Principal Technical Product Manager - Platform Engineering

Smarsh; Belfast; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm based in Belfast is seeking a Technical Product Manager to direct the vision and roadmap for their platform engineering group. In this role, you will enable developers to innovate by creating a seamless experience for managing application backends. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in product management and a strong technical background in cloud services, particularly AWS. This role offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Competitive salary with company bonus

Strong maternity and paternity scheme

Workplace pension scheme

Take what you need holiday package

Private medical insurance

Dental plan

Group life assurance

Group income protection

Employee assistance programme

Monthly wellness allowance

Adoption assistance

Stock options

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in product management with a focus on developers.
• Proven track record of building developer-focused products.
• Strong technical background and hands-on experience in software engineering.

Responsibilities

• Own the vision and strategy for the portfolio of workload assets.
• Translate technical requirements into a prioritized backlog.
• Act as the primary liaison between the Platform team and developers.
• Oversee the lifecycle of workload assets and manage deprecations.

Skills

Technical expertise in software engineering

Experience in product management

Strong communication skills

Knowledge of AWS services

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

AWS

PostgreSQL

DynamoDB

Job description

Overview

Summary: Our mission is to build the definitive engineering platform that accelerates developer innovation. We empower our teams by providing them with intelligent, scalable, and self-service tools, enabling them to build the future without being constrained by infrastructure complexity.

About the Role

We are seeking a deeply technical and strategic Technical Product Manager (TPM) - Platform Engineering to own the vision and roadmap for our core workload assets. This is a high-impact role within our Platform Engineering group, responsible for the foundational data services that power all of our applications. You will be the single-threaded owner for a complex portfolio of technologies, including managed datastores (like RDS, DynamoDB, and Elasticache), cloud-native services on AWS, and on-premise data solutions.

Your mission is to create a world-class, seamless experience for our developers, enabling them to provision, manage, and scale their application backends with speed and confidence. You will blend deep technical expertise with a strong sense of product ownership to define the future of how our company handles data at scale, directly influencing the productivity and innovation of hundreds of engineers.

Responsibilities

• Own the Vision and Strategy: Define and deliver on a multi-year vision for our portfolio of workload assets. Develop a clear product strategy and roadmap that aligns with the broader goals of the engineering organization.
• Be the Voice of the Developer: Act as the primary liaison between the Platform team and our internal developer community. Conduct interviews, run surveys, gather feedback, and deeply understand their workflows, challenges, and needs.
• Drive the Roadmap: Translate complex technical requirements and user needs into a prioritized backlog of clear user stories, epics, and product specifications. Work within an agile environment to ensure a steady flow of value to our customers.
• Serve as a Product Evangelist: Champion the platform's vision and services across the organization. Drive adoption and enablement by creating clear documentation, best practices, and training materials.
• Manage the Asset Lifecycle: Oversee the entire lifecycle of our workload assets—from evaluating new technologies and market trends to managing versions and planning the graceful deprecation of legacy systems.
• Analyze and Measure: Define and analyze metrics that measure success, including developer satisfaction, reliability, performance, and total cost of ownership. Use this data to inform your product strategy.
• Lead Through Influence: Collaborate with security, compliance, finance, and application development stakeholders to ensure workload assets are secure, cost-effective, and aligned with business goals.

What will you bring

• 5+ years of experience in product management, with a proven track record of building and delivering products for developers (e.g., APIs, infrastructure, platform services).
• Strong technical background with hands-on experience in software engineering, SRE, or infrastructure/cloud architecture. Comfortable leading technical discussions on system design, APIs, and database architecture.
• Deep knowledge of the public cloud ecosystem, particularly AWS. Familiar with RDS, S3, DynamoDB, Kinesis, IAM, and trade-offs between services.
• Broad experience with datastore technologies, including relational (PostgreSQL, MySQL), NoSQL (MongoDB, Cassandra), and in-memory stores (Redis, Memcached).
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate a compelling vision and explain complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Understanding of the competitive landscape, to make build-vs-buy decisions.
• Customer-obsessed mindset and a genuine passion for making developers' lives easier.

Preferred Qualifications

• Executive Communication: Experience engaging with and influencing senior leadership.
• Advanced AWS Expertise: Deep familiarity with AWS services, architectures, and pricing models. AWS certifications are highly desired.
• Enterprise & High-Growth Experience: Ability to deliver enterprise-grade products in fast-paced, high-growth environments with ongoing innovation.
• Global Collaboration: Ability to work across multiple locations and time zones.
• Strategic Execution: Think strategically and execute methodically, managing multiple priorities with adaptability.

What do we offer?

• Competitive salary with company bonus
• Strong maternity and paternity scheme
• Workplace pension scheme
• Take what you need holiday package
• Private medical insurance
• Dental plan
• Group life assurance
• Group income protection
• Employee assistance programme
• Monthly wellness allowance
• Adoption assistance
• Stock options

Doneel you meet every requirement? Apply anyway. We value diverse candidates and encourage applications, even if you don’t perfectly match the job description. Smarsh is committed to inclusive hiring and an equitable interview process.

Smarsh is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.