SimpliSafe · 6 hours ago
Principal Product Manager, Camera Platform & Services
Boston, MA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$146K/yr - $213K/yr
8+ years expSimpliSafe is a high-tech home security company dedicated to protecting homes and fostering career growth. They are seeking a Principal Product Manager for Camera Platform & Services to define and drive the roadmap for camera capabilities, ensuring reliable and scalable customer experiences across their camera portfolio.
Consumer ElectronicsHome ImprovementManufacturingSecuritySensorSmart Home
Responsibilities
Own the Camera Platform Strategy
Own the roadmap and long-term platform strategy across camera hardware, firmware and OTA systems, video and media services, and on-device intelligence
Establish north-star outcomes that anchor camera platform decisions around experience quality, reliability, performance, and customer trust
Define Device & Video Platform Standards
Establish durable platform requirements that set consistent expectations across the camera fleet
Define the vision and success criteria for video experiences to ensure predictable, high-quality outcomes across camera products and use cases
Partner with Hardware, Firmware, and leadership to ensure video and media platform decisions (including on-device versus cloud dependencies) align with long-term platform goals, reduce complexity for feature teams, and enable safe system evolution
Lead Camera Platform Health & Evaluation
Define and own camera platform health metrics and success criteria, including reliability, performance, and experience quality, that reflect real-world customer usage
Partner with engineering and data teams to ensure platform health signals can be effectively monitored and interpreted to rapidly detect and address issues
Ensure QA, rollout, and evaluation practices support safe platform evolution and predictable customer outcomes
Lead Cross-Stack Execution
Partner closely with Firmware, Video/Media, Backend, and Edge/ML engineering teams to shape priorities and drive platform improvements
Define rollout strategies, compatibility requirements, and safety gates across device generations and firmware versions
Own end-to-end system behaviour across firmware, backend, and downstream experiences to ensure cohesive customer-facing experiences
Enable Scalable Camera Capabilities
Influence platform-level decisions about where functionality lives (on-device vs. backend) to balance cost, latency, reliability, and experience quality
Define the platform capabilities and requirements, including intelligence-driven capabilities, that enable new camera features to be delivered consistently across products
Ensure platform investments compound over time by advocating for reusable foundations rather than fragmented solutions
Qualification
Required
8+ years of product management experience working on camera systems, video platforms, embedded devices, or other platform-oriented products
Strong systems-level understanding of hardware, firmware, and video pipelines preferred
Experience defining platform capabilities and standards that enable multiple product and engineering teams to build consistently on shared infrastructure
Comfort partnering closely with ML and data teams on performance, latency, and deployment tradeoffs (no need to have trained your own models)
Proven ability to align deeply technical teams around clear priorities and shared, measurable outcomes
Clear communicator who can bridge executive intent, engineering reality, and customer experience
Preferred
Bonus experience with OTA platforms and on-device or cloud-based intelligence
Benefits
A mission- and values-driven culture and a safe, inclusive environment where you can build, grow and thrive
A comprehensive total rewards package that supports your wellness and provides security for SimpliSafers and their families
Free SimpliSafe system and professional monitoring for your home.
Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that bring people together, give opportunities to network, mentor and develop, and advocate for change.
Participation in our annual bonus program, equity, and other forms of compensation, in addition to a full range of medical, retirement, and lifestyle benefits.
Company
SimpliSafe
SimpliSafe is a home security company that designs, engineers, and sells cameras, smart lock, and wireless security alarm systems.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$387MKey Investors
Sequoia Capital
2025-09-15Acquired
2022-05-06Debt Financing· $200M
2021-04-12Private Equity· $130M
Leadership Team
Hilary Schneider
Chief Executive Officer
Eleanor Laurans
Co-Founder
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