Principal Product Manager, PingCAP

Database

$160-230k

Eligible to participate in PingCAP's Bonus and Equity Plan

MongoDB
Postgres
MySQL
Oracle
Senior level
Remote in US

More information about location

PingCAP

Open-source SQL database developer

Open for applications

PingCAP

Open-source SQL database developer

201-500 employees

B2BBig dataSaaSData AnalysisCloud Computing

Open for applications

$160-230k

Eligible to participate in PingCAP's Bonus and Equity Plan

MongoDB
Postgres
MySQL
Oracle
Senior level
Remote in US

More information about location

201-500 employees

B2BBig dataSaaSData AnalysisCloud Computing

Company mission

To build the database of the future, made by developers, for developers.

Role

Who you are

  • Proficiency in at least one of the database products such as Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MSSQL, MongoDB, or MariaDB. Understanding of system architecture of at least one database product, including but not limited to memory structure, transaction model, storage engines, and operational diagnostics
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in database-related product management, with preference given to those with development or cloud database product management experience
  • Experience working in the database ecosystem, familiarity with the TiDB ecosystem is a plus
  • Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science or a related field
  • Excellent communication skills, able to collaborate efficiently with internal teams and external clients
  • Ability to translate a set of complex requirements into well-defined deliverables

What the job involves

  • Formulate the strategic planning of the product, continuously improving and enhancing it through activities such as gathering user feedback, collaborating with internal teams, and working with external partners
  • Collaborate closely with the development team, leading and driving the targeted creation and successful release of features
  • Identify ways to improve customer satisfaction through the design and supervision of a comprehensive set of products, tools, and features
  • Create product-related promotional and marketing materials, and drive product and product strategy
  • Establish a feedback loop with customers to incorporate enhancements into the product
  • Continuously monitor industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices, applying these insights to enhance our products

Our take

Frustrations with the available database solutions are what inspired PingCAP. When three infrastructure engineers got together, their aim was to eliminate the issues with management, scalability and maintenance of databases by creating their own open source distributed database.

With worldwide contributions from like-minded developers, the cloud-based NewSQL database TiDB was created. It soon gained great popularity and so, being open source, is constantly being enhanced.

With the creation of a product that eradicates the problems faced when attempting to scale up traditional relational databases, a wealth of data migration tools and no vendor lock-in, TiDB is an attractive proposition for businesses that need future flexibility. Notable clients include China Zheshang Bank, PatSnap and leading Asian logistics company Ninja Van.

With the backing of $270 million Series D funding in 2020, TiDB continues to grow, and a portfolio of complementary products is in development. It also gained positive publicity from its receiving the award for Open Source Data Solution Provider of the Year from the Data Breakthrough Awards 2024.

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Insights

Top investors

Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

7% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)

Nov 2020

$270m

SERIES D

Sep 2018

$50m

SERIES C

Total funding: $341.6m

Company benefits

  • Competitive Compensation and Stock Options
  • Health & Wellness
  • Generous Company Holidays and Paid Time Off
  • Fun Team Building Activities and Awesome Swags
  • Remote Friendly Distributed Workforce
  • Tailored Growth Path with Mentorship

Company values

  • Customer success
  • Deliver results with excellence
  • Be open
  • Be an owner
  • Respect and empower people
  • Think big, think long and think different

Company HQ

Sunnyvale, CA

Leadership

Max Liu

(Co-founder & CEO)

Max worked in software and system infrastructure for over a decade, working at Wandou Labs. They co-founded PingCap in 2015, serving since as CEO.

Dongxu Huang

(Co-founder & CTO)

Dongxu interned at Microsoft before spending 3 years as a NetEase Youdao Senior Software Engineer and working at Wandou Labs. They left in April 2015 to co-found PingCAP.

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