# Product Manager

**Company:** [Yeet](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/yeet)
**Location:** Chicago, IL
**Role:** Product Management
**Skills:** Kubernetes, OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, Linux, Ebpf, Bpf
**Posted:** 2025-09-28

> Product Manager shapes observability platform for Linux clusters, working with founders, engineers, and customers to prioritize roadmap, translate technical complexity into product direction, and use data/metrics for decisions. Requires CS/engineering background and developer experience intuition.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Define and shape the future of real-time, on-demand observability platform for Linux clusters.
- Work directly with founders, engineers, and customers to identify what matters most.
- Carve out place in observability ecosystem by finding gaps in incumbents.
- Prioritize roadmap based on real team problems under pressure.
- Conduct discovery, prioritization, and storytelling to ensure product delivers value.

## Requirements
- Experience managing technical products with strong intuition for developer experience.
- Ability to dive into details like VMs vs. Containers vs. Kubernetes deployments to guide decisions.
- Translate deep technical detail to clear product direction.
- Background in computer science or engineering (degree or equivalent).
- Engage meaningfully with system-level concepts.
- Create dashboards, define metrics, use data for success measurement and trade-offs.

## Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with modern observability stacks (OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog).
- Exposure to low-level Linux concepts (syscalls, networking, BPF).
- Prior experience at fast-moving startup.
- Strong storytelling skills for technical complexity.
- Experience with designers on usability research.
- Familiarity with pricing & packaging strategy.
- Experience with incident management or ops teams.

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