About the Role
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Build Agents. Ship Intelligence. Define the Category.</strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Location:</strong> San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)</p><div class="MsoNormal"><hr></div><p class="MsoNormal"><strong>The Mission</strong></p><p class="MsoNormal">Search Atlas hit <strong>$32M ARR bootstrapped</strong>. No VC. No safety net. Just product that works.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Now we're building <strong>agentic marketing - </strong>AI systems that don't report data, they <strong>execute strategies autonomously</strong>. Millions of pages crawled. Decisions made in milliseconds. Fortune 500s trusting our agents with their growth.</p><p class="MsoNormal">We need a <strong>Technical PM who prototypes faster than most teams ship.</strong> You don't write tickets about AI. You build agents in Cursor, validate with SQL, and deploy to production.</p><p class="MsoNormal">This is zero-to-one product craft at scale. San Francisco. In-person energy. Ship-or-die velocity.</p><div class="MsoNormal"><hr></div><p class="MsoNormal"><strong>What Winning Looks Like</strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Week 2:</strong> You've shipped a prototype agent in Claude Code that fixes technical SEO issues autonomously. It works. It's rough. It's real.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Month 3:</strong> Your agent is in production serving enterprise customers. You've defined the evaluation framework, the latency budget, the failure modes. Engineers trust your specs because you've validated the approach yourself.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Month 6:</strong> You're architecting the next generation of autonomous marketing systems. Other PMs study your playbooks.</p><hr><div class="MsoNormal"><p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Your Playground</strong></p></div><p class="MsoNormal">You'll own one core agentic system end-to-end:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong>OTTO - </strong>Our autonomous SEO agent. Crawls sites. Diagnoses issues. Executes fixes. No humans in the loop.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Content Intelligence - </strong>Semantic engines that generate, optimize, and publish content autonomously.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Brand Knowledge Graphs - </strong>AI systems that build, maintain, and leverage entity relationships at scale.</p><div class="MsoNormal"><hr></div><p class="MsoNormal"><strong>The Work</strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Architect Agent Behavior</strong></p><ul><li class="MsoNormal"><p>Design reasoning chains, tool use patterns, and reflection mechanisms. Your agents don't just respond - they <em>think</em>, <em>act</em>, <em>verify</em>.</p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><p>Write specs that include prompt architectures, evaluation datasets, and edge case handling. Engineers review your PRDs for technical depth.</p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><p>Build working prototypes in Cursor, Claude Code, or raw Python to prove viability before engineering investment.</p></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Master the Data Layer</strong></p><ul><li class="MsoNormal"><p>Query terabyte-scale datasets in ClickHouse and PostgreSQL. Window functions, complex joins, query optimization - you don't delegate this.</p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><p>Use Python (pandas, SQL Alchemy) to analyze agent performance, identify failure patterns, and propose improvements.</p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><p>Design evaluation pipelines: hallucination detection, citation verification, confidence scoring, human-in-the-loop triggers.</p></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Craft Dense Interfaces</strong></p><ul><li class="MsoNormal"><p>Figma prototypes that handle millions of data points without overwhelming users. Maximum insight per pixel.</p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><p>Real-time streaming updates. Interactive agent explanations. Interfaces that make complexity feel inevitable.</p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><p>Work shoulder-to-shoulder with engineers on React/TypeScript implementations. You don't hand off designs; you co-build.</p></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Drive 10x Velocity</strong></p><ul><li class="MsoNormal"><p>Lead standups that unblock, not update. Sprint planning that commits aggressively and delivers completely.</p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><p>QA in staging with engineering rigor. Test edge cases. Validate reasoning chains. No "throw it over the wall."</p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><p>Maintain 48-hour prototype-to-feedback cycles. Ship weekly, learn daily.</p></li></ul><div class="MsoNormal"><hr></div><p class="MsoNormal"><strong>You</strong></p><p class="MsoNormal">You've shipped AI products that users <em>trust - </em>not demos, production systems.