Product Manager

Factory
San Francisco, CA

Who this role is best for

Best suited to candidates with hybrid product-engineering experience working in AI-powered developer tools. Requires in-office presence in San Francisco.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with hybrid product-engineering experience and AI domain expertise
    — “5+ years of experience spanning product and engineering roles, including at least one year in an engineering role
  • Individuals who can bridge technical execution with strategic leadership
    — “as comfortable diving into technical architecture discussions as you are presenting roadmap priorities to leadership
  • Professionals with a background in developer tools or infrastructure products
    — “Background in developer tools or infrastructure products is a plus

Things to consider

  • Requires in-office presence in San Francisco with no remote flexibility mentioned
    — “The team works in the office 5 days a week in San Francisco

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience owning product roadmaps for complex technical systems
    — “Own the roadmap for multiple major areas of our product
  • Demonstrate ability to translate developer workflows into product improvements
    — “Partner with customers to deeply understand their workflows
  • Showcase AI experimentation projects or technical product launches
    — “Actively engaged with the AI ecosystem... through hands-on experimentation
  • Emphasize frameworks you've built for scaling product teams
    — “Build frameworks and processes that scale as the product team grows
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Mid

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What success looks like

  • owned the roadmap for key product areas
  • partnered with customers to drive product improvements
  • shipped features that pushed AI boundaries
Typical background
5+ years of product and engineering experiencebackground in developer tools

Skills & requirements

Required

Product StrategyCustomer PartnershipFeature DevelopmentProcess ScalingRoadmap Ownership

Preferred

AI Ecosystem KnowledgeDeveloper Tools Experience

About the role

Original posting from Factory via Ashby

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Product Manager at Factory, you will own the strategy and execution for a key area of our product suite, shaping how engineering teams experience autonomous software development. You will partner with customers to deeply understand their workflows, distill their feedback into actionable insights, and drive improvements that make Factory a fundamental driver of their daily work. You will collaborate with engineering, research, and go-to-market teams to ship features that push the boundaries of what AI can do for developers.

We are bringing autonomy to software engineering. The product surface area is vast and evolving rapidly. We need a product manager with sharp technical instincts, genuine empathy for developers, and the ability to make fast, high-quality decisions in ambiguity. You should be as comfortable diving into technical architecture discussions as you are presenting roadmap priorities to leadership.

WHAT YOU WILL DO AND ACHIEVE

  • Own the roadmap for multiple major areas of our product
  • Partner closely with customers to understand pain points and translate them into product improvements.
  • Work with engineering and research to ship features that keep Factory at the frontier of AI-powered development.
  • Build frameworks and processes that scale as the product team grows.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • 5+ years of experience spanning product and engineering roles, including at least one year in an engineering role
  • Strong technical foundation, with experience partnering closely with engineering teams to design, build, and ship complex technical products.
  • Proven ability to drive product launches, from concept through release, with evidence of meaningful user adoption or commercial impact.
  • Background in developer tools or infrastructure products is a plus.
  • Actively engaged with the AI ecosystem, staying current on coding agents, model capabilities, and emerging industry trends through hands-on experimentation.Thrive in fast-moving, high-ambiguity environments and take ownership end-to-end.

The team works in the office 5 days a week in San Francisco (walking distance to Caltrain).

Source: Factory careers (Ashby)

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