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[Remote] Sr Engineering Technical Program Manager - Productivity Engineering

Remote, USA Full-time Posted 2026-06-16

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Thumbtack is a company that helps millions of people confidently care for their homes through its app, offering personalized guidance and AI tools. They are seeking a Senior Engineering Technical Program Manager to lead program management for the Productivity Engineering team, driving complex cross-team programs and ensuring successful execution of ambitious infrastructure plans.


Responsibilities

  • Own and define end-to-end program management for the 50+ members of the Productivity Engineering team. Your program extends across DevEx, Client Infrastructure, Backend Infrastructure, and Site Reliability Engineering - from roadmap planning through execution and adoption
  • 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 — run feedback loops using frameworks like DORA, SPACE, and GetDX to keep the roadmap grounded in real needs
  • Manage migrations as a program: develop playbooks, secure partner commitments, phase rollouts, and track progress across multi-quarter efforts
  • Drive AI developer tooling strategy and adoption, including agentic workflow enablement, tool consolidation, and ROI measurement
  • Own the Platform Engineering team's Roadmap and OKR planning cycles, and Business Rhythms to ensure successful execution and OKR attainment
  • Manage stakeholder alignment across engineering leadership, ensuring program visibility, clear prioritization trade-offs, and sustained momentum on strategic bets

Skills

  • 5+ years in Technical Program Management within platform engineering, developer experience, or infrastructure, including leading multi-team migrations or platform rollouts that span multiple quarters and require broad organizational coordination
  • 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, including coding assistants, agentic workflows, cloud dev environments, and the infrastructure that supports them
  • Track record of driving adoption of internal tools and platforms, with an instinct for measuring success through developer satisfaction and usage—not just delivery—and prioritizing accordingly
  • Experience with agile program management, OKR/roadmap planning, and portfolio prioritization across multiple engineering teams
  • Excellent communication skills with a track record of driving alignment in ambiguous, fast-moving environments

Company Overview

  • Thumbtack is a home services website connecting users with local service providers. It was founded in 2008, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.thumbtack.com.

  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Thumbtack has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 7 in 2026, 35 in 2025, 48 in 2024, 39 in 2023, 53 in 2022, 69 in 2021, 47 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.

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