What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Operations Engineer position at viamrobotics?
Viam is the engineering platform for robotics and automation, empowering developers, startups, and enterprises to build, deploy, and scale—from prototype to production. Our platform makes robotics development accessible to software engineers, removing traditional barriers to building production-grade automation. We're also pioneering surface finishing automation for marine manufacturing, with solutions for robotic sanding that automate critical processes in roles that are physically demanding, safety-critical, and hard to fill. We were founded in 2020 by former MongoDB co-founder and CTO Eliot Horowitz, Viam is headquartered in New York City.
Product Operations Engineer
What You'll Do
We're looking for a Product Operations Engineer to own user research, proactive user engagement, and the data operations that help us build better products faster. This is a hands-on role where you'll conduct user interviews, build systems to identify opportunities in our user base, maintain data quality, and make direct product improvements. You'll have the autonomy to identify what needs to be done and the technical chops to do it yourself.
User Research & Engagement
- Own end-to-end user research: recruit participants, conduct interviews, synthesize findings into actionable improvements.
- Build tooling to identify and reach users at key activation moments (e.g., first live robot, published module).
- Drive improvements to completion.
Data Operations & Insights
- Maintain data hygiene and build dashboards that surface actionable insights.
- Track product health metrics, activation funnels, and usage patterns.
- Maintain product usage pipeline and CRM data.
Product Contributions & Tooling
- Make direct product improvements: enrich metadata, fix UX friction, update documentation.
- Write code to build internal tools, automate workflows, and improve team productivity.
- Identify gaps and ship solutions independently.
What We're Looking For
Required:
- 3-5 years in product operations, user research, or analytics roles.
- Experience conducting and synthesizing qualitative user research.
- Comfortable with outbound outreach and talking to users regularly.
- Coding ability to build tools and queries with LLM assistance.
- Self-starter who identifies problems and executes solutions independently.
- Strong communication skills to translate user feedback into product requirements.
Nice to Have:
- Experience in developer tools, robotics, or B2B SaaS.
- Background in PLG or growth operations.
- DevRel or technical community management experience.
What Success Looks Like
- First 90 days: Establish regular research cadence, build your first user identification system, ship product improvements from research insights.
- First 6 months: Become the go-to source for "what are users actually experiencing?" and drive measurable improvements in activation and product quality.
The estimated salary range for this role is 120-190k. This is a hybrid role 3 days a week in our NYC office.
Viam’s base salary range for this role is posted above. Your exact offer will vary based on factors, including experience level, skillset, market location, and balancing internal equity relative to peers at the company. We recognize that the person we hire may be less experienced, or more senior, than this job description as posted. In these situations, the updated salary range will be communicated to you as a candidate. In addition to cash compensation, Viam offers a comprehensive Total Rewards package that includes equity grants, health benefits, and more.
- 100% covered medical/dental/vision insurance plans, commuter benefits
- 25 days paid vacation and generous holiday observances
- Free lunch every day that you’re in the office
- One Medical Membership
- Citi Bike memberships
- Monthly wellness stipend to be used for a variety of fitness-related items like gym memberships, fitness classes, fitness equipment, and more
- Paid parental leave
- Reproductive Health Benefits, including Fertility Benefits and Abortion Access Travel Benefits
- Yearly Learning and Development Budget
- Vision Driven
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- Act Decisively
- Succeed Through Diversity
- Hold Ourselves Accountable
- Lead with Curiosity