Product Manager (SRE & Data Engineering)

TL;DR

Product Manager (SRE & Data Engineering) (SRE & Data Engineering): Driving the lifecycle of internal Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Data-as-a-Service (SaaS) products with an accent on enterprise-grade system availability, cloud cost optimization, and data architecture that enables AI/ML. Focus on defining reliability targets and scaling strategies, optimizing BigQuery/ETL/ELT performance, and partnering on security and governance using Cloud IAM.

Location: Remote (United States)

Salary: $200K–$220K

Company

Sardine builds an agentic risk platform for fighting financial crime by unifying risk data to stop fraud in real time.

What you will do

• Own the lifecycle of internal PaaS and Data-as-a-Service (SaaS) products and lead highly technical engineering teams.
• Define and enforce error budgets to achieve 99.99% product availability; drive production scaling and operational maintenance (e.g., GKE cluster consolidation).
• Lead Cloud FinOps on GCP: analyze pricing structures, improve productivity, and reduce operational costs.
• Partner with Data Engineers on table and pipeline optimization (e.g., BigQuery partitioning/clustering and ETL/ELT performance tuning).
• Ensure data architecture supports advanced analytics and Machine Learning by preparing clean, accessible datasets for Data Scientists.
• Collaborate with Legal and Security to ensure AWS/GCP environments comply with privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA) using Cloud IAM and strict access policies.

Requirements

• Deep understanding of cloud computing on GCP, infrastructure as code (Terraform), Kubernetes/GKE, and Site Reliability Engineering principles.
• Extensive experience with data warehousing, data lakes, BI, and deploying AI/Machine Learning products.
• Proven ability to manage large cloud budgets and optimize infrastructure spend within the Google Cloud ecosystem.
• Demonstrated experience directly managing technical personnel (engineers, SREs) and leading cross-functional teams without direct authority.
• Ability to translate complex technical infrastructure and data concepts into clear business value for executive stakeholders.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote-first work culture (#WorkFromAnywhere).
• Generous compensation in cash and equity, with early exercise for all options (including pre-vested).
• Flexible paid time off and a year-end break.
• Health insurance, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents.
• US and Canada specific benefits: 4% matching in 401k/RRSP; MacBook Pro delivered to your door.
• Home office setup stipend, monthly meal/social meet-up stipends, annual health and wellness stipend, and annual learning stipend.