As a Product Manager at Factory, you will own the strategy and execution for a key area of our product suite, shaping how engineering teams experience autonomous software development. You will partner with customers to deeply understand their workflows, distill their feedback into actionable insights, and drive improvements that make Factory a fundamental driver of their daily work. You will collaborate with engineering, research, and go-to-market teams to ship features that push the boundaries of what AI can do for developers.
We are bringing autonomy to software engineering. The product surface area is vast and evolving rapidly. We need a product manager with sharp technical instincts, genuine empathy for developers, and the ability to make fast, high-quality decisions in ambiguity. You should be as comfortable diving into technical architecture discussions as you are presenting roadmap priorities to leadership.
What You Will Do and AchieveOwn the roadmap for multiple major areas of our product
Partner closely with customers to understand pain points and translate them into product improvements.
Work with engineering and research to ship features that keep Factory at the frontier of AI-powered development.
Build frameworks and processes that scale as the product team grows.
5+ years of experience spanning product and engineering roles, including at least one year in an engineering role
Strong technical foundation, with experience partnering closely with engineering teams to design, build, and ship complex technical products.
Proven ability to drive product launches, from concept through release, with evidence of meaningful user adoption or commercial impact.
Background in developer tools or infrastructure products is a plus.
Actively engaged with the AI ecosystem, staying current on coding agents, model capabilities, and emerging industry trends through hands-on experimentation.Thrive in fast-moving, high-ambiguity environments and take ownership end-to-end.
The team works in the office 5 days a week in San Francisco (walking distance to Caltrain).
Factory (factory.ai) San Francisco, California, USA Office
San Francisco, CA, United States
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