Principal Technical Product Owner

Xebia is a global AI-first, digital transformation, and engineering partner with over 25 years of experience and a team of 5,000 professionals across 16 countries. They specialize in Artificial Intelligence, Data and Cloud, Intelligent Automation, and Digital Products. Their CEE region team delivers modern applications, data platforms, and AI solutions for notable clients such as McLaren, Aviva, Deloitte, Spotify, Disney, ING, and others, utilizing technologies including AWS, Azure, GCP, Databricks, and Snowflake.

• Extensive experience as a Technical Product Owner, Tech Lead, Staff Engineer, Principal Engineer, Solutions Architect, Founding Engineer, or in a similar engineering leadership role
• Proven experience owning developer-focused platform products or Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs)
• Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures and modern platform engineering principles
• Hands-on knowledge of AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, containers, cloud networking, and infrastructure automation
• Solid understanding of platform architecture, including multi-tenancy, Control Plane vs Data Plane, deployment workflows, service orchestration, and platform scalability
• Experience defining product strategy, owning roadmaps, prioritising initiatives, and leading product discovery
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills bridging engineering and business perspectives
• Experience making product decisions based on metrics and measurable outcomes
• Comfortable working closely with engineers, challenging technical decisions, and driving engineering best practices
• Practical experience using AI-powered assistants (e.g. ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot Chat) to improve productivity, quality, or decision-making in analysis and software delivery

Nice to have:

• Experience with Terraform, Helm, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, or GitOps practices
• Knowledge of observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or OpenTelemetry
• Development experience with TypeScript, Node.js, or NestJS
• Experience with usage-based pricing, metering, or billing systems
• Familiarity with Edge Computing, CDN platforms, or high-performance networking solutions
• Experience applying GenAI in structured workflows within SDLC
• Interest in emerging AI-driven practices for automation and workflow optimization

• Defining and owning the platform vision, strategy, and long-term product roadmap
• Translating developer needs and business objectives into platform capabilities and product initiatives
• Prioritising the product backlog and driving roadmap execution based on business value and technical impact
• Leading product discovery, defining MVPs, and validating new platform capabilities
• Collaborating closely with engineering teams and architects on platform evolution and technical direction
• Participating in architectural discussions around scalability, resilience, security, observability, and multi-tenancy
• Designing intuitive developer experiences and simplifying deployment and operational workflows
• Gathering feedback from platform users and engineering teams to continuously improve the platform
• Aligning technical and business stakeholders around product strategy and delivery outcomes
• Driving platform standards, challenging technical assumptions, and contributing to solution design discussions

Work from the European Union region and a work permit are required.