Senior Technical Platform Owner

Role Overview

This position is for a Senior Technical Platform Owner to join a team that owns a business-critical, Kafka-native platform. The role involves translating business problems into technical features, driving backlog prioritization, and owning the product roadmap. The objective is to ensure a sustainable, reliable, and desirable platform that transforms, enriches, and standardizes real-time streaming data.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the product roadmap.
• Prioritize user stories and conduct backlog refinement.
• Translate stakeholder requests into clear user stories.
• Define the definition of done (DoD) for development tasks.
• Collaborate with QA on test case development.
• Manage client relationships, including onboarding and issue resolution.
• Analyze metrics to determine the quality of the user experience.

Required Qualifications

• Education: A Bachelor's degree in a quantitative or business field such as statistics, mathematics, engineering, or computer science is required, or equivalent experience.
• Experience: A minimum of 4-6 years of related experience is required. This must include strong technical product owner experience.
• Technical Skills:
  • Experience as a Product Owner.
  • Proficiency with AWS.
  • Knowledge of data streaming, data integration, API development, or big data.
  • Experience with Jira or Jira Align.
  • Familiarity with PI Planning, roadmap development, and backlog refinement.
  • Experience with Agile Software Development methodologies.
  • Proficiency in Business Analysis, Product Lifecycle Management, Product Management, or Project Management.
• A Certified Scrum Master, Certified Agile Practitioner, or equivalent certification is required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous development or engineering experience.
• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) certification.
• SAFe Scrum Master Certification.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
• 401K program with company match after 12 months of tenure
• Health Savings Account (HSA) on the HDHP plan
• SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions
• Corporate discount savings program and other discounts
• On-demand training program
• Access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure
• Certification discounts and perks to associations including CompTIA and IIBA
• Dedicated customer service team for Consultants
• Certified Career Coach

Location: Fully remote anywhere in the US. You must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.