Careers at Qadar AI

Build the AI safety layer companies will actually need.

Qadar is building the Qadar AI Shield suite so teams can use AI safely across browser workflows, local apps, mobile workspaces, and central governance. We are looking for lead-level builders who want to work directly with the founder office, move fast, and shape an early security company with real ambition.

Remote-available roles
HQ in Dubai DIFC
Founder-led hiring

Every role can be done remotely. For those who want it, Dubai DIFC is home base, with regular in-person weeks for planning, customer work, and product decisions.

We exist because AI adoption moved faster than AI governance.

Every company is adopting AI. Most have no control over how it touches their data, their tools, or their customers. Shadow AI is already embedded in daily workflows, and the gap between adoption speed and policy readiness is widening every quarter.

Qadar was founded to close that gap, not with heavyweight enterprise security theatre, but with a suite that deploys in minutes and gives managers real visibility and control from day one.

The Qadar AI Shield suite covers the surfaces where AI risk actually lives: browser workflows, desktop applications, mobile devices, and the central governance layer that ties policy to action.

We are a small team with serious ambition. The founder office leads hiring, strategy, and product direction directly. There are no layers between your work and the decisions that shape the company.

10 roles open across product, engineering, security, GTM, and partnerships
1 founder office coordinating the first company-building team
Every role can be done remotely, with Dubai DIFC as company headquarters

A headquarters built for what comes next.

Qadar is headquartered in Dubai International Financial Centre, one of the most connected business environments in the world. Dubai sits between Europe, Africa, and Asia, which means the time zone works for global teams and the city attracts talent and capital from everywhere.

For team members who spend time in Dubai, the practical upside is real: no personal income tax, a safe and modern city with world-class infrastructure, strong visa sponsorship pathways, and a quality of life that rewards ambition without the cost-of-living squeeze of traditional tech hubs.

The UAE has also become one of the most AI-forward regulatory environments globally. For a company building AI governance infrastructure, that is not incidental. It is strategic.

DIFC Company headquarters in Dubai International Financial Centre
0% Personal income tax for UAE-based team members
GMT+4 Time zone bridging Europe, Africa, and Asia-Pacific

The first team has to be unusually strong.

We are hiring leads who can own outcomes end to end. Every role supports remote work plus onsite collaboration windows in Dubai DIFC when needed.

Platform & Security Engineering Remote or Dubai DIFC

Security Platform Lead

Own the technical backbone of Qadar AI Shield across browser, endpoint, mobile, and control-plane enforcement. This is the role for someone who wants to turn the product thesis into a security system customers can trust under pressure.

Full-time Remote + onsite Lead role

What success looks like

  • Drive the enforcement architecture behind Shield Web, Shield Desktop, Shield Mobile, and Shield Control.
  • Ship enterprise-ready controls without losing fast deployment for SMB and mid-market teams.
  • Build the technical standard for policy execution, local telemetry, and secure rollout mechanics.

Who tends to thrive here

Strong fit if you have shipped security or infrastructure products, care about product ergonomics, and can move from architecture to implementation without ceremony.

AI Policy, Audit & Regulatory Remote or Dubai DIFC

Governance & Trust Lead

Turn Qadar's AI safety posture into something buyers, auditors, and regulated customers can understand immediately. This role owns the trust layer: policy depth, audit credibility, and the story around responsible AI control.

Full-time Remote + onsite Lead role

What success looks like

  • Define the policy, approvals, audit, and governance posture that makes Qadar credible in security reviews.
  • Shape how regulated workflows, retention rules, and compliance language enter the product and commercial motion.
  • Translate real risk into clear controls for customers and for the internal team.

Who tends to thrive here

Ideal for someone who can bridge policy, product, and customer trust without defaulting to abstract compliance theatre.

Product Strategy & Roadmap Remote or Dubai DIFC

Product & Workflow Lead

Own the workflow logic that makes Qadar manager-friendly. This is where product packaging, rollout simplicity, and daily user clarity have to hold together while the suite expands across web, desktop, mobile, and central control.

