Product Manager, Sourcegraph
$71.2-178k
+ Equity. Salary dependent on location
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Universal code search for developers
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Universal code search for developers
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
$71.2-178k
+ Equity. Salary dependent on location
More information about location
101-200 employees
Company mission
To make it so everyone codes by building the tools that keep developers at the bleeding edge.
Role
Who you are
- You are an enthusiastic, driven, and results-oriented Product Manager
- 5+ years working as a product manager.
- Demonstrated leadership skills and ability to drive and influence product strategy across engineering, design, and distribution
- Deep knowledge of the needs of enterprise customers, not just the core workflows but common supporting requirements like support, security, privacy and auditing
- Experience working as a software engineer. This is a very technical role and requires software engineering experience to effectively communicate with engineers and make educated decisions affecting product scope and performance at scale
- Strong understanding of Git and Git workflows
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, technical writing ability, and use of data to back up your arguments
- Ability to stay focused on goals and strategically prioritize work
- Deep passion for developer tools and productivity enhancements
What the job involves
- To achieve our mission, we're looking for a Product Manager to help grow our values-driven, all-remote team
- Reporting to the VP of Product, you'll work on our marquee Code Search product, which represents the top product in the industry in this category and a significant percentage of our recurring revenue
- You’ll have the opportunity to make a big impact as we level up this product to meet the increasingly high needs of our large enterprise customers
- As a Product Manager, you will have more responsibility, upside, and growth potential than anywhere else otherwise comparable
- We strive to make Sourcegraph the best company where exceptionally talented people can thrive
- Within one month, you will…
- Begin 1:1’s with your manager, understand your 30-60-90 plan, meet & shadow current members of the Sourcegraph team, and delve into your product area
- Learn Sourcegraph’s core product development processes. Observe and understand our specific development processes and how features move through the development cycle
- Onboard and learn development software stack. Understand how they relate to the overall product life cycle
- Effectively translate requirements into user stories with acceptance criteria. Identify requirement gaps needed for upcoming features. Groom and review the backlog with the team during planning sessions. Consult with the development team, stakeholders, internal teams, and customers to gather feedback on upcoming features
- Learn internal product processes such as Win/Loss interviews, customer interviews, and customer feedback processes
- Set your goals with your manager and develop an action plan to achieve them
- Within three months, you will…
- Successfully lead a development team by running planning meetings, attending retrospectives and daily standups. Fully own the team backlog and identify high value features that align to the product vision. Leads requirements gathering effort on upcoming epics
- Work closely with designers and engineering leads to scope complexity of upcoming features. Understand technical complexity when approaching epics and larger initiatives. Understand tradeoffs of time to build vs value to the customer. Able to communicate and negotiate tradeoffs with stakeholders to drive prioritization
- Identify and scope appropriate MVP feature sets as they relate to the larger efforts of the product team
- Write and communicate release documentation highlighting the customer pain point and the end solution
- Within six months, you will…
- Drive the strategy for the product/set of features you’re responsible for, making a real-world impact on the adoption and retention of customers
- Establish, track, and report progress on product metrics and KPIs for Product Leadership and internal stakeholders
- Identify key success metrics for a product surface and take ownership for evangelizing the surface with all Sourcegraph stakeholders
- Conduct product feedback interviews with customers to solicit and gather feedback on existing features, as well as speak to new features coming up in development
- Become certified in presenting the Product Vision to customers. Become comfortable talking about product vision with external stakeholders
Application process
- Introduction Stage - we have initial conversations to get to know you better…
- [30m] Recruiter Screen - Kelsey Nagel
- [60m] Peer / Resume Deep Dive - Taylor Sperry
- Team Interview Stage - we then delve into your experience in more depth and introduce you to members of the team…
- [15m] Hiring Manager Screen - Chris Sells
- [45m] Engineering Collaboration - Erika Rice Scherpelz & Camden Cheek
- [60m] Overview of Past Projects (requires preparation) - Chris Sells, Kevin Chen, Rob Rhyne & Taylor Sperry
- [30m] Values Interview
- Final Interview Stage - we move you to our final round, where you meet cross-functional partners and gain a better understanding of our business and values holistically…
- [30m] Final Hiring Manager Interview with Chris Sells
- [30m] Leadership - Beyang Liu
- We check references and conduct your background check
- Please note - you are welcome to request additional conversations with anyone you would like to meet, but didn’t get to meet during the interview process
Our take
Inspired by code search engines like OpenGrok, Livegrep and Google Code Search, Sourcegraph has developed a robust tool that allows developers to swiftly search through code across an entire organization. While similar systems are used by large-scale organizations, Sourcegraph aims to make this powerful code search capability accessible to every developer.
Searching through extensive codebases, especially during debugging, can be time-consuming and tiresome. Sourcegraph streamlines this process, saving time and reducing stress for both individuals and businesses. The platform offers a free version for all developers, while revenue is generated through enterprise-specific features tailored for large corporations.
The launch of Cody, an open-source AI tool that enhances coding practices, saw the company expand into AI coding agents - although this part of its business is now splitting off into "Amp". This leaves the Sourcegraph team to focus on delivering and innovating its code search product, which is now a mission-critical piece of AI infrastructure software for many businesses.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-20% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jul 2021
$125m
SERIES D
Dec 2020
$50m
SERIES C
Total funding: $223m
Company benefits
- Medical, dental and vision (100% company-paid)
- Unlimited PTO with a 30 day minimum
- Wellness stipend
- Generous travel budgets
- Family planning benefits
- Equity
- Office budget
- Professional development
- Global, remote-friendly team with hubs in key cities
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Quinn Slack
(Board Member & Co-founder)CEO and Member of Technical Staff at Amp Code. Previously co-founded Blend Labs, and also worked at Palantir Technologies where they created a technology platform to help two of the top five U.S. banks recover from the housing crisis.
Beyang Liu
(CTO & Co-founder)Previously a Software Engineer at Palantir Technologies, where they developed new data analysis software on a small, customer-facing team working with Fortune 500 companies. Studied Computer Science at Stanford.
Dan Adler
(CEO)Joined the company in 2016 as Director of BizOps and Strategy. Became VP of Business in 2018, then CEO in 2025. Previously founded Cells Software, was an Investment Associate at Vector Capital, and Consultant at Bain & Company.
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