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Lead Backblaze’s developer relations strategy and establish B2 as the preferred storage layer for AI and agent-led projects. Coordinate engineering, documentation, content, solutions engineering, and startup-program resources; build credibility across developer communities, open source projects, events, and AI tooling ecosystems. Create feedback loops with product and engineering, define adoption and conversion metrics, produce technical content, and grow developer mindshare, engagement, signups, and usage.

Own the reliability, scalability, and administration of production Vitess/MySQL and Cassandra databases. Design highly available architectures, replication, backup, recovery, security, and disaster recovery strategies. Lead incident response, on-call operations, monitoring, SLO development, root cause analysis, and production readiness reviews. Automate database and infrastructure operations using scripting, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, and Jenkins. Establish runbooks, escalation procedures, training materials, and mentor junior database SREs while partnering across engineering and infrastructure teams.

Lead B2 cloud object storage product strategy, roadmap, discovery, and delivery. Translate customer and market needs into product requirements, collaborate with Design, Engineering, and go-to-market teams, launch features, track product metrics, and evangelize solutions. The role requires deep cloud architecture, API, security, compliance, and product lifecycle expertise, along with strong cross-functional leadership and customer research capabilities.

The VP of People will lead People operations and strategic HRBP functions for a remote-first, internationally expanding technology company. Responsibilities include designing engagement, culture, communications, retention, succession, manager development, onboarding, remote-work practices, and in-person gatherings. The role requires scaling organizations of approximately 500–1,000 employees, operating internationally, using AI agents, and building programs collaboratively while remaining hands-on.

Own and scale ISV partnerships to make Backblaze B2 the default storage endpoint across backup, M&E, and data/AI ISVs. Manage integrations from certification to co-sell, produce joint technical assets, run partner program operations, and deliver partner-sourced pipeline and co-branded reference architectures to meet FY2026 OKRs.

Lead OEM and silicon partnerships to design Backblaze B2 into GPU and AI infrastructure stacks, close OEM/ODM deals, and deliver co-branded reference architectures that drive partner-influenced ARR and published analyst validation.

As a Staff Product Manager, you will lead product strategy, execute the product development lifecycle, and collaborate across teams to address customer challenges in cloud storage.

The Product Manager will lead the strategy and execution for Backblaze's Computer Backup product, overseeing the entire product lifecycle from vision and roadmap to launch and iteration while conducting market research and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Leads commercial, privacy, and product legal functions for a cloud technology company. Drafts and negotiates complex SaaS, partnership, reseller, and technology agreements; advises on global privacy, data protection, AI, intellectual property, and product development issues; develops contracting processes and playbooks; partners with cross-functional teams; and manages, mentors, and develops legal professionals.

Supports Backblaze’s public-company legal and governance operations, including SEC filings, Section 16 reporting, insider trading administration, board and committee materials, entity records, Nasdaq compliance, stock administration, litigation support, insurance claims, subpoenas, and legal process. The role coordinates with attorneys, executives, auditors, finance, outside counsel, and other stakeholders while maintaining confidential information and deadline-driven calendars. It also uses AI and legal technology to improve recurring workflows.