Full-time Remote + onsite Lead role

What success looks like

  • Translate pilot learnings into roadmap decisions, packaging logic, and workflow priorities.
  • Keep the product simple for operating teams while pushing enterprise readiness where it matters.
  • Build the connective tissue between buyer needs, deployment realities, and the suite narrative.

Who tends to thrive here

Best for a builder who can operate across product, UX judgment, and customer context without hiding behind process.

GTM, Pricing & Pipeline Remote or Dubai DIFC

Growth & Pipeline Lead

Build the early revenue engine. This role owns the motion around lighthouse pilots, seed narrative sharpness, and the packaging discipline required to turn attention into qualified commercial progress.

Full-time Remote + onsite Lead role

What success looks like

  • Convert Qadar's category story into meetings, pilots, and measurable pipeline movement.
  • Sharpen pricing, packaging, outbound narrative, and founder-led follow-up loops.
  • Help the company learn where the fastest path to ARR and pilot expansion actually sits.

Who tends to thrive here

Strong fit if you are commercial, founder-comfortable, and can pair narrative quality with ruthless pipeline discipline.

Customer Rollout & Expansion Remote or Dubai DIFC

Pilot Success Lead

Own the first customer wins after the handshake. This role ensures pilots land fast, feel premium, and convert into durable references, renewals, and expansion paths instead of dying in a proof-of-concept graveyard.

Full-time Remote + onsite Lead role

What success looks like

  • Design and run lighthouse pilot rollouts with clear milestones, adoption proof, and executive updates.
  • Turn customer friction into product and packaging feedback loops the company can act on quickly.
  • Create the standard for pilot delivery, customer trust, and expansion readiness.

Who tends to thrive here

Great fit for someone who combines operational sharpness with customer empathy and knows how to make early-stage chaos feel controlled.

Engineering & Architecture Remote or Dubai DIFC

Chief Technology Officer

Own the technical vision and execution of the Qadar AI Shield suite from browser extension to control plane. You set the architecture, hiring bar, and engineering culture for a company that has to ship security infrastructure customers trust while staying fast enough to win early market.

Full-time Remote + onsite Lead role

What success looks like

  • Define and own the end-to-end architecture across Shield Web, Shield Desktop, Shield Mobile, and Shield Control.
  • Build and lead the engineering team from first hires through Series A readiness.
  • Set the technical standard for reliability, security posture, and deployment speed that makes Qadar credible in enterprise security reviews.
  • Partner with the founder office on product roadmap tradeoffs, build-vs-buy decisions, and technical fundraising narrative.

Who tends to thrive here

Best for a technical leader who has built and shipped security or infrastructure products, can recruit strong engineers early, and is comfortable operating at both architecture and implementation level in a company-building stage.

Revenue, Marketing & Commercial Strategy Remote or Dubai DIFC

Chief Growth Officer

Own Qadar's revenue narrative, commercial momentum, and market positioning end to end. This role builds the growth engine from founder-led sales through repeatable pipeline, turning category clarity into qualified meetings, pilot conversions, and ARR.

Full-time Remote + onsite Lead role

What success looks like

  • Build and own the GTM motion from ICP research and messaging through outbound, content, and founder-led sales loops.
  • Convert Qadar's AI Shield positioning into measurable pipeline movement and pilot revenue.
  • Shape pricing, packaging, and expansion economics that hold from first pilot through Series A.
  • Manage the marketing function across SEO, content, website conversion, and RevOps.

Who tends to thrive here

Strong fit if you have built early-stage commercial engines, can pair strategic narrative quality with pipeline discipline, and are comfortable owning revenue outcomes in a founder-led environment.

Security Research & Threat Intelligence Remote or Dubai DIFC

AI Security Researcher

Map the evolving AI threat landscape and turn findings into detection logic, policy recommendations, and product intelligence that keeps Qadar ahead of emerging risks. This role feeds directly into what Shield enforces.

Full-time Remote + onsite Lead role

What success looks like

  • Research and classify AI-specific attack vectors, data leakage patterns, and shadow AI behaviors across enterprise workflows.
  • Translate threat research into actionable detection rules, policy templates, and enforcement logic for the Shield suite.
  • Publish internal and external research that builds Qadar's credibility as a category authority on AI security.

