Technical Product Owner, RTL+

Massive Rocket | Global Braze & Snowflake Agency

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Posted on: 9/24/2025

Origin: • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

AWSAzureCloudDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformGrafanaKafkaKotlinKubernetesPrometheusPythonSparkTerraform

About the role

Define and own the product vision and roadmap for Kafka/Data Engineering capabilities; translate business needs into technical requirements and prioritized backlogs; ensure clear acceptance criteria and measurable KPIs
Collaborate with Data, Analytics, Marketing, and Product teams to define event models, SLAs, and integration needs; align stakeholders on priorities, trade-offs, and delivery timelines
Shape the architecture and evolution of Kafka-based pipelines (topics, partitions, retention, compaction, Connect/Debezium, Streams/ksqlDB); partner with engineers to ensure scalable, secure, and cost-efficient solutions
Drive schema governance (Avro/Protobuf), data quality enforcement, and regulatory compliance (GDPR/CCPA, PII handling); ensure monitoring, observability, and incident management practices are in place
Own backlog grooming, sprint planning, and delivery tracking; ensure throughput, latency, and consumer lag targets are met; manage risks, dependencies, and SLAs
Continuously evaluate and introduce improvements in reliability, cost-efficiency, and latency reduction; assess new tools, frameworks, and best practices in data streaming and event-driven systems

Requirements

4+ years of proven experience as a Product Owner or Technical Product Owner in data engineering or streaming domains
Demonstrated ability to own a product vision and roadmap, align it with business goals, and communicate it effectively to technical and non-technical stakeholders
Hands-on experience in backlog management, user story writing, prioritization (MoSCoW, WSJF, RICE), and defining acceptance criteria
Strong experience with Agile/Scrum/Kanban frameworks, backlog grooming, and sprint ceremonies
Skilled at gathering and refining requirements from diverse stakeholders (data, analytics, product, marketing)
Ability to translate business outcomes into technical user stories for Kafka/data engineering teams
Experience in balancing trade-offs (cost, reliability, time-to-market, compliance) and negotiating priorities
Comfortable defining KPIs, SLAs, and success metrics for platform capabilities
Strong understanding of event-driven architectures and the Kafka ecosystem (Confluent, Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, Streams/ksqlDB)
Familiarity with data governance, compliance, and security requirements (GDPR/CCPA, PII handling, encryption, RBAC/ACLs)
Working knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Helm)
Ability to engage in technical discussions on latency, throughput, consumer lag, schema evolution, and cost optimization
Excellent written and verbal communication skills (English C1 or higher)
Proven ability to present technical concepts in business language and influence decisions
Experience in cross-functional leadership within engineering squads or consulting/client-facing roles
Preferred: experience with platform product ownership, observability/reliability practices (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog), exposure to Customer Data Platforms (mParticle) or tag management systems (Tealium), and background in data engineering/software development (Python, Kotlin, Spark/Flink)

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