Remote Junior Project Manager – Tech & Open-Source

Openkrill; United States; Remote; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Holepunch is seeking a Junior Project Manager to help keep the Keet engine team organized, convert priorities into clear plans, and ensure nothing slips between releases.

You’ll collaborate with a globally distributed, fully remote team of engineers and designers, learn technical concepts quickly, and contribute to sprint planning, release notes, and project documentation.

This role offers an entry path into technical PM or product management within a privacy‑focused, open‑source workflow.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years of experience in project coordination, project management, or a similar role (internships and open-source involvement count)
• Excellent written English communication; you can explain technical progress clearly and concisely
• Highly organized, with strong attention to detail and follow-through
• Comfortable working with engineers and learning technical concepts quickly
• Experience with issue trackers and project tools (e.g. GitHub Issues/Projects, Jira, Linear)
• Self-starter who thrives in a fully remote, async-first team

Responsibilities

• Track engine work across sprints and releases, keeping issues, milestones, and roadmaps current
• Run or support stand-ups, planning sessions, and retrospectives across time zones (mostly async)
• Coordinate between the engine team, Keet app/UI developers, and QA so dependencies are visible early
• Write clear status updates, release notes, and meeting summaries
• Help triage bug reports and user feedback, and route them to the right engineers
• Spot risks and blockers early and help the team resolve them
• Keep internal documentation and processes tidy and easy to follow

Skills

Organized

Strong written English

Experience with issue trackers

Remote / async collaboration

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

GitHub Issues/Projects

Jira

Linear

Job description

Holepunch is seeking a Junior Project Manager to help keep the Keet engine team organized, convert priorities into clear plans, and ensure nothing slips between releases.

You’ll collaborate with a globally distributed, fully remote team of engineers and designers, learn technical concepts quickly, and contribute to sprint planning, release notes, and project documentation.

This role offers an entry path into technical PM or product management within a privacy‑focused, open‑source workflow.