Technical Product Manager

MetalBear; New York (NY); Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first culture

High autonomy and influence

Contributing to open-source projects

Working on deep technical problems

Job summary

A fast-growing developer tools startup is seeking a Technical Product Manager to shape the future of their flagship product and broader platform. This role demands strong technical expertise and a passion for developer experience, focusing on creating products for engineers in cloud-native environments. The successful candidate will break down product goals, collaborate closely with engineering, and maintain high technical standards. This is an opportunity to influence a product loved by developers while thriving in a remote-first culture.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in engineering or product management experience.
• Fluency in understanding engineering discussions and documentation.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, remote-first culture.

Responsibilities

• Break down product goals into actionable tasks.
• Collaborate with engineering teams for alignment.
• Analyze data and customer feedback for roadmap decisions.
• Maintain a high technical standard for the product.
• Understand developers' pain points in cloud-native applications.

Skills

Hands-on engineering experience

Understanding of technical challenges

Communication skills in English

Familiarity with Kubernetes

Ownership and clarity

Job description

MetalBear is a fast-growing, product-led startup in the developer tools space. We build tools that help developers move faster and safer in cloud-native environments. Our flagship open-source product, mirrord, lets developers run local code as if it’s already deployed - bridging the gap between local development and production reality.

We’re backed by world-class investors, loved by a fast-growing OSS community, and our paid offering is generating significant revenue. Now, we’re expanding our product organization and looking for a Technical Product Manager to help shape the future of mirrord and the broader MetalBear platform.

You’ll join as the first Technical Product Manager working alongside the Head of Product. This role is ideal for someone who is deeply technical, passionate about developer experience, and excited to build products for engineers working in modern cloud environments.

This is a unique opportunity to help define product foundations, partner closely with engineering, and influence a category-defining product loved by developers.

What You’ll Do

• Break down product goals into actionable tasks and manage their execution including research, scoping, deep technical specs, prioritization, delivery, and validation
• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure alignment between product vision and technical constraints
• Analyze usage data, customer feedback, and production behavior to guide roadmap decisions
• Maintain a high technical bar for the product, ensuring solutions are reliable, scalable, and intuitive for engineers
• Deeply understand pain points of developers building cloud-native applications

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on engineering experience who is passionate about or already transitioned into product management
• Ability to deeply understand engineering discussions, technical challenges, and technical docs; you don’t need to write production code, but you must be fluent in the world engineers live in
• Familiarity with cloud development concepts and technologies, specifically Kubernetes
• Excellent English communication skills, both written and spoken, and ability to switch between technical deep-dives with engineers and user-focused thinking for product decisions
• Thrives in a fast-paced, remote-first, async-friendly culture
• Strong sense of ownership with a bias for clarity, impact, and iteration

Advantages

• Experience as a Product manager
• Experience working with products built for developers, especially in areas like runtimes, debugging, local dev tooling, environments, CI/CD, or infra orchestration

Why MetalBear

• Deep technical problems — Work with a team solving some of the hardest challenges in developer productivity and cloud-native engineering
• Open-source impact — Contribute to a widely adopted OSS project used by thousands of developers
• High autonomy & influence — As one of the first product hires, you’ll shape strategy, culture, and process
• Remote-first, async by design — A flexible environment built for creative and focused work
• Momentum & scale — Backed by top investors with strong adoption and commercial traction