Product Owner – Event Streaming Platform

Rabobank

Product Owner enabling Rabobank’s real-time event streaming platform. Collaborating with engineering teams to improve user experience and governance compliance.

Posted 7/8/2026full-timeUtrecht • 🇳🇱 NetherlandsMid-LevelSenior💰 €5,994 - €8,563 per monthWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsKafka

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Help shape the platform that powers real-time banking across Rabobank
Guide the roadmap, backlog and stakeholder alignment for Rabobank’s managed Kafka platform
Work with Squad Godzilla within the Sub-Area Integration of the Tech4Engineering tribe to improve developer experience, simplify onboarding, and enable secure, compliant and scalable event-driven architecture across Rabobank
Drive adoption of event streaming
Increase adoption of Rabobank’s governance capabilities through standardised onboarding and self-service solutions
Partner with engineers, Solutions Architects and platform stakeholders to simplify onboarding journeys, improve documentation and clarify standards
Work closely with Axual, Enterprise Architecture, Security, IT Risk and engineering teams to prioritise capabilities
Connect business needs, engineering priorities and platform capabilities

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience as a Product Owner or in a similar product leadership role within a technical environment
Experience working with DevOps teams, platform engineering, middleware, integration, infrastructure or related technology domains
Understanding of event streaming, platform engineering, distributed systems and integration concepts, or the ability to learn these domains quickly
Experience operating in complex environments where reliability, security, risk management and compliance play an important role
Experience managing and prioritising backlogs based on customer value, business impact, risk and technical dependencies
Ability to balance product, engineering, security and compliance requirements when making decisions
Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to work effectively across engineering, architecture, risk and business domains
Strong communication skills and the ability to explain technical concepts to different audiences.
Nice to have: Experience working closely with software engineering teams
Experience with Kafka platforms, managed Kafka services or event-streaming technologies
Experience with developer platforms, middleware services or platform engineering practices
Familiarity with access management, ACLs, OAuth, certificates or platform compliance topics
Experience improving developer experience and self-service capabilities
Experience working with Axual or a similar event-streaming vendor

Benefits

Comp & perks

Gross monthly salary between € 5.994 and € 8.563 (scale 10)
Thirteenth month's salary and 8% holiday allowance
10% Employee Benefit Budget
EUR 1,400 development budget per year
Hybrid working: balance between home and office work (possible for most roles)
A pension, for which you can set the maximum amount of your personal contribution

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Hard Skills & Tools

Event StreamingPlatform EngineeringMiddlewareIntegration ConceptsBacklog ManagementRisk ManagementComplianceDeveloper Experience ImprovementSelf-Service CapabilitiesTechnical Decision-Making

Soft Skills

Strong Communication SkillsStakeholder AlignmentCollaboration