Principal Product Manager (Camera Platform)

TL;DR

Principal Product Manager (Camera Platform): Owning the strategy and roadmap for hirify.global's camera platform capabilities, including hardware, firmware, video, and on-device intelligence. Focus on balancing reliability, performance, and long-term flexibility to enable scalable and differentiated camera experiences for partner teams.

Location: Hybrid (Boston, MA) with in-office attendance two core days per week (Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday).

Salary: $145,500–$213,400 annually

Company

hirify.global is a high-tech home security company passionate about protecting homes with a growing ecosystem of connected security devices and services.

What you will do

• Own the roadmap and long-term platform strategy across camera hardware, firmware/OTA systems, video/media services, and on-device intelligence.
• Establish north-star outcomes that anchor camera platform decisions around experience quality, reliability, performance, and customer trust.
• Define durable platform requirements and vision for video experiences across the camera fleet.
• Lead camera platform health and evaluation, including defining metrics and ensuring effective monitoring.
• Partner with Firmware, Video/Media, Backend, and Edge/ML engineering teams to shape priorities and drive platform improvements.
• Influence platform-level decisions regarding functionality placement (on-device vs. backend) to balance cost, latency, reliability, and experience quality.

Requirements

• 8+ years of product management experience working on camera systems, video platforms, embedded devices, or other platform-oriented products.
• Strong systems-level understanding of hardware, firmware, and video pipelines.
• Experience defining platform capabilities and standards that enable multiple product and engineering teams to build consistently on shared infrastructure.
• Comfort partnering closely with ML and data teams on performance, latency, and deployment tradeoffs.
• Proven ability to align deeply technical teams around clear priorities and shared, measurable outcomes.
• Clear communicator who can bridge executive intent, engineering reality, and customer experience.

Nice to have

• Experience with OTA platforms.
• Experience with on-device or cloud-based intelligence.

Culture & Benefits

• A mission- and values-driven culture with a focus on collaboration and innovation.
• Hybrid work model with flexibility for remaining work days.
• Comprehensive total rewards package including medical, retirement, and lifestyle benefits.
• Free hirify.global system and professional monitoring.
• Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) for networking and development.