Senior Product Manager

Ditto•Austin, TX

12d•$209,000 - $252,000•Remote

About The Position

Ditto is redefining how data moves at the edge. Our mission is to make it seamless for developers to build resilient, real-time applications, regardless of network conditions. Whether you're in a stadium, airplane, or remote military base, Ditto's peer-to-peer sync engine ensures devices stay connected and data stays consistent, even without internet. With more than $145 million in funding and trusted by organizations like Chick-fil-A, Delta Airlines, and the U.S. military, Ditto powers mission-critical experiences across aviation, retail, travel, hospitality, defense, and more. As a globally distributed, fast-growing startup, we’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive team that reflects the wide range of perspectives needed to solve the world’s hardest connectivity problems. As the Senior Technical Product Manager for the Edge SDK, you will own the product roadmap across the full SDK surface area: embedded database, query, data sync, and networking. This is the core developer-facing layer of Ditto's platform, and the capabilities you ship directly shape how customers build resilient, offline-first applications at the edge. You will define the "what" and "why" across this space while partnering deeply with engineering on the "how", balancing technical tradeoffs with customer needs and business outcomes. You will work directly alongside engineering on everything from API design and customer scenarios through technical delivery, and you will be the connective tissue between customer reality and the SDK roadmap.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience, with strong grounding in distributed systems, databases, or networking concepts
5+ years of Product Management experience for technical, developer-facing products
Demonstrated breadth across multiple of: embedded or distributed databases, query engines, data synchronization, or networking and transport
Technical fluency to collaborate effectively with engineers on API design, architecture discussions, and tradeoff analysis
Strong analytical skills for evaluating tradeoffs between different technical approaches and their business implications
Customer-focused mindset with experience translating technical customer requirements into clear product priorities
Strong communication and collaboration skills for working with engineering, sales, and customer success teams and presenting to both technical and business stakeholders
Willingness to travel once a quarter for company meetups and customer engagements

Nice To Haves

Previous engineering experience in databases, distributed systems, networking, or related technical fields
Experience with CRDTs, eventual consistency models, or offline-first architectures
Familiarity with embedded databases (SQLite, RocksDB, DuckDB, etc.) or query language design
Familiarity with mesh networking, peer-to-peer systems, or transport protocols (TCP/IP, UDP, BLE, AWDL, QUIC, etc.)
Background in IoT, mobile, or edge computing environments
Experience shipping SDKs or developer platforms across multiple language bindings
Technical writing experience for developer documentation, API references, or specifications
Experience working in remote, globally distributed teams

Responsibilities

Own and prioritize the product roadmap across embedded database, query, data sync, and networking, deciding which problems to solve and why they matter to customers
Partner directly with engineering on API design, developer experience, and technical scenarios, contributing throughout the delivery lifecycle rather than at the edges of it
Balance tradeoffs across performance, reliability, footprint, and developer ergonomics, working with engineering to evaluate implementation approaches
Engage deeply with customers and their developers to understand how they build on Ditto, surface friction in the SDK, and translate that into clear product requirements
Coordinate cross-functionally with other Product Managers and Engineering Managers to ensure SDK capabilities align with broader platform direction
Translate complex requirements into precise technical specifications that guide engineering execution
Champion the SDK internally and externally through documentation, demos, sample apps, and technical content that demonstrates what's possible