Technical Program Management

Chalk is building the data platform that powers the future of machine learning applications. We tear down complexity, latency, and scale barriers that have traditionally constrained ML capabilities. Our platform combines Rust-speed performance with elegant tools that developers love to use. Leading companies depend on Chalk for everything from stopping fraudulent credit card swipes, verifying identities, and maximizing clean energy capture. We've recently raised a $50 million Series A , led by Felicis.

We are hiring our first Technical Program Manager to drive execution across Chalk's most important initiatives. Chalk's surface area is growing quickly: the Chalk Context Engine serves features to models and agents in single-digit milliseconds, and Chalk Compute runs models and agents securely inside our customers' own clouds. Every launch spans engineering, product, docs, and go-to-market, and we need someone who keeps all of it moving.

You'll work directly with our founders, VP of Product, and engineering leads to build and run our program management systems, processes, and culture. We want to move fast, and any process that slows us down should be there because it leads to better decisions and products.

We're in the office 5 days a week. When unavoidable conflicts come up, we're flexible. This is not a hybrid role.

10+ years of experience, including 6+ years of technical program management experience

Track record of shipping complex, multi-team technical programs from concept to launch

Strong technical depth: you can follow architecture discussions, pressure-test engineering plans, and understand how data infrastructure and ML systems fit together

Crisp written and verbal communication: your program proposals, reviews, and decision/tradeoff docs create clarity and get buy-in from engineers and execs alike

Comfortable operating in ambiguity; you build structure where none exists

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent

Prior experience as a software engineer or in another hands-on technical role

Experience launching developer-facing platforms, APIs, or ML/data infrastructure

Experience as the first TPM or program hire at a startup

Familiarity with some of the systems we build and run: Data: streaming and batch feature pipelines, data warehousing, analytics, BI Serving and infrastructure: single-digit-millisecond online serving, serverless compute, and Kubernetes deployments inside customer VPCs (“Bring Your Own Cloud” deployments) AI: training, fine-tuning, serving, and deploying models, plus agentic applications Languages: Python, SQL, Rust, and Go

Data: streaming and batch feature pipelines, data warehousing, analytics, BI

Serving and infrastructure: single-digit-millisecond online serving, serverless compute, and Kubernetes deployments inside customer VPCs (“Bring Your Own Cloud” deployments)

AI: training, fine-tuning, serving, and deploying models, plus agentic applications

Languages: Python, SQL, Rust, and Go

Chalk is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and inclusion and provide reasonable accommodations to anyone in need of individualized support.