</p><ul><li class="MsoNormal"><p><strong>5+ years</strong> in technical product management. <strong>2+ years</strong> building AI/ML systems in production environments.</p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><p><strong>SQL fluency</strong> at scale. You write complex queries, optimize performance, debug data pipelines personally.</p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><p><strong>Python proficiency</strong> for analysis, scripting, and prototyping. You read code, write scripts, and validate technical approaches without engineering handholding.</p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><p><strong>AI/ML depth - </strong>you understand ReAct, tool use, reflection, chain-of-thought. You've implemented these patterns, not just read about them.</p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><p><strong>Prototyping velocity - </strong>Cursor, Claude Code, Jupyter, Streamlit. You build to learn in hours, not weeks.</p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><p><strong>Design craft - </strong>Figma at high fidelity. You care about interaction details, information density, flow states.</p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><p><strong>Engineering fluency - </strong>Git workflows, API design, basic React/TypeScript. You review PRs, not just PRDs.</p></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Bonus:</strong> Built autonomous agents (not chatbots). SEO/MarTech domain expertise. Frontend or data engineering background. Vector DB/RAG at scale.</p><div class="MsoNormal"><hr></div><p class="MsoNormal"><strong>The Stack</strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Agents:</strong> Custom architectures, LLM tool use, reasoning chains, evaluation frameworks<br><strong>Data:</strong> PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, Elasticsearch, terabytes of real-time search data<br><strong>AI/ML:</strong> OpenAI, Anthropic, Groq, self-hosted models, custom eval pipelines<br><strong>Prototyping:</strong> Cursor, Claude Code, Jupyter, Streamlit, raw Python<br><strong>Design:</strong> Figma, Figma Make, Lovable<br><strong>Engineering:</strong> GitLab, Next.js, React, TypeScript, Python, Kubernetes</p><div class="MsoNormal"><hr></div><p class="MsoNormal"><strong>The Deal</strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Compensation</strong></p><ul><li class="MsoNormal"><p><strong>Base:</strong> $180K–$250K</p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><p><strong>Benefits:</strong> Fully covered medical (Aetna), 99% dental/vision, unlimited PTO, paid parental leave, $100/quarter dev budget, company-paid Lasik (2-year vest), pet insurance (Lemonade, 2 pets), 401(k) via Deel</p></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><strong>The Opportunity</strong></p><ul><li class="MsoNormal"><p>Hybrid in San Francisco. Energy, serendipity, rapid iteration - this doesn't happen fully remote.</p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><p>We ship weekly. We prototype daily. We measure everything.</p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><p>No PMs who don't code. No features without evaluation frameworks. No roadmap maintenance - only category creation.</p></li></ul><div class="MsoNormal"><hr></div><p class="MsoNormal"><strong>The Company</strong></p><p class="MsoNormal">Search Atlas powers autonomous marketing for Fortune 500s and high-growth startups:</p><ul><li class="MsoNormal"><p><strong>OTTO SEO - </strong>Fully autonomous technical optimization</p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><p><strong>Content Genius - </strong>Semantic AI content generation and publishing</p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><p><strong>Site Explorer - </strong>Real-time search intelligence and monitoring</p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><p><strong>BrandVault - </strong>AI-driven knowledge graphs</p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><p><strong>GBP Galactic - </strong>Local SEO automation</p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><p><strong>Smart Ads - </strong>Autonomous PPC management</p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><p><strong>LLM Visibility - </strong>AI search analytics and optimization</p></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Inc. 5000.</strong> <strong>Nevada's #1 Small Business Workplace.</strong> <strong>Great Place to Work Certified.</strong></p><p class="MsoNormal">Bootstrapped. Profitable. Growing fast. Building the future from San Francisco.</p><div class="MsoNormal"><hr></div><p class="MsoNormal"><strong>No cover letters. No generic applications. Just evidence of craft.</strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong>$32M ARR. Bootstrapped. Category-defining. San Francisco.</strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><em>Search Atlas is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all team members.</em></p><p><em>Must be currently authorized to work in the US without future sponsorship.</em></p>