Technical Product ManagerCluster Management - Bangalore India
Technical Product ManagerCluster Management - Bangalore India
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Job Description
Categorydefining tech.Careerdefining work.
Lots of tech companies disrupt. But many fail when they try to scale. Were different. CockroachDB makes it easier for companies to build and scale apps. This is how and why were helping some of the most innovative companies on the planet. We tackle problems headon and focus on solutions that create lasting impact.
Because when our customers win we all win.
The Role
We are looking for an experienced Senior Product Manager to spearhead the development of solutions that empower customers to deploy manage and maintain their CockroachDB clusters with ease across diverse environments through the creation of Kubernetesnative and nonKubernetes tooling that works effortlessly with major cloud providers selfhosted data centers and even hybrid cloud environments.
By focusing on userfriendly robust tools that simplify complex tasks such as deploying scaling and upgrading CockroachDBs stateful distributed system youll unlock customers ability to quickly and seamlessly grow their usage of CockroachDB and directly contribute to rapid market growth. Your innovative solutions will help customers overcome operational challenges allowing them to fully leverage CockroachDBs scalability fault tolerance and consistent performance across global deployments.
You will primarily partner with the Cluster Management engineering team based in Bangalore but will also work closely with other DB and Cloud engineering teams to execute your strategy.
You will:
- Define and prioritize the product roadmap for cluster management tools balancing customer needs market trends and business objectives
- Lead the prioritization UX definition and strategy for CockroachDBs cluster management tools including both Kubernetesnative (helm chart and operator) and nonKubernetes solutions
- Collaborate closely with the fleet management and cloud admin teams to ensure seamless integration and cohesive user experience across all deployment scenarios
- Develop comprehensive best practices for CockroachDB deployment management and maintenance across various environments and work with the documentation and training teams to develop educational resources
- Engage with customers and internal stakeholders to gather requirements validate features and iterate on solutions
- Coordinate with marketing and sales teams to effectively communicate the value proposition of CockroachDBs cluster management capabilities
The Expectations
In the first 3060 days you will go through PM onboarding with your onboarding mentor (Roachmate). You will familiarize yourself with the current state of our cluster management capabilities. You will deploy clusters using various tools and environments to try out the core features and get a sense of the endtoend experience for yourself. Youll review our current backlog get up to speed on inflight features and understand the most pressing customer problems today.
After 90 days you will be fully integrated into the team. You will conduct customer calls and work with our internal account teams to understand core customer problems. There are countless opportunities for us to invest in and you will be responsible for prioritising the ones that will exceed our customers expectations and allow them to seamlessly integrate CockroachDB into their operations without ever worrying about the operational cost. As the owner of an integral part of our customer and product growth you will be an important advisor to senior members of our team as we determine how operational simplicity can support and accelerate our growth. You will also be expected to be a partner to our sales team and meet with our most important customers and their DevOps and SRE teams.
You Have
- CS Degree or equivalent software engineering or solutions engineering background with a focus on technology deployment infrastructure management SRE SysAdmin or DevOps
- Minimum 6 years of total work experience and 4 years as a PM working with tech infrastructure enterprise or SaaS products
- Experience with IaaS PaaS IaC and Kubernetes
- Proven ability to partner with senior engineering teams lead crossfunctional teams and manage complex projects across multiple time zones and customer markets to deliver customerfacing products
- Background working directly with mediumsized to large enterprises to understand and address problems set proper timelines and expectations around feature delivery to internal stakeholders and external teams
- A collaborative approach and an eagerness to partner with other product teams and all other functions in the company such as Legal Finance Marketing and Sales
Nice to Have
- Experience working with stateful distributed systems or databases
The Team
Reporting to Michael Wang Director of PM Database Platform
Michael is responsible for many of the core database experiences including deploying and operating the database distributing data running sql queries scalability and resilience to failure. Michael joined in 2020 and has worked across nearly all aspects of the database. He is excited to continue working on what he believes is a truly industrytransforming database technology. When not at work Michael enjoys trying out new recipes in the kitchen hiking biking skiing and generally being outdoors with his wife and two kids in Utah and cheering on his favourite sports teams.
Partnering closely with BabuSrithar Senior Director of Engineering and India Site Lead
BabuSrithar is the Site Leader for India. He is responsible for our growth strategy and is a cultural champion in the region. He is passionate about building highquality software products and lean teams by leveraging everyones potential. He enjoys working with people and learning along the way. Before joining Cockroach Labs BabuSrithar held senior leadership positions at companies like Nutanix Clumio and recently he was VP of engineering at Apty where he led the engineering globally. When not at work he enjoys his time with his 5yearold and family.
Cockroach Labs is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you need additional accommodations to feel comfortable during your interview process please email us at .
Cockroach Labs has a hybrid work model with Roachers that are local to one of our offices coming in on Mondays Tuesdays and Thursdays and working flexibly the rest of the week. While weve learned valuable lessons working remotely nothing can replace the connection creativity and fun that occurs when Roachers get together and we are committed to fostering a workplace that encourages collaboration and allows us all to do our best work.
Benefits
- 100 health insurance coverage (for you and your dependents!
- Paid parental leave (with baby bucks)
- Flexible time off
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full Time
