Technical Product Manager

Chainbridge Solutions Inc.; Fairfax, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Chainbridge Solutions Inc. in Fairfax, VA, seeks a Technical Product Manager to lead the Perseus product direction, supervise a team of developers and QA engineers, and engage in cloud-native architecture, DevOps, and secure deployments.

The role collaborates with the CTO and federal stakeholders to deliver mission-ready software, balancing feature delivery with security compliance and scalable product strategy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 7+ years in a technical role with 2+ years in product management or technical leadership.
• Experience with cloud-native AWS architecture and deployment (microservices, serverless, containerization).
• U.S. Citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the Perseus product roadmap with the CTO, sales, and operations stakeholders.
• Translate customer and mission requirements into clear engineering requirements.
• Evaluate architectural trade-offs and AI feature integration decisions.
• Manage SDLC in compliance with NIST 800-218 and improve processes using automation and AI tools.
• Maintain knowledge of AWS-based architecture and GovCloud deployment models for credible design discussions.
• Directly supervise software developers and QA engineers, including performance coaching.
• Set and enforce engineering quality standards with technical leads.
• Support hiring, onboarding and capacity planning for the development and test teams.
• Foster a DevOps culture with CI/CD, automated testing, and reliable deployments.
• Plan and sequence work with engineering leads balancing new features, tech debt and compliance.
• Foster a commercial product culture focused on customer value and long-term success.
• Ensure features meet FedRAMP/NIST security and change-management requirements.
• Represent product and engineering in customer demos and technical discussions.

Skills

Cloud-native AWS architecture

DevOps leadership

Team leadership

Effective communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related fields

Tools

AWS GovCloud

AWS CDK/Terraform

Bitbucket Pipelines

Job description

Technical Product Manager

Department: Chainbridge Innovation Group

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Fairfax, VA

Compensation: $150,000 - $190,000 / year

Description

Chainbridge Solutions is seeking a Technical Product Manager to lead the product direction and technical delivery of our Perseus application and related federal software products. This is a hands‑on, technical role: the Technical Product Manager owns the product roadmap and requirements while directly supervising a team of developers and QA/test engineers and is expected to engage credibly in cloud‑native architecture, DevOps, and deployment discussions. The Technical Product Manager will work closely with the CTO, Sr. Application Architect, engineers, operations leaders, and federal customer stakeholders to deliver secure, compliant, mission‑ready software. The position will be on‑site 3 days a week in our office in Fairfax, Virginia.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the product roadmap for Perseus in partnership with the CTO, sales, and operations stakeholders
• Translate customer and mission requirements into clear, technically sound product and engineering requirements
• Evaluate technical trade-offs related to architecture, design, or AI feature integration and make or recommend informed decisions
• Manage our SDLC process in compliance with NIST 800-218 and identify potential improvements and efficiencies using automation and approved AI tools.
• Maintain working knowledge of the platform's AWS-based architecture (serverless/microservices patterns, CI/CD pipelines, GovCloud deployment models) sufficient to engage credibly in design discussions
• Directly supervise a team of software developers and QA/test engineers, including performance management, coaching, and career development. Offer clear direction, coaching, and feedback when needed.
• Set and enforce engineering quality standards in partnership with technical leads (code quality, test coverage, deployment readiness)
• Support hiring, onboarding, and capacity planning for the development and test team
• Foster a DevOps culture — continuous integration, automated testing, and reliable, repeatable deployments
• Partner with engineering leads to plan and sequence work, balancing new feature development, technical debt, and compliance obligations
• Foster a commercial product culture focused on customer value, market needs, quality, and long-term product success.
• Ensure features are delivered consistent with FedRAMP/NIST security and change-management requirements
• Represent the product and engineering team in customer demos, proposal support, and technical discussions with federal agency stakeholders
• Balance customer commitments with building a scalable, maintainable product for the broader market

Key Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related fields
• 7+ years of experience in a technical role (software engineering, DevOps, solutions architecture) with 2+ years in a product management or technical leadership capacity
• Demonstrated understanding of cloud-native (AWS) application design and deployment: microservices, serverless (Lambda, Fargate), containerization, and infrastructure-as-code
• Working knowledge of DevOps and CI/CD practices — automated build/test/deploy pipelines, version control workflows, and release management
• Two years prior experience directly managing or leading developers and/or QA engineers
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical federal stakeholders
• U.S. Citizenship required; ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or security clearance as required by contract

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with U.S. Federal software delivery, including FedRAMP, NIST 800-53/800-171, or CMMC compliance environments
• Hands‑on experience with AWS GovCloud, AWS CDK or Terraform, Bitbucket Pipelines or equivalent CI/CD tooling
• Familiarity with AI‑assisted development workflows, or product experience integrating AI/ML features (search, summarization, chat) into SaaS applications
• AWS certification (e.g., Solutions Architect, Cloud Practitioner) or equivalent demonstrated expertise

Physical and Mental Requirements:

• Frequently remain in a stationary position, often standing or sitting for prolonged periods of time looking at a computer screen.
• Require computer camera to be on for all meetings.
• Continuous verbal and written communication with others to exchange information.
• Continuous repetitive movements that may include the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
• Comprehension- Must continuously be able to understand direction and adhere to established procedures.
• Organization- Must continuously be able to gather and classify information.
• Reasoning and Decision Making- Must continuously use logic to analyze and interpret information and prioritize.