We believe some of the best Technical Product Managers come from strong technical developers who jump from coding a product to defining a product. If you are a technical hotshot and have ever wanted to have more influence on the important decisions of a product’s design, our Client is a unique opportunity for you. Why? Because we build software “By Developers, for Developers” and this means your strong technical skills can be used to define a product that you will be excited to use yourself and have passion to build. This role is also a great “entry level” for developers with no formal Product Management experience but pays $50/hr and will provide you structure and training for success as a product manager.
As a Technical Product Manager, your core responsibility is to take the big ideas from Product Management Leadership and break them down into meaningful “bite-size” chunks for Engineering. We are relying on you to take a large release specification and create milestones that can be delivered in a 1-2 week Agile process. Good milestone specifications will make clear technical decisions and remove any ambiguity that a development team would have when building the spec - that is why we staff with strong software developers who have been on the other side of the table! Finally, as the owner for the milestones of your product, you will be ultimately responsible for reviewing what the engineering team has actually built and making the final call on whether it meets your specifications or requires additional work.
Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering
Experience: At least 5 years of current hands-on development experience in Java and able to:
- Implement DB schemas, REST web services, message/notifications, and algorithms using Java
- Have experience building products that make extensive use of third-party libraries
- Clearly document/diagram the architecture of a 1-2 week project
- Have experience reviewing engineering work deliverables created by other developers
- Configure and use CI systems, code quality automation, Git, etc.
- Experience with the TDD approach of development. Unit testing, mocking, and integration test
Qualities: Strong candidates should:
- Enjoy thinking about interesting problems and then producing clear, written, technical decisions
- Have the hands-on technical ability to quickly inspect and evaluate development work
- Be drawn to simple/focused architectures instead of complex/un-focused architectures
- Consider themselves to have high standards for accepting work
- Appreciate the value of process and a scientific approach to problem solving
Technologies: We like to hire smart people who learn new tools/technologies as needed, but these are some of the notable technologies currently in use:
- Back end technologies based on both J2EE and frameworks like Spring
- Front end technologies including templating, CSS and JS frameworks
- Data related technologies including Amazon Aurora, other Relational databases, Nosql databases, Memory Caching systems, Full Text Search engines, Big Data systems
- Cloud or DevOps services like AWS, Docker, Azure, etc.
- Containerization technologies such as Docker, Swarm, and Kubernetes
- Message Queuing/Bus systems such as JMS and Amazon SQS
- Machine Learning systems such as TensorFlow
Total Compensation: Full-time at $50/hr (40 productive hours/week)
Location: Global (remote)
Our Client is actively hiring candidates for this position through the CrossOver marketplace on Crossover.com, which is the standard for building all of our development and product management teams. Crossover is one of the premier development staffing companies today, offering high-paying jobs that are 100% remote, work from home. You never have to fight traffic to the office again and you have the freedom to choose when and where you put in your 40 hours to be most effective each week.
To qualify, please provide a resume/CV demonstrating the required experience and skills. From there, to help us find the top 1% of talent, there will be a series of interviews and online examinations. We realize these are challenging and can require a decent amount of time so we thank you in advance for your efforts. We are looking for the best, and if we have the chance to work together, you will appreciate the diligent process when you meet your teammates!