Zed

Product Manager

Zed

full-time

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Origin:  • 🏈 Anywhere in North America

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Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

CloudDistributed SystemsOpen SourceRust

About the role

  • Work closely with the highly technical team of Rust Engineers and designers to curate the roadmap and structure priorities in delivering meaningful results.
  • Define and drive the product strategy for Zed using data, user feedback and GitHub issues.
  • Pair with engineering to evaluate technical tradeoffs, manage capacity, and align roadmaps with realistic timelines.
  • Prioritize and sequence work to maximize developer impact, balancing long-term vision with near-term execution.
  • Establish frameworks for scoping, planning, and projects, ensuring efficiency and focus across the team.
  • Gather feedback from users and internal stakeholders to refine priorities and inform product direction.
  • Spend time in Hex and Amplitude to inform priorities and focus on growing the number of deeply engaged Zed users.
  • Provide clear communication and documentation that aligns engineering, design, and leadership on objectives and outcomes.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in product management, with a focus on highly technical products (developer tools, AI, infrastructure, or cloud systems).
  • Strong technical fluency and comfortable engaging deeply with engineers on distributed systems, developer workflows, and API design.
  • Proven ability to drive prioritization, scope planning, and capacity alignment within engineering-forward teams.
  • Experience with balancing quantitative and qualitative data to drive roadmaps and priorities.
  • Track record of shipping complex technical products that balance speed, stability, and impact.
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to bring clarity and focus to complex technical discussions.
  • Self-motivated with strong execution discipline, able to drive projects to completion in a fast-moving environment.
  • Comfortable working on prioritization in markdown and Github issues (we use Zed for tracking and communication).
  • Preferred: Experience with developer tools, open source communities, or AI Applications.
  • Preferred: Background in distributed systems or cloud services.
  • Preferred: Prior experience working with small, highly technical teams.
  • Preferred: Zed user or other code editors and IDEs.
  • Preferred: Familiarity with Rust, or strong interest in Rust and systems programming.
  • Preferred: Be comfortable outside of the product management tools you have already used.