Principal Product Manager

The role

You will own execution for the Couchbase Mobile portfolio, including Couchbase Lite, Sync Gateway, Capella App Services, and Edge Server. You will drive the product roadmap, write technical requirements, and support edge and on-device AI use cases.

What you will do

• Turn product strategy for the Couchbase Mobile portfolio into a detailed, well-sequenced roadmap.
• Own end-to-end execution including writing technical requirements and partnering with engineering and design.
• Improve release quality, documentation, and developer experience for the portfolio.
• Shape how the portfolio supports on-device and edge AI use cases.
• Work with customers and prospects to turn use cases into functional requirements.
• Act as the first line of product ownership on live customer escalations.
• Serve as the lead technical evangelist for Couchbase Mobile.
• Represent the portfolio in cross-org planning with senior leadership.

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of product management experience driving execution for a mature product or portfolio at scale.
• 3+ years of hands-on software development experience writing or architecting production applications.
• Ability to improve release quality, operational rigor, and developer experience for mature products.
• Technical background building or architecting client-side applications (mobile, desktop, or web).
• Practical understanding of complex distributed systems concepts like high availability, disaster recovery, security and access control.
• Working, opinionated understanding of edge computing and AI concepts relevant to on-device and edge inference.
• Use of AI tools in day-to-day PM processes.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Fluency with agile development process and tooling like JIRA.
• Ability to set direction under ambiguity and drive alignment across engineering, marketing, and sales.

Nice to have

• Distributed systems, databases, or developer platforms experience.
• Fluency in client mobile app technologies (Flutter, KMM etc).

Benefits

• Generous Time Off
• Medical, dental, vision, mental health, life insurance, and employee assistance programs
• Competitive retirement plans
• Business travel coverage
• Career Growth
• Ergonomic setups for WFH and in-office
• Snacks and meals when in the office

About the company

Couchbase provides an operational data platform for AI that empowers businesses to succeed. Their technology is used by major market-leading companies for mission critical operational, analytical, mobile and AI workloads.