{"id":1485292,"url":"https://alion.io/job/salt-product-engineer","title":"Product Engineer","company":{"id":1935342,"name":"Salt","domain":"welovesalt.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/welovesalt","size_band":"201-500","is_staffing_agency":true,"employer_type":"agency","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":null,"truth_index":{"grade":"C","score":64,"open_postings":1440,"ghost_share":0.603,"stale_share":0,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":null,"computed_at":"2026-09-30T05:45:00Z"}},"role":"Product","role_family":"Product","seniority":"senior","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Dubai, United Arab Emirates"],"countries":["AE"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":61000,"max_usd":133000,"period":"year","method":"global_role_cell_scaled_by_country","sample_n":2883},"experience_years_min":5,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Python","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-04-06T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-04-06","last_verified_at":"2026-09-29T22:22:26Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":178,"trust":{"level":"ghost","repost_count":0,"flags":["stale","company_stale"],"days_open":177},"description":"Back to all jobs\nApplications are now closed.\nProduct Engineer\nRef: JO-2604-360138\nUnited Arab Emirates, Dubai \n\nTech Product, Technology \n\nIT \n\n1,000 - 4,999 Employee \n\nEnvironment:\n\nIn-office \n\nContract Type:\n\nPermanent \n\nStarts:\n\n2026-06-19 \n\nProduct Manager (Automation, Systems & AI) | Dubai (On-site)\nWe are hiring a Product Manager with strong engineering capability to join a fast-moving Digital team in Dubai, working at the intersection of AI, product, and software engineering.\nThis is a technical product role.\nWe are looking for a product manager who can go deep into systems, understands how software is built, and can actively shape and deliver automation and AI-driven solutions. This is not a strategy-only role.\nIt is a hands-on product ownership role focused on improving and simplifying real business operations through technology.\nThe Opportunity\nBehind a newly rebuilt premium eCommerce experience sits a complex operational ecosystem spanning commerce, logistics, finance, and customer experience.\nYour mission is to own and evolve products that make the business easier to run through automation, systems thinking, and AI-enabled solutions.\nYou will work across both product discovery and technical delivery, ensuring ideas translate into working systems that deliver measurable impact.\nWhat You Will Do:\nOwn product discovery across operational workflows, identifying high-impact automation opportunities\nTranslate business problems into clear product requirements and technical solutions\nMap systems, APIs, and data flows to identify inefficiencies and opportunities\nDefine and prioritise product roadmaps focused on automation, efficiency, and AI enablement\nWork closely with engineers to design and deliver scalable solutions\nContribute to solution design and understand implementation details\nWrite or review code where needed (primarily Python-based systems)\nIntegrate SaaS tools, internal platforms, and data pipelines\nMeasure impact through operational KPIs such as cost, cycle time, and error reduction\nWhat Makes This Role Different:\nYou are a product manager who is highly technical, not a purely strategic PM\nYou understand systems deeply and can engage in technical design discussions\nYou actively contribute to solution building, not just specification writing\nYou will apply AI and automation thinking directly into real operational workflows\nYou will own outcomes from problem definition through to production impact\nWhat We Are Looking For:\n5+ years in product management with strong technical or engineering background\nStrong understanding of software engineering principles (Python preferred)\nExperience working with APIs, services, and data-driven systems\nAbility to work closely with engineers and contribute to technical design decisions\nStrong systems thinking and ability to break down complex operational problems\nExperience working directly with business stakeholders and owning outcomes\nProven ability to operate in ambiguity and drive execution\nStrong communication skills and ability to align technical and non-technical teams\nNice to Have\nExperience in eCommerce, retail, logistics, or marketplace environments\nExposure to automation of finance, operations, or supply chain workflows\nStartup or scale-up experience\nFamiliarity with AI tools, LLMs, or applied automation use cases\nWhy This Role:\nHigh ownership product role with direct business impact\nOpportunity to shape how core operations run through technology\nDirect access to senior leadership and fast decision-making\nStrong autonomy to define and build solutions\nDubai-based, on-site role in a fast-evolving digital environment\nRequirements:\n* 3+ years of work experience with Product Engineering\n* Can start immediately\n* 3+ years of work experience with Python (Programming Language)\nIf you are a product manager who enjoys going deep into systems, working closely with engineers, and using AI and automation to solve real operational problems, this is worth a conversation.\nSalt is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.","description_format":"text","description_chars":4056,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":5,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Commerce"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-29T22:15:35Z"}],"liveness":{"score":5,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.192,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":177,"expected_fill_days":46,"reasons":["conf:7","agency","stale_co","urgency","ghost","win:tail","crowd:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-09-30T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/salt-product-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/salt-product-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-01T04:18:01Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":3598,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":1402,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-02T00:00:00Z"}}}