Who we are
Kentik is the network intelligence platform for modern infrastructure teams. Unlike traditional monitoring and observability tools, we demystify complex network operations, enabling organizations to deliver applications and innovation at scale. Built by network experts to make critical insight accessible to every engineer, Kentik is the real-time source of truth that understands every network in context — from data center to cloud to the internet. This single platform unifies and correlates cloud, device, flow, and synthetic data to turn telemetry into action. Market leaders like Akamai, Booking.com, Dropbox, and Zoom rely on Kentik to run, manage, and optimize their networks.
What we do
Kentik builds observability products for some of the most complex networks in the world. Our platform ingests high-volume network, flow, telemetry, routing, and performance data and transforms it into actionable insights for engineering, operations, and business teams.
As our platform grows, delivering a cohesive, intuitive, and scalable user experience across multiple products is critical. The Platform UI team is responsible for defining how users interact with Kentik, from navigation and workflows to cross-product consistency and AI-powered experiences.
What you'll do
As a Senior Product Manager for Platform UI, you will own the roadmap and execution for the user experience across Kentik’s platform. You will work at the intersection of product, design, and engineering to create a unified, high-quality experience that enables network professionals to move seamlessly across products and workflows.
In this role, you will:
Own and drive the product roadmap for platform UI, balancing user experience improvements, cross-product consistency, and feature delivery
Define and evolve a coherent information architecture, navigation model, and interaction patterns across the platform
Partner closely with platform and backend product teams to align on shared data models, APIs, and platform primitives that power the UI
Translate customer research, product usage data, and domain expertise into clear product requirements and prioritized work
Identify UX inconsistencies, redundant patterns, and fragmentation across products, and drive alignment toward a unified experience
Work closely with design to ensure high-quality, usable, and scalable user experiences
Engage regularly with customers including network engineers, NetOps teams, and SREs to validate direction and uncover unmet needs
Define success metrics for platform UI initiatives and measure impact post-launch
Support cross-product decisions that impact the overall user experience across Kentik
Identify opportunities to integrate AI-driven capabilities such as intelligent alerting, natural language interfaces, and contextual recommendations into the UI
What you'll bring
Studies have shown that some candidates tend to apply to jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. We encourage you to apply if you meet most of the criteria - even if you don’t match all of the qualifications, your skills and experience could be valuable in this role!
6+ years of product management experience, ideally in infrastructure, networking, or observability domains
Experience owning UI, UX, or platform experience initiatives across multi-product systems
Strong UX and product design sensibility, with the ability to partner deeply with design and articulate clear user experience principles
Experience working in complex product environments with multiple teams, products, and legacy considerations
Ability to drive alignment across engineering, design, and product teams without direct authority
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
Comfort operating in ambiguous environments and making well-reasoned decisions with incomplete information
Familiarity with networking fundamentals and infrastructure concepts
Our tech stack
Our core data engine and platform are primarily written in Go
We use Node.js + Express for application serving, and React as our primary UI framework
We also use some JS and Python for tooling/scripting
In addition to our own database, we use Postgres, Kafka, Mysql, and Redis
Internal and public APIs expose both rest/json and gRPC endpoints
Haproxy, Envoy for API traffic routing and balancing
Github for source control, PRs, issues
Jenkins for automated builds
What we offer
Kentik is a fully remote company that operates globally. We seek professionals that will help us thrive as an organization, and in turn, to broaden and enhance your career. We’re very thorough in the interview process to understand your skills and how they will relate to your successful growth here at Kentik. Our compensation philosophy encompasses a fair program for all in order to attract, engage and retain talented individuals who will drive our business and wow our customers.
The compensation range for this position is:
$190,000– $225,000
.
This range reflects the low and high end of the U.S. compensation range Kentik reasonably and generally expects to pay the hired candidate in this role.
The actual compensation offered may be lower or higher than the stated range depending on various factors, including but not limited to:
Experience with the skill sets required for success
Demonstrated competencies and potential
A geographic market-based approach
In addition to a great career opportunity, Kentik offers stellar benefits for our employees, which include:
100% of premiums are paid by company for health, vision and dental coverage for you and your dependents
Additionally, an annual Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) of $3,000 for an individual or $4,500 for a family
Paid family & medical leave
Open PTO, a quarterly Wellness Day, and a minimum of 10 paid holidays
401(k) retirement account
Home office reimbursement
Stock options
Note:
Benefits are as listed for all US full-time employees. For compensation, international applicants will be treated equitably in relation to the laws applicable within the countries in which we operate.
Come work with us
The true meaning of Kentik is
visibility
. We’re committed to making sure everyone feels empowered to use their voice, has a sense of belonging, and is represented at Kentik.
We don’t look for individuals who fit the culture, but those who will continue to add to the culture.
We encourage everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in the industry: people of color, LGBTQI+ community, women, individuals with disabilities (both seen and unseen), veterans, and people of any age or family status.
Kentik is committed to creating an inclusive interview process. If you require a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process, please reach out to [email protected].
Come as you are!
You will be working at a fast-growing, well-funded startup alongside industry thought leaders and network aficionados as we build the future of observability and set the high bar for how network operations and digital businesses should run. With a competitive salary and amazing benefits on top of the meaningful and challenging projects you’ll take on, we’re sure you’ll enjoy joining the Kentik team.
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