Principal Product Manager, AI Infrastructure

Responsibilities

• Define the 2–4 year vision and roadmap for the storage foundation across block, file, object, local NVMe, and archival tiers.
• Own the long-term storage architecture and hierarchy.
• Develop the storage stack’s vendor management strategy, including hardware and software vendor selection.
• Set performance, durability, cost-per-usable-TB, and capacity-efficiency targets.
• Define future architecture for larger AI clusters and fleet scale.
• Identify structural limitations and prioritize long-term platform investments.
• Partner with Infrastructure Engineering and Architecture on technical tradeoffs, product requirements, and business rationale.
• Scout emerging storage technologies and vendors and represent storage foundations in leadership reviews.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer science, or a related field.
• 8+ years of technical product management experience or product-minded infrastructure engineering experience.
• Track record of owning architecture-level outcomes at Principal or equivalent scope, focused on cloud storage or related infrastructure.
• Subject matter expertise in storage and credibility with senior infrastructure engineers and architects.
• Strong understanding of hyperscale cloud storage architectures, including block, file, and object storage.
• Experience managing long-term vendor strategy and evaluating in-house software engineering investments for storage hardware and software.
• Understanding of infrastructure economics at scale, including cost per usable TB and capacity efficiency.
• Analytical decision-making and exceptional communication skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with AI/ML infrastructure, including cloud training and inference workloads.
• Experience with high-performance storage networking, such as RDMA or GPUDirect Storage.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud storage services, or deep knowledge of cloud-native storage at hyperscale.
• Experience managing or mentoring product managers.

Compensation and Benefits

• Compensation range of $285,000–$335,000 plus bonus.
• Restricted Stock Units included in all offers.
• Paid time off, paid holidays, and leave programs.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Employer HSA contributions, paid parental leave, life insurance, disability coverage, professional development and tuition reimbursement, mental health support, commuter benefits, cell phone stipend, 401(k) with company match up to 4% of salary, volunteer time off, global travel insurance, meals allowance, and location-specific programs.