Product Manager
(Developer Experience)

Basel / Remote

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About the opportunity

Product Manager (Developer Experience)

We are looking for someone with deep software development knowledge to help us craft an amazing Developer Experience for our powerful headless CMS and DXP. If you are into frontend/headless/jamstack topics, this is a great opportunity.

Your job is to stay up to date with the latest technologies, create great integrations to them, and keep in touch with developers. The mantra for our dev experience is "fast, easy, fun & effective". You'll work with technologies like React, Vue, Angular, Svelte, Remix, Next, Nuxt, Storybook, Vercel, Netlify, Github, Gitlab.... you get the idea.

If you're ready to strive to create value in newer ways and to think outside of the box, you're the perfect match for us - so please read on!

The details

What things you’ll be doing?
  • Manage Developer Experience product areas of the Magnolia Digital Experience Platform (DXP) through their life cycles.
  • Research: Engage with developers of customers & partners for both fundamental research (understand their problems, requirements and wishes) as well as to collect feedback on current works in progress. Translate insights into a coherent product strategy and help our customers grow.
  • Shaping: Shape developer features such as frontend framework integration, Rest APIs, Content Type definitions, IDE tooling, etc.
  • Delivery: Manage the development backlog and work with the team building solutions on a daily basis.
  • Rollout features / collaborate with the product marketing department.
  • Observe market trends, keep up to date on the latest tech.
  • Occasionally attend and/or speak at conferences.
What do we need from you?
  • Minimum of 4 years experience in software development.
  • Interested in Headless CMS, DXP and Jamstack
  • Ideally familiarity with its developer communities and opinions on, and enthusiasm for, Developer Experience.
  • Ideally previous role as product manager or similar with experience in research & validation.
  • You love to make things.
  • Excellent writing & presentation skills.
  • The ability to effectively collaborate and communicate with stakeholders across all levels within the ecosystem.
So, who are we?
  • We are a fun and open-minded bunch of colleagues spread across the globe.
  • Aside from work, we are parents, gamers, bookworms, athletes, adrenaline junkies, philosophers, and so much more.
  • Yearly company trip. We’ve just been to Interlaken/Switzerland - we’d love to see you at the next one!
  • Constant learning and knowledge sharing with some of the best professionals in the industry.
  • Lateral and vertical growth opportunities.
  • Flexibility, flexibility, flexibility.
  • Remote-friendly vibes.
We are for you if you like to…:
  • take charge: You are in the driver’s seat and set the direction according to what customers, colleagues and cultures need. No matter the roadblocks you see ahead, you take charge in (re)shaping the destination.
  • connect: You never drive alone. Building meaningful connections means creating experiences together that form a foundation of trust so next time there’s a bump in the road, you know someone else has your back.
  • be you: Choose your own ways and means. You make every perspective count so that everyone feels safe enough to follow their purpose and at the same time pursue one common goal. Your way of growing is to mutually question yourself and others.

Applying

  • Please submit your application in English; it’s our company language so you’ll be speaking lots of it if you join
  • Please click on the link below in order to proceed
  • We treat all candidates equally: If you have any questions, please reach out to our contact
  • We’re on a mission to make everyone feel valued at work. We embrace and encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.
  • Not sure you meet 100% of our qualifications? Please apply anyway!

About Magnolia

Founded in 1997 with a vision to create the first truly open content management system, Magnolia is a world-leading digital experience company. Brands who want to move fast and stay flexible choose Magnolia because the company blends the power of an enterprise DXP solution with headless agility. Magnolia operates globally with offices on five continents and more than 200 Magnolia-certified partners worldwide.

To learn a bit more about our team and who we are, make sure to visit our About page.