Technical Product Manager
Open to remoteZach Lamb
Ich baue Werkzeuge für Menschen — und bin immer offen für ein Gespräch über Code, die Natur oder Oreos.
Ich bin Technical Product Manager mit Frontend-Engineering-Hintergrund — das heißt, ich verantworte die Roadmap, leite das Team und kann trotzdem bei den technischen Entscheidungen in die Tiefe gehen, die wirklich zählen. Bei Circadence leite ich Delivery, Produktrichtung und externe Partnerschaften für RangeGPT, eine KI-gestützte Cybersicherheits-Trainingsplattform. Ich habe die Delivery-Infrastruktur des Teams von Grund auf neu aufgebaut, Circadences technische Beziehung zu NTT Data Japan etabliert und KI-gestützte Engineering-Praktiken in die täglichen Workflows eingeführt. Außerdem leite ich ein wachsendes Frontend-Team und steuere gemeinsam mit dem Backend-Lead die technische Richtung.
Der Engineering-Hintergrund ist bewusst gewählt. Ein Jahrzehnt in EdTech, FinTech, Gesundheitswesen, E-Commerce und Cybersicherheit bedeutet, dass ich die Kosten schlechter Anforderungen kenne, das Risiko von Scope Creep im Sprint und warum eine Roadmap, die Tech Debt ignoriert, Fiktion ist. Dieser Kontext verändert, wie ich mit Ingenieuren arbeite, wie ich Stakeholdern widerspreche und wie ich einen Raum führe. Ich bin zertifizierter ScrumMaster und schreibe immer noch Produktionscode, wenn es die Arbeit erfordert. Wenn ich nicht am Schreibtisch sitze, unterrichte ich Yoga, wandere auf Colorados Wegen oder versuche, die Oreo-Debatte ein für alle Mal zu klären.
Technical Product Management · Roadmap-Verantwortung · React & TypeScript · KI/LLM-Integration · Cross-funktionale Führung · Zertifizierter ScrumMaster
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Wegbericht
Circadence
Technical Product Manager
Sep 2025 — Present
- Rebuilt the team’s delivery infrastructure from scratch: consolidated 409 backlog items into 10 structured Linear projects and established the first reliable sprint cadence, grooming, and retro process the team had
- Serve as engagement manager and primary technical counterpart for the NTT Data Japan enterprise partnership, a multi-year contract central to Circadence’s international expansion, coordinating across multiple software teams and a hardware team toward the June 2026 Basic Design deliverable
- Designed a four-stage interview process now adopted company-wide; actively hiring Sr. FE Dev, UX Designer, and Sr. BE Dev
- Introduced AI-augmented engineering practices across the team: Claude Code in grooming, MCP tooling for roadmap surfacing, shared agent configs to scale code quality without bottlenecking on review; consistently adopting the latest AI tooling as it ships
- Built and maintain dual roadmaps in Linear: an internal team roadmap and a shared cross-functional roadmap spanning two software teams and a hardware team
- Delivered major frontend features end-to-end as IC in React and TypeScript, including Prefabs, Home Page Redesign, and a UI overhaul supporting 300+ node environments
- Modernized the frontend toolchain to Vite and TypeScript and co-led architectural direction with the backend technical lead
Circadence
Technical Product Manager
Sep 2025 — Present
- Rebuilt the team’s delivery infrastructure from scratch: consolidated 409 backlog items into 10 structured Linear projects and established the first reliable sprint cadence, grooming, and retro process the team had
- Serve as engagement manager and primary technical counterpart for the NTT Data Japan enterprise partnership, a multi-year contract central to Circadence’s international expansion, coordinating across multiple software teams and a hardware team toward the June 2026 Basic Design deliverable
- Designed a four-stage interview process now adopted company-wide; actively hiring Sr. FE Dev, UX Designer, and Sr. BE Dev
- Introduced AI-augmented engineering practices across the team: Claude Code in grooming, MCP tooling for roadmap surfacing, shared agent configs to scale code quality without bottlenecking on review; consistently adopting the latest AI tooling as it ships
- Built and maintain dual roadmaps in Linear: an internal team roadmap and a shared cross-functional roadmap spanning two software teams and a hardware team
