with Node.js and modern JavaScript/Type Script ecosystems.
- Proven experience designing and building local‑first applications where the local data model is the primary source of truth.
- Hands‑on experience with local‑first data technologies (storage, conflict resolution, event sourcing, etc.).
- Familiarity with cross‑platform packaging & deployment.
- Familiarity with end‑to‑end encryption and secure local storage.
- Solid grasp of asynchronous programming, networking, and data synchronization concepts.
- Proficiency with Git, CI/CD and collaborative open‑source workflows.
- Excellent communication skills (fully remote, global team).
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