Senior Technical Product Manager

Shopmonkey is seeking a Senior Technical Product Manager to lead our platform architecture, developer experience, and infrastructure initiatives. You will own the technical product strategy for our internal developer experience (CI/CD, tooling), public developer experience (APIs, webhooks, Enterprise Data Streaming), and platform reliability (SRE). This role requires deep technical understanding, strong product sense, and the ability to bridge technical complexity with business value. You will work closely with engineering teams, DevOps, external developers, and customer-facing departments to ensure our platform scales reliably while providing exceptional developer experiences.

Responsibilities

Platform Architecture & SRE:

• Define and execute the technical roadmap for platform reliability, scalability, and performance
• Set goals and metrics for driving SRE initiatives related to monitoring, alerting, incident response, and DR

• Drive a platform architecture roadmap that balances technical debt, performance, and business needs

• Establish and maintain SLAs, SLOs, and error budgets for critical platform services

• Collaborate with infrastructure teams to optimize cloud costs and resource utilization

Internal Developer Experience:

• Own the CI/CD pipeline strategy and tooling to accelerate development velocity

• Define developer productivity metrics and drive improvements in build times, deployment frequency, and lead time

• Lead initiatives to improve code quality, testing automation, and development workflows

• Partner with engineering teams to identify and resolve developer pain points

• Establish best practices for code reviews, documentation, and knowledge sharing

Public Developer Experience:

• Develop and execute the roadmap for public APIs, webhooks, and Enterprise Data Streaming (EDS)

• Define API design standards, versioning strategies, and developer documentation

• Lead developer portal initiatives and developer community engagement

• Establish API usage analytics, rate limiting, and security policies

• Work with enterprise customers to understand integration needs and requirements

Cross-functional Leadership:

• Lead technical product strategy sessions with engineering leadership and architects

• Collaborate with product teams to ensure platform capabilities support feature development

• Partner with sales and customer success to understand enterprise integration requirements

• Drive technical evangelism and thought leadership for Shopmonkey’s platform capabilities

We are looking for people who have

• 6+ years in technical product management, platform engineering, or software architecture roles

• Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure, microservices architecture, and distributed systems

• Experience with CI/CD tools, monitoring systems, and developer productivity platforms

• Strong background in API design, developer experience, and platform-as-a-service concepts

• Demonstrated success shipping complex technical products in fast-paced environments

• Excellent technical communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts for diverse audiences

• Experience with automotive or B2B SaaS platforms is a plus

• Familiarity with modern development tools (GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins, etc.), monitoring platforms (DataDog, New Relic, etc.), and product tools (Linear, etc.)

• Ability to travel periodically for customer visits and technical conferences

In the United States the range is typically a salary of $130,000 to $160,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. The range provided is Shopmonkey’s reasonable estimate of the base compensation for this role. The actual amount will be based on job-related and non-discriminatory factors such as location, experience, training, skills, and abilities. Consult with your Recruiter during the initial call to determine a more targeted range based on these job-related factors. In addition to this base compensation company stock options and benefits as outlined below are included.

Fully Remote Work!

• Up to $750.00 to set up your home office 
• $20 phone/internet monthly reimbursements 
• Virtual activities and in-person meet-ups
• Laptop and super rad swag provided 
• Unique opportunity: This is the best form of hybrid! All teams get to travel and meet up for collaboration at least once/year. 

Why Shopmonkey? 

Shopmonkey has become an amazing environment where employees feel that they are valued as people, and not just worker bees. To ensure that our team thrives, we invest in the following perks (benefits below are mainly for U.S. based, full-time employees) Other benefits vary upon location outside the United States, and employment status):

Health & Wellness 

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance benefits available the 1st of the month following hire date 
• Short term and long term disability 
• Employee assistance program
• Reimbursement for a personal health and wellness membership 
• Generous parental leave 
• 401(k) available upon hire 

✈️ Time Off 

• 11 paid holidays 
• Flexible time off – take the time off you need! 

Giving Back 

• Matching donations for approved charitable organizations 
• Group volunteer efforts 

Check out our founder’s story, life page, or hear from real employees about what it’s like to work at Shopmonkey.

Join our team of hungry, humble, smart people who love what they do, and change the auto industry by helping every shop thrive.

About the Industry

The U.S. is the second largest passenger vehicle market with more than 260 million registered passenger vehicles, and the global car repair market is estimated to be worth more than $500B. Shopmonkey aims to change the status quo and enable auto shops to become more efficient and give their customers a more delightful experience.

About Shopmonkey

Shopmonkey is the leading auto-repair shop software company; it is a cloud-based solution that helps auto-repair shops consolidate tools, save time, and streamline their entire operation onto a simple, easy-to-use platform. 

Headquartered in Silicon Valley and trusted by more than 3,500+ auto shops across the U.S. and Canada, Shopmonkey aims to change the status quo of the car repair market, estimated to be worth more than $500B.

In 2021 Shopmonkey raised a $75 million Series C, supported by top-tier Silicon Valley venture capital firms Bessemer Venture Partners, Index Ventures, Headline, I2BF, and ICONIQ Growth. 

In 2022, Shopmonkey was named #4 on Forbes’ annual ranking of America’s Best Startup Employers list (and #1 in Business Products & Software Services).

Shopmonkey was once again named as one of America’s Best Startup Employers by Forbes in 2023 and 2024.

Shopmonkey is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We are looking for team members from all backgrounds that are committed to the Shopmonkey mission.

Shopmonkey provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. 

Shopmonkey is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. In keeping with our our commitment, Shopmonkey will take the steps to assure that people with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. Accordingly, if reasonable accommodation is required to fully participate in the job application or interview process, to perform the essential functions of the position, and/or to receive all other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact our Talent Team at hiring@shopmonkey.io. 

Please note: Shopmonkey will never request sensitive information such as your social security number, bank account information, or other non-publicly available information during the application and interview process. If an applicant is extended an offer of employment, such sensitive information will be requested at that time. Shopmonkey will never ask you to receive and ship packages or goods as part of the interview. Other practices to be on alert for:

• Contact initiated via unsolicited text message or cold call. Shopmonkey does not follow up with candidates through instant messaging applications.
• Our Talent Acquisition team only corresponds from email addresses with the domain ‘@Shopmonkey.io’. If a generic email ID ending with Gmail/Yahoo or other domain is used while receiving a job offer or interview call, there is a likelihood of a scammer.
• While some of our jobs can be found on third party job sites, all of our current job opportunities and descriptions are posted on Shopmonkey’s Careers page, or our official LinkedIn Company Page

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has published helpful articles to help individuals learn more about protecting themselves from recruiting scams and financial fraud. If you believe you were a victim of such a scam, you may contact your local law enforcement agencies. Shopmonkey is not responsible for any claims, liability, losses, damages, or expenses resulting from scammers or impersonators.