Product Owner – Platform

OpenCV

Product Owner for Kubernetes-based public cloud platform enhancing internal engineering collaboration through improved developer experience and operational excellence at Open Systems.

Posted 4/26/2026full-timeZürich • 🇨🇭 SwitzerlandMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDNSKubernetesLinuxSMTPTCP/IP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Participate in shaping the platform vision and execute on the platform priorities with a strong platform-as-a-product mindset.
Lead and grow an engineering team through coaching, feedback, and clear expectations, fostering a culture of ownership, learning, and continuous improvement.
Work closely with engineering teams to understand pain points in the day-to-day use of the platform and turn them into clear backlog items.
Guide the technical direction of a cloud platform and shape its capabilities.
Improve the developer experience around platform consumption, with a particular focus on self-service, ease of adoption, documentation, and consistent workflows.
Drive alignment between user needs, platform architecture, and operational excellence, making thoughtful trade-offs between delivery speed, maintainability, and resilience.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience in a Product Owner, Technical Product Manager, Tech Lead, or similar role in a platform, infrastructure, or internal developer platform environment.
Experience working with cloud-native technologies and modern platform engineering practices.
A strong platform thinking mindset: you see engineers as customers and aim to provide clear, reusable, and easy-to-consume building blocks.
University degree in Computer Science or similar educational level
Proficiency in English.
You know basic Kubernetes concepts like daemonsets/statefulsets/deployments.
Knowledge in GitOps principles and CI/CD tooling.
Knowledge of Linux system administration, networking concepts and major Internet protocols (TCP/IP, IPsec, SSL, SSH, SMTP, HTTPS, DNS).

Benefits

Comp & perks

Caring PASSIONATELY about keeping our customers safe – We’re dedicated to solving problems. Whatever it takes.
Thinking UNCONVENTIONALLY to stay ahead – The world never fails to surprise us. So let’s surprise it first.
Doing the hard work to make things SIMPLE – Craft and hone something that delights in its simplicity.
Working COLLABORATIVELY to build success – The power of the team will always make us faster and better.

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Hard Skills & Tools

cloud-native technologiesKubernetesGitOpsCI/CD toolingLinux system administrationnetworking conceptsInternet protocolsTCP/IPIPsecSSL

Soft Skills

coachingfeedbackclear expectationsownershiplearningcontinuous improvementalignmenttrade-offsdeveloper experienceplatform thinking

Certifications

University degree in Computer Science