Product Manager, Mechanical Orchard
Code Generation
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AI testing to help modernize critical systems
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AI testing to help modernize critical systems
101-200 employees
Open for applications
More information about location
101-200 employees
Company mission
To help customers stay ahead of the curve, compete at an ever-accelerating pace, and win in their markets.
Role
Who you are
- A Bachelors or Masters degree in a technical field or equivalent experience
- Combined 5+ years in product management and engineering in a highly technical environment
- A deep technical background, ability to grasp technical concepts and establish credibility with engineers
- Track record of launching ambitious, highly technical products that have seen commercial success, preferably in dev tools
- Hands-on experience with latest AI coding tools, model capabilities, and industry trends
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills and comfort with presenting to various audiences across seniority levels
- The ability to navigate ambiguity and deliver high-quality product experiences on tight timelines and in line with our business aspirations
- A bias for action - you’re not afraid to jump from writing a spec or story to talking to a customer or figuring out a new way to use AI tools to your advantage
What the job involves
- We’re seeking a Product Manager to lead our Code Generation team — a critical pillar of our modernization platform
- In this role, you will own the strategy and roadmap for how AI-powered code generation accelerates large-scale legacy modernization
- You will work closely with forward-deployed engineering teams and customers to deeply understand real-world modernization challenges and translate them into product capabilities that deliver measurable impact
- You’ll also stay at the forefront of foundation model advancements, evaluating new capabilities across model providers and the broader coding tools ecosystem to ensure our platform consistently delivers best-in-class developer experiences
- This role sits at the intersection of AI model innovation, enterprise reliability, and developer productivity, and will play a key role in shaping how AI transforms legacy workloads into modern systems
- Product Managers at Mechanical Orchard are dedicated to one team and work closely with a team of software engineers, as well as cross-functionally with Sales, Marketing and our forward-deployed engineering teams
- They are excited about using the latest AI tools to help us work faster and smarter, while constantly adapting to an evolving landscape of tools and best practices in the dev tools space
- They balance long-term strategy with tactical delivery and apply modern product thinking to problems that have resisted innovation for decades
- They identify and mitigate risk through effective stakeholder communication, cross-discipline collaboration, and by providing clarity and focus for teams
- They apply an entrepreneurial and iterative mindset to the complex and highly technical problems of legacy software modernization
- Own the vision and roadmap for AI-driven code generation, defining how our platform accelerates large-scale legacy modernization
- Collaborate closely with our forward-deployed engineering teams as well as technical partners to turn real-world modernization challenges into scalable product capabilities
- Translate rapidly evolving foundation model capabilities into reliable, enterprise-grade developer experiences
- Ensure cross-team alignment of roadmap and technical strategy within the product organization and across Mechanical Orchard
- Measure impact, track adoption, code quality, and modernization velocity to guide product decisions
- Define quality, reliability, and evaluation standards for AI-generated code
- Represent your product internally and externally with executive stakeholders, technical partners and customers
- Articulate customer value and benefits of your team’s offering and help position it within an evolving market landscape
Our take
Overhauling existing systems can be a massive undertaking, especially for larger businesses, and especially when these systems manage business-critical functions. That said, it has become a vital move in order to respond to the more fast-paced markets of today, enabling legacy companies to keep a competitive edge.
Mechanical Orchard is a company leveraging AI to replicate, test, evolve and manage critical systems in the cloud. Essentially, its approach means businesses can modernize their legacy systems more quickly and safely by ensuring critical systems stay online throughout the process of moving to the cloud, and giving visibility into the effects of any changes.
The company has raised impressive funding towards R&D and the development of a global sales and marketing program. It has already served large customers such as Omni Logistics, and was in talks to secure a $10 million contract with the city and county of San Francisco. However, the company walked away from talks after it was reported that a staffer who was part of awarding this contract had not disclosed a friendship with the former CRO of Mechanical Orchard.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Aug 2024
$50m
SERIES B
Feb 2024
$24m
SERIES A
Total funding: $81m
Company HQ
Union Square, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Rob Mee
(CEO)Rob is also the CEO at Geometer. Previously worked at Pivotal Software for nearly 7 years, ultimately as CEO, and also served as CEO at Pivotal Labs for 24 years.
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