- Delivered major frontend features end-to-end as IC in React and TypeScript, including Prefabs, Home Page Redesign, and a UI overhaul supporting 300+ node environments
- Modernized the frontend toolchain to Vite and TypeScript and co-led architectural direction with the backend technical lead
Starbucks
Sr. React Developer
Feb 2024 — Sep 2025
- Developed message reply and edit features with TypeScript, React, and GraphQL
- Upgraded UI libraries raising Lighthouse performance score from 65 to 90
- Collaborated across teams on a new web application for store managers and developed Agile processes
StellarFi
Senior Software Engineer
May 2023 — Jan 2024
- Created a new design system for a brand refresh, driving 100 new users per week improvement
- Pair-programmed an API and UI table with my manager to show users how their monthly membership payments were being reported to credit bureaus
- Built an E2E testing framework that uncovered two major regression bugs in the production account-creation flow
- Initiated and facilitated bi-weekly retrospectives for the engineering team, leading to a documentation-focused sprint and broader process improvements
StellarFi
Senior Software Engineer
May 2023 — Jan 2024
- Created a new design system for a brand refresh, driving 100 new users per week improvement
- Pair-programmed an API and UI table with my manager to show users how their monthly membership payments were being reported to credit bureaus
- Built an E2E testing framework that uncovered two major regression bugs in the production account-creation flow
- Initiated and facilitated bi-weekly retrospectives for the engineering team, leading to a documentation-focused sprint and broader process improvements
Sana Benefits
Software Engineer
Oct 2022 — Feb 2023
- Built healthcare plan selection feature for members
- Acted as Agile Coach teaching Scrum practices to the team
- Created standardized testing process improving code reliability
Purple
Senior Software Engineer
Nov 2020 — Sep 2022
- Built multi-million dollar sale promotions powering major revenue events using Vue.js, YAML, SASS, Docker, and AWS
- Created the order-history feature with React, Redux, a custom REST microservice, Commerce Tools, and AWS Cognito as part of a larger Purple customer-accounts initiative
- Developed A/B tests for the cart checkout flow with React, Redux, and the Google Places API, lifting test coverage across the codebase by 40% using Jest and React Testing Library
Purple
Senior Software Engineer
Nov 2020 — Sep 2022
- Built multi-million dollar sale promotions powering major revenue events using Vue.js, YAML, SASS, Docker, and AWS
- Created the order-history feature with React, Redux, a custom REST microservice, Commerce Tools, and AWS Cognito as part of a larger Purple customer-accounts initiative
- Developed A/B tests for the cart checkout flow with React, Redux, and the Google Places API, lifting test coverage across the codebase by 40% using Jest and React Testing Library
The Regis Company
Software Engineer II
Nov 2017 — Nov 2020
- Contributed to a SPA powering award-winning corporate learning experiences alongside a small cross-disciplinary startup team
- Integrated a new Python API that cut project load times from 6 seconds to 500ms
- Met with clients alongside product owners to refine technical user requirements, reducing project scopes by 30% as measured by Agile story points
- Used my UX background to bridge UX, Dev, and Product teams, driving a 20% productivity increase as measured by burndown charts
Charter Communications
Web Developer (Contract)
Jul 2017 — Nov 2017
- Developed a prototypical dashboard for automating tests on telecommunications equipment using React, Redux, and Webpack
- Partnered with a backend engineer to wire the dashboard to live data via RethinkDB and WebSockets
- Conducted user testing that informed the product roadmap for the following six months
Charter Communications
Web Developer (Contract)
Jul 2017 — Nov 2017
- Developed a prototypical dashboard for automating tests on telecommunications equipment using React, Redux, and Webpack
- Partnered with a backend engineer to wire the dashboard to live data via RethinkDB and WebSockets
- Conducted user testing that informed the product roadmap for the following six months
