Product Management Engineer (SaaS)

We’re looking for a talented Product Management Engineer to join us at Percona! We want you to play a pivotal role in our new team, and pave the way in shaping the creation and design of our cutting-edge Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions. Do you thrive in the electric buzz of a startup ethos? This opportunity is your ticket to a fresh frontier within Percona, a pioneering team crafting novel solutions for our customers. So, if you’re ready to dive into the heartbeat of an innovative, high-performance team, your search ends right here!

As a Product Management Engineer, you will be instrumental in bridging the gap between product management and engineering, ensuring seamless collaboration and effective execution of product strategies. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to define product requirements, prioritize feature development, and drive the successful delivery of our SaaS products.

What you will do:

• Collaborate and provide feedback on usability, feasibility with product managers, designers, and engineers to define product roadmaps, feature requirements, and release plans.

• Research industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in regards to the database market.

• Conduct user research, gather feedback, and analyze data to inform product decisions and identify areas for improvement.

• Provide technical recommendations on features/requirements for the SaaS product, may be asked to assist with prototypes. 

• Participate in the testing process to ensure quality and usability of the features implemented. 

• Translate product vision and strategy into actionable technical requirements and specifications for engineering teams.

• Work closely with engineering teams to prioritize feature development, investigate existing tooling or software capability that can be incorporated into the product. 

• Participate in project management ceremonies such as sprint planning, backlog grooming, and daily stand-ups to ensure alignment between product and engineering teams.

• Monitor product performance and usage metrics, conduct post-launch reviews, and iterate on product enhancements based on user feedback and data insights.

Attributes:

• Curious mind, able to listen and understand customer needs and teams multiple viewpoints

• Adapts communication methods to accommodate a global workforce and customer base

• Applies a sense of urgency in work delivery

• Customer centric focusedResourceful, thinks outside the box in how user needs and requirements can be met

What you have done:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or equivalent work experience. 

• Strong technical background in Open Source Databases such as MySQL, Postgres and MongoDB

• Strong technical background in systems architecture and design. 

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks effectively.

• Strong communication, collaboration, and leadership skills, with the ability to influence and motivate cross-functional teams.

• Experience with product management tools such as JIRA, Confluence or equivalent.

• Experience with CI/CD pipeline, engineering processes and testing frameworks, example - Jenkins.

• Passion for technology, innovation, and delivering exceptional user experiences.

What will make you stand out:

• Curious mind, able to listen and understand customer needs and teams multiple viewpoints

• Adapts communication methods to accommodate a global workforce and customer base

• Experienced with database metrics, tools and reporting

• Experience in creating user flows and journeys

• Experience with all stages of product development - concept, wireframes, design iterations, production and quality assurance.

• Familiarity with machine learning and anomaly detection

Personal Attributes:

• Global mindset.

• Pride and ownership of meeting expectations.

• Adaptable, resourceful, and able to work within ambiguity.

• Self-directed and highly organized

• Customer-centric focused

• Resourceful, thinks outside the box in how user needs and requirements can be met

Why Percona?

At Percona, we believe an open world is a better world. Our mission is to enable everyone to innovate freely, by providing the best open source database software, support, and services. We make databases and applications run better through a unique combination of expertise and open source software built with the community for you. Our technical teams are experts in MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and MariaDB.