MongoDB · 3 hours ago
Senior Product Manager, Search Platform
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$118K/yr - $231K/yr
5+ years expMongoDB is at the forefront of building next-generation database infrastructure at scale, and they are seeking a Senior Product Manager for their Search Platform. In this role, you will help guide engineering teams in creating innovative search and AI applications, while balancing technical vision with customer needs.
Cloud ComputingDatabaseOpen SourceSaaSSoftware
Responsibilities
Contribute to the Future of Search Infrastructure: Drive the long-term technical vision for MongoDB Search, anticipating emerging patterns in vector, hybrid, and AI-native applications to build conviction around platform investments 12–18 months ahead of market demand
Champion the Customer & Innovation: Act as the voice of customers building mission-critical AI applications, using deep technical discovery to uncover latent needs around scalability and consistency, ensuring our architecture leads the industry in performance and multi-tenancy
Drive Engineering Strategy & Impact: Partner deeply with engineering leadership to translate complex technical tradeoffs into business value, balancing rapid innovation velocity with the rigorous production stability required for long-term platform health
Orchestrate World-Class Observability: Collaborate with SRE and Solutions Architects to build advanced instrumentation strategies and feedback loops, turning production signals and incident learnings into proactive improvements that secure system resilience
Qualification
Required
5+ years of PM experience with a specific focus on infrastructure or distributed systems
Mastery of concepts like CAP theorem, consistency models, and sharding strategies
Real-world empathy for the engineering experience—whether that's being on-call or debugging production incidents
Ability to operate comfortably at the intersection of complex architecture and business strategy
Capability of debating consensus algorithms with engineers
Proven track record of driving operational excellence combined with exceptional narrative skills
Ability to pivot from analyzing low-level system metrics to crafting executive narratives that connect infrastructure health to critical business outcomes
Ability to earn the trust of senior engineers through technical depth and respect for complexity
Ability to guide architectural decisions without needing formal authority
Ability to translate architectural decisions into market differentiation and forward-looking product investments
Understanding that for platform products, customers are often building abstractions on top of your abstractions
Ability to design deeply technical products with customers' long-term success criteria in mind
Preferred
Direct experience with search technologies (Elasticsearch, Solr, Lucene) or vector databases, particularly in production environments at scale
Experience with AI/ML infrastructure or building platform capabilities that enable AI applications (vector search, embeddings management, hybrid retrieval systems)
Benefits
Equity
Participation in the employee stock purchase program
Flexible paid time off
20 weeks fully-paid gender-neutral parental leave
Fertility and adoption assistance
401(k) plan
Mental health counseling
Access to transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage
Health benefits offerings
Company
MongoDB
MongoDB is a next-generation database that helps businesses transform their industries by harnessing the power of data.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
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Chief Technology Officer
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