Percona Staffing LLC

Are you looking for an opportunity to provide high impact on long-term product decisions that will delight the user? Do you love being the voice of the customer? The Sr Product Manager role at Percona sets the bar for success (and helps achieve it!) both with our external customer base and with internal stakeholders and development teams.The Senior Product Manager is responsible for the inbound and outbound product management efforts involving our open source database software. Working closely with engineering teams, the goal is to further product adoption and growth. You will collaborate with customers, partners, other product managers and tech leads at Percona, translating the product vision into user stories and use-cases that engineering can feasibly implement. You will balance time and scope to ensure that we are delivering value to the user.What You Have Done<ul><li>Proven success building compelling product strategy from broad customer research for enterprise IT software with multiple teams in mind; experience should include shipping products</li><li>Demonstrate a strong understanding of customers’ business challenges and needs and how those translate to products that delight the customer</li><li>Proven technical background in software development or operations</li><li>Experience in working cross-functionally within and beyond engineering to successfully develop and deliver software products and solutions</li><li>Ability to lead by influence rather than authority, breaking down barriers between product areas and functions</li><li>Desire to mentor/coach other product managers</li><li>Language skills: English fluently, additional languages appreciated</li><li>Willing to travel occasionally on business (as travel conditions permit)</li></ul>

Sr Product Manager

The RealReal is the world’s largest online marketplace for authenticated, resale luxury goods. With a rigorous authentication process overseen by experts, we provide a safe and reliable platform for consumers to buy and sell their luxury items. As a sustainable company, we give new life to pieces by hundreds of brands, from Gucci to Cartier, supporting the circular economy.

The RealReal is the world’s largest online marketplace for authenticated, resale luxury goods. With a rigorous authentication process overseen by experts, we provide a safe and reliable platform for consumers to buy and sell their luxury items. As a sustainable company, we give new life to pieces by hundreds of brands, from Gucci to Cartier, supporting the circular economy.

The RealReal

** This position can be 100% remote in the United States OR based in our SF Office ** As our Engineering Manager, you'll be exposed to the latest technology and a data-driven culture while managing and inspiring your friendly, helpful team. You will have a significant impact on the company's development roadmap, technical vision, and business success.The RealReal has the most rigorous authentication process in the marketplace. The Employee Operations team supports 150+ brand authenticators, gemologists, and horologists who work in our authentication process for our growing company. As a luxury consignment eCommerce company, almost everything we sell is unique and in different conditions. Every day we receive tens of thousands of items in our warehouses; This presents a unique set of technical challenges for software engineering as every item we process must be treated individually. We are excited for you to come in, and lead your team in tackling these challenges as a technical, hands-on engineering manager. What You Get To Do Every Day<ul><li>Manage a team of 3-8 engineers</li><li>Run agile project management processes</li><li>Hire world-class engineering talent</li><li>Mentor and develop your engineering team</li><li>Partner with the Director of Engineering on technical architecture and strategy</li><li>Work with your teams to prioritize and scope engineering investments</li><li>Partner with product, business, and operations stakeholders on roadmaps, timelines, and technical strategy</li><li>Partner with senior engineering leadership to set standards and technical vision</li></ul>What You Bring To The Role<ul><li>8+ years of experience as an engineer or technologist</li><li>3+ years of management experience / as a technical lead</li><li>Experience with Ruby on Rails a Must</li><li>Strong understanding of web technologies: HTML5, Javascript, CSS/SASS, REST, JSON</li><li>Strong understanding of web-app performance fundamentals and related dev tools</li><li>Mastery of git and Github workflows</li><li>Bachelor of Computer Science degree or equivalent experience</li></ul>Nice To Haves:<ul><li>Strong database fundamentals and experience with MySQL or PostgreSQL</li><li>Strong understanding of distributed systems design</li><li>Prior e-commerce experience</li><li>Experience with GraphQL, Kafka</li><li>Experience with Elixir</li><li>Worked with cross-functional Engineering-ML teams</li></ul>

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