Who tends to thrive here

Ideal for someone with a security research or threat intelligence background who wants to focus on the AI-specific frontier and cares about turning research into product value, not just papers.

Product Engineering Remote or Dubai DIFC

Senior Full-Stack Engineer

Build the interfaces and backend systems that make Qadar AI Shield usable, fast, and reliable. From the Shield Control admin dashboard to browser extension internals and API surfaces, you ship the product customers interact with daily.

Full-time Remote + onsite Lead role

What success looks like

  • Ship production features across Shield Control, Shield Web, and supporting API layers.
  • Own frontend and backend quality for admin workflows, policy configuration, audit views, and deployment tooling.
  • Collaborate with security and product leads to turn enforcement logic into clean, trustworthy user experiences.

Who tends to thrive here

Great fit if you are a strong generalist engineer who ships polished product, cares about UX quality in technical tools, and can move between frontend, backend, and infrastructure work without friction.

Business Development & Ecosystem Remote or Dubai DIFC

Partnerships & Alliances Lead

Build the partner ecosystem that accelerates Qadar's distribution and credibility. From managed service providers and system integrators to technology alliances and channel relationships, you create the leverage that founder-led sales alone cannot.

Full-time Remote + onsite Lead role

What success looks like

  • Identify and close early partnership agreements with MSPs, integrators, and complementary security vendors.
  • Build co-sell and referral motions that generate qualified pipeline beyond direct outbound.
  • Shape the partner enablement materials, commercial terms, and integration standards that make Qadar easy to recommend and resell.

Who tends to thrive here

Strong fit if you have built partner channels in security, SaaS, or infrastructure, can navigate commercial conversations independently, and understand how to make partnerships generate pipeline rather than just logos.

We want serious builders, not status-seekers.

Qadar is still early. That means less theatre, more ownership, and a high bar for clarity, execution, and design quality.

We are still early on purpose

This is a company-building stage. The work is close to the customer, close to the founder, and close to the product choices that matter.

We care about narrative quality

Security, design, and strategic clarity all shape trust. We want people who take quality seriously in both product and presentation.

We are building for real operators

The product has to work for IT managers, founders, security leads, and service teams, not just for enterprise specialists.

The practical upside of joining early.

Remote and onsite flexibility

Every open role supports remote work with optional onsite collaboration in Dubai DIFC when it adds leverage.

Direct founder access

You work closely with the founder office on strategy, tradeoffs, and speed. Good ideas do not disappear into layers.

Dubai team weeks

HQ is in Dubai DIFC. We plan focused in-person weeks for planning, customer work, and product decisions when it matters.

Real ownership

Lead roles here are not coordination jobs. You own outcomes, shape the roadmap, and influence how the company is built.

Top-tier equipment

We fund the setup you need to do serious work across security research, product building, or customer delivery.

AI tools budget

We expect the team to use the best tools available and to understand the category from the inside, not from the sidelines.

Flexible travel support

We make room for customer visits, pilot support, and team sessions when those create real leverage.

Global operating posture

Qadar is built for teams working across markets, regulators, and time zones. That perspective is part of the job.

Fast, direct, and founder-involved.

We are not interested in a six-week funnel. We want to understand how you think, how you build, and how you operate when stakes are real.

1

Intro note

Send the role title, a concise note, and links to the work that best represents your judgment.

2

Founder call

We talk directly about the role, the company, the category, and the tradeoffs that matter.

3

Working session

Expect one practical discussion or exercise tied to the type of ownership the role requires.

Submit one application form for all open roles.

Applications go to [email protected]. Upload your CV, share relevant links, and include a short note on why this role is a fit.

  • Choose the role you are targeting or select "General application".
  • Attach a CV in PDF, DOC, or DOCX format (max 8 MB).
  • Share portfolio, LinkedIn, GitHub, or proof-of-work links so review stays high signal.
  • Remote is supported across roles, with onsite collaboration available in Dubai DIFC.

Applications are reviewed directly by the founder office.