The Trade Desk is looking to build an internal developer platform that powers their engineering organization, and they need a technical Product Manager to lead this effort and improve the developer experience.
Requirements
7+ years of Product Management experience shipping developer tools, platforms, or infrastructure products at enterprise scale
Proven track record shipping products where software engineers are your primary customers
Deep working knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Experience conducting technical discovery directly with engineering teams
Demonstrated 'working backwards' from internal customers to build long-term strategies and solutions that measurably improve developer productivity
Proven track record of partnering with engineering teams to solve complex, technical problems and delivering large, impactful software projects with measurable business outcomes
Hands-on familiarity with modern development tools and workflows: IDEs, source code repositories (Git/GitHub), build systems, containerization, deployment frameworks
Responsibilities
Shadow a developer through their entire workflow to identify friction points
Analyze metrics showing a 20% increase in build failures and work with platform engineers to diagnose root causes
Facilitate a technical deep-dive with senior engineers on container startup times
Write a technical specification for improving our local development environment
Review user research showing developers are context-switching 47 times per day and design solutions to reduce interruptions
Present a monthly roadmap to engineering leadership, articulating technical trade-offs and timelines
Understanding the needs of our Trade Desk Engineering Team through direct engagement, user research, and data analysis
Other
Excellent communication skills: You can participate confidently in very technical conversations, drive consensus and commitment across teams, and crisply communicate delivery timelines, trade-offs, and risks to senior management
Durability and grit – sometimes solutions take creative thinking, multiple iterations, and staging while dependencies solidify
Enthusiasm for all things developer tools, DevOps, emerging technologies, and a desire to stay on top of industry trends
