Product Manager

LanceDB • San Francisco, CA

5d

About The Position

Our first product-focused engineer, this role takes high-level direction and drives to results. Success looks like a LanceDB platform that is even more tightly focused on our ICP, and providing clarity on what engineering builds. You will help define and execute product at LanceDB, work directly with teams building real AI systems in production, and sit at the center of infra + product. This role offers high ownership, zero PM theater, and an early seat in shaping a category (AI-native data layer), with a clear path to owning larger product scope over time.

Requirements

• 3–8+ years as a software engineer or in a highly technical product role
• Shipped and iterated on products end-to-end
• Experience working on large-scale data platforms (e.g., databases, data infra, ML/AI systems)
• Understanding of AI researcher persona - what success looks like for them, what are their pain points, what increases their happiness
• Regularly engaged with users (interviews, support, design partners, or community)
• Demonstrated ownership of ambiguous projects with minimal guidance
• Experience influencing or driving roadmap / prioritization decisions
• Strong written and verbal communication (can drive alignment across teams)
• Comfortable using data (metrics, experiments, usage) to guide decisions
• Experience contributing to or working with open source communities

Responsibilities

• Shape roadmap with CTO + eng leadership
• Deep dives into competitors, users, and adjacent tech
• Talk to users constantly; turn insight into product changes
• Drive cross-team decisions on priorities (eng, field, support)
• Work with engineering directly as a technically-respected peer

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed