Senior Engineering Technical Program Manager – Productivity Engineering

Thumbtack

Senior Technical Program Manager leading productivity engineering team at Thumbtack. Driving strategy and execution of technical solutions to enhance developer experience and platform reliability.

Posted 7/28/2026full-timeRemote • California, District of Columbia, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Texas, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $159,800 - $206,800 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Technical Program Management with a focus on platform engineering and developer experience, driving AI developer tooling strategy and adoption while managing complex cross-team programs and OKR planning cycles.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Technical Program ManagementCI/CDAgile Program ManagementAI Developer ToolingRoadmap Planning

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Hard Skills

Program ManagementPlatform EngineeringDeveloper ExperienceInfrastructureMicroservicesContainerizationObservabilityCloud-Native PlatformsBuild SystemsCode Review Tooling

Soft Skills

Excellent Communication Skills

Industry Keywords

Developer AdoptionProductivity ImpactPortfolio PrioritizationCross-Team ProgramsTooling Adoption

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudMicroservices

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own and define end-to-end program management for the 50+ members of the Productivity Engineering team
Drive complex cross-team programs such as large-scale platform migrations and tooling adoptions across multi-quarter timelines
Define success through developer adoption and productivity impact
Manage migrations as a program
Drive AI developer tooling strategy and adoption
Own the Platform Engineering team's Roadmap and OKR planning cycles

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years in Technical Program Management within platform engineering, developer experience, or infrastructure
Strong technical fluency across CI/CD, build systems, code review tooling, microservices, containerization, observability, and cloud-native platforms
Fluency in the AI developer tooling landscape
Track record of driving adoption of internal tools and platforms
Experience with agile program management, OKR/roadmap planning, and portfolio prioritization across multiple engineering teams
Excellent communication skills

Benefits

Comp & perks

Thumbtack embraces diversity
Equal opportunity workplace
Reasonable accommodation for disabilities
Candidate safety measures