Titlesby GlyphTechnical Product Manager job title trend since Apr 2011
Product · Established · in 0.44% of HN hiring posts · 38 open roles at 28 companies · median $219k
A product manager for platforms, APIs and developer products.
first seen before 2011, Hacker Newstook off Aug 2014
Why it exists
Written by rule from our own data
Already in the first Who is hiring thread we have (April 2011), so it is older than our data. It took off in August 2014, when its share of Who is hiring posts first reached a quarter of its best year. Today 38 open roles use the title at 28 companies, most of them in AI labs. Closest tracked titles: Product Manager, AI Product Manager.
- PostingAsk HN: Who is hiring? (April 2011)Hacker News, Apr 2011 · backs: first sighting
- PostingStaff Technical Product Manager, Configuration ManagementRelativity Space, Nov 2026 · backs: an open posting with the title
Where it is posted
Sectors
- AI lab3
- AI infrastructure3
- Consumer2
- Software2
- Data platform2
- AI application2
- Developer tools2
- Robotics and autonomy2
Cities
- San Francisco11
- New York9
- Palo Alto4
- Berlin, Germany2
- Amsterdam, Netherlands2
- Toronto, Canada2
- Washington1
- Hyderabad, India1
- Seattle1
- Austin1
Countries and remote
- United States28
- India2
- Germany2
- Netherlands2
- Canada2
- United Kingdom1
Remote option34%
Posted pay
Middle half $161k to $257k, median $219k from 27 postings that state a base range (USD a year).
Who is hiring for it
Open postings on their own job boards, read 5h ago| # | Company | Open roles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Relativity SpaceA company hiring most for Test Engineer and Systems Engineer. | 4 | |
| 2 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 2 | ||
| 8 | 1 | ||
| 9 | 1 | ||
| 10 | Alpaca.MarketsA company hiring most for Product Manager and Staff Engineer. | 1 | |
| 11 | 1 | ||
| 12 | 1 |
Open roles
8 of 38; company pages list the restStaff Technical Product Manager, Configuration Management
Long Beach, California, United States
Product Manager (Technical), Product Support Experience
San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY
| Role | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Staff Technical Product Manager, Configuration ManagementRelativity SpaceLong Beach, California, United States$175k to $263k | Relativity Space | Long Beach, California, United States | $175k to $263k |
| Senior/Staff Technical Product Manager, Operational Design Domain (ODD) Tools | Foster City, CA | $212k to $267k | |
| Technical Product Manager II, Content Data Products | New York, NY | $120k to $142k | |
| Product Manager (Technical), Product Support Experience | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | $385k to $460k | |
| Senior Technical Product Manager | Washington, DC | $139k to $349k | |
| Senior Technical Product ManagerCobalt.ioRemote - US (East or Central)$142k to $177k | Cobalt.io | Remote - US (East or Central) | $142k to $177k |
| Technical Product ManagerChariot ClaimsUnited States$120k to $220k | Chariot Claims | United States | $120k to $220k |
| Product Manager, API Platform | United States | $200k to $240k |
Share of Hacker News hiring posts
421 posts since Apr 2011November 2026 1 of 207 postings, 0.48%
Related titles
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About this title
A product manager for platforms, APIs and developer products.
Also counted: TPM, platform PM
First sighting
...services, and build/release. We're also looking for a good technical product manager. Open positions are at http://getsongbird.com/jobs/ , and feel...
Median posted salary $219k from 27 postings that state a base pay range (the median of their midpoints, USD a year). Not a survey of what people earn.