
Product Manager at Factory (San Francisco, CA)
Factory· San Francisco, CA·
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ABOUT THE ROLE
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 ACHIEVE
- Own 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.
QUALIFICATIONS
- 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).
Why work at Factory
- Mission-Driven: The opportunity to "Build the tool you've always dreamed of using" and shape the next era of software engineering factory.ai.
- Talent Density: The company emphasizes being a "lean and talent-dense team" that values ownership and autonomy factory.ai.
- On-Site Culture: Employees work from physical offices five days a week, fostering deep collaboration. Offices are in San Francisco, CA; New York, NY; and London, England builtin.com.
- Comprehensive Benefits: Fully covered medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees; 401(k) and Flexible Savings Account; daily catered lunches and dinners; on-site gym; desk setup stipend factory.ai.
- World-Class Team: Opportunity to learn from and work alongside engineers from top AI and software companies (Nuro, Glean, Scale AI, MongoDB, etc.) and industry legends on the advisory board factory.ai.
- High-Growth Environment: The company is in a hyper-growth phase with significant funding, a rapidly growing customer base, and a clear market need.