Technical Product Manager, Platform Engineering

Posted Aug 11

At MyFitnessPal, our vision is to be the most trusted brand for improving your health through better food choices. We believe good health starts with what you eat. We provide the tools and resources to reach your weight management goals. We are looking for a Technical Product Manager to join the Platform Engineering team. As a member of the MyFitnessPal Platform Engineering team, you will positively impact our users with your expertise in managing and optimizing our engineering platforms.

What you’ll be doing: 

  • Collaborate across teams: Work closely with engineering, data, and product teams to define and prioritize technical requirements
  • Develop and manage the internal platform roadmap: Ensure alignment with business goals and maintain a clear, actionable plan
  • Data-driven decisions: Conduct data analysis to identify opportunities and drive prioritized platform enhancements
  • Technical specifications: Translate features into technical specifications for the engineering team
  • Agile leadership: Familiarity with agile ceremonies, maintain the internal product backlog, discover and order dependencies to ensure efficient iteration cycles
  • Drive adoption: Manage an internal go-to-market strategy to raise awareness of new, improved, and changed features
  • Performance monitoring: Monitor platform performance and optimize features to enhance engineer engagement and effectiveness
  • Stakeholder communication: Present platform updates and performance reports to internal stakeholders
  • Live our core values in all you do:
  1. Be Kind and Care
  2. Live Good Health
  3. Be Data-Inspired
  4. Champion Change
  5. Leave it Better than You Found It
  6. Make It Happen

Qualifications to be successful in this role: 

  • Experience: 4-6 years as a Product Manager in an Agile environment, preferably in SaaS, data, infrastructure or platform engineering
  • Educational background: Bachelor’s degree in a technical field, or equivalent experience
  • Prior experience or understanding of technical concepts (e.g. multi-tenancy, DORA, SPACE, Reliability, DevEx)
  • Technical skills: Proficiency in data analysis tools (e.g., SQL, Tableau), Datadog (or equivalent), Jira, and Confluence
  • Communication: Excellent communication and presentation skills
  • Collaboration: Experience working with geographically distributed teams

Please consider applying even if you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications. Research shows you can still be considered for a position if you meet some of the requirements. At MyFitnessPal, we’re building a fitness product for everyone and believe our team should reflect that. We encourage people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives to apply.

The reasonably estimated salary for this role at MyFitnessPal ranges from $115,000 - $145,000. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate’s skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, MyFitnessPal offers a wide range of comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, parental planning, mental health benefits, annual performance bonus, a 401(k) plan and match, responsible time off, monthly wellness and technology allowances, and others.

Exciting Full-Time Employee Benefits, Perks and Culture

Embrace the Freedom: Be a digital nomad, work from anywhere we have operations within the continental U.S. 

Office Vibes: If you prefer working in an office, we've got you covered, our HQ is in vibrant Austin, TX.

Face-to-Face Connections: We value personal connections. Enjoy opportunities to meet and connect with your team members in person to help forge meaningful relationships that extend beyond the virtual realm. Teams meet as often as needed and all of MyFitnessPal gathers annually.

Flexibility At Its Best: Achieve the work-life balance you deserve. Enjoy a flexible time-off policy and work on your own terms with our Responsible Time Off benefit. 

Give Back: Use your volunteer days off to support what matters most to you. Each full time teammate receives 2 days per calendar year to give back to their community through service.

Mentorship Program: Take control of your career through our mentorship program where, if you’d like, you will be matched with a teammate who can help you scale your skills and propel your growth.

Family-Friendly Support: Embrace the journey with confidence and care. Enjoy our paid maternity and paternity leave, to provide time to balance family responsibilities with your career and take the time needed to strengthen family relationships. We understand the complexities of starting or expanding a family, which is why we provide best-in-class comprehensive assistance for fertility-related matters. 

Wellness Comes First: Live Good Health is one of our core values. Receive a monthly Wellness Allowance, empowering you to focus on your physical and mental well-being by choosing from a range of wellness initiatives, including dedicated mental health days.

Celebrate Greatness: Your hard work deserves recognition! Our reward and recognition platform empowers peers to acknowledge and reward each other for the exceptional contributions they make. 

Elevate Your Health & Fitness: Get access to MyFitnessPal Premium, allowing you to take your fitness, health and wellness journey to new heights.

Unlock Your Potential: Access our virtual learning and development library, and participate in training opportunities to continuously grow and enhance your skills. 

Championing Inclusion: Our dedicated DEI Committee actively fosters a diverse and inclusive workplace by setting actionable goals and evaluating progress across the organization.

Healthcare Matters: Your well-being is our priority. Take advantage of our competitive medical, dental, and vision benefits that cater to your holistic healthcare needs. Feel secure and supported on your wellness journey.

Secure Your Future: Benefit from our retirement savings program, giving you peace of mind for your financial goals. Reach them sooner with MyFitnessPal’s competitive employer match.

At MyFitnessPal, our mission is to enable people to make healthy choices. And it wouldn't be possible without our team. We celebrate the unique POV that each person brings to the table and believe in a collaborative and inclusive environment. As an equal opportunity employer, we prohibit any unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, religion, military or veteran status, sex, gender, marital status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, or disability. These are our guiding ideologies and apply across all aspects of employment.

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