Freelance Designer
Freelance Designer
Jan 2017 — Jul 2017
- Helped clients with animation and UI design needs
- Delivered polished visual assets and interactive prototypes
Gogo Business Aviation
UI/UX Software Engineering Intern
May 2016 — Aug 2016
- Implemented major product features on a MEAN-stack app in a pair-programming team
- Collaborated with Product and QA to design the end-user interface
- Wrote end-to-end tests with Mocha.js
Gogo Business Aviation
UI/UX Software Engineering Intern
May 2016 — Aug 2016
- Implemented major product features on a MEAN-stack app in a pair-programming team
- Collaborated with Product and QA to design the end-user interface
- Wrote end-to-end tests with Mocha.js
Lab for Playful Computation
UI/UX Developer
Sep 2015 — May 2017
- Developed lab website, Android app, and product website
- Created graphics for NSF proposals — won all submitted grants
- Led marketing efforts for a university hackathon
CU Boulder IT / MCDB
Technical Support
Sep 2014 — Apr 2016
- Improved scientific technology troubleshooting workflows
- Developed a lab website and built a web app tracking department printer charges
CU Boulder IT / MCDB
Technical Support
Sep 2014 — Apr 2016
- Improved scientific technology troubleshooting workflows
- Developed a lab website and built a web app tracking department printer charges
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Empfehlungen
Was Wegbegleiter über die Zusammenarbeit mit mir gesagt haben.
Alle Empfehlungen auf LinkedIn ansehen
If you are considering hiring, promoting, or pulling Zach onto a new project, do it! You will not regret it! Not only is Zach an outstanding developer, teammate, and coach, but he stays grounded and communicates clearly and constructively during challenging situations. While working with him on the Promotions Pod at Purple we faced heavy workloads and tight deadlines back-to-back. Zach was consistently fulfilling his responsibilities, supporting his teammates across the board.
Zach is one of the most thorough and communicative developers I've worked with. He's able to call out when things are in jeopardy and is very invested in the culture of the company. He's a great developer who is always willing to dig in and do the research as well as support his team. He has a background in project management and that comes through with how thorough he is in his documentation and how organized he is when he tackles projects.
Zach and I worked together on the Promotions pod at Purple. During this time, Zach was a Developer on the team. I greatly appreciated Zach's ability to vocalize and lead communication for the development team. This unique skill allowed us to mitigate and tackle perceived risk and issues early on. As a Project Manager, I appreciated the level of importance Zach placed on process and culture, and I was thankful for Zach's help in driving both forward with the team.
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Ausrüstung
Jahre praktische Erfahrung mit jeder Technologie — wegerprobt und produktionsreif.
Frontend
Backend
Tools & Infrastructure
Practices
Skala: 0–10 Jahre. Basierend auf Berufserfahrung.
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Unterkunft
Frontend Engineering
Building performant, accessible web applications with React, TypeScript, and Next.js
AI-Powered Web Tools
Developing LLM-powered interfaces for cybersecurity and beyond
Agile Coaching
Certified ScrumMaster who builds processes that help teams ship better software
UI/UX Design
Bridging design and development with a Human Centered Computing background
B.S. Computer Science
University of Colorado Boulder
2014–2017
Human Centered Computing- Focus: Human Centered Computing
- Minor in Technology, Arts, and Media (ATLAS Institute)
- Notable courses: Data Mining, User Centered Design, Object-Oriented Design & Analysis, Mobile Development
A.S.
Front Range Community College
2012–2014
Zertifizierungen
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
Scrum Alliance · Oct 2020
Agile Training
Mountain Goat Software (Mike Cohn) ·
Ob zu Code, dem Weg vor uns oder Oreos — schreib eine Nachricht und ich melde mich vom Basislager. Ich antworte in der Regel innerhalb eines Tages.