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Technical Product Owner (Remote - Europe) at Jobgether. This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Technical Product Owner in Europe.. This role offers the opportunity to lead the vision, strategy, and execution of a high-impact Kafka-based data engineering platform. As a Technical Product Owner, you will act as the bridge between business stakeholders and engineering teams, translating complex requirements into scalable, compliant, and reliable event-driven solutions. You will define the roadmap, prioritize initiatives, and ensure delivery of measurable business value while collaborating with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, fully remote environment. This position combines technical depth with product ownership, allowing you to shape the evolution of cutting-edge data streaming capabilities and drive innovation across the organization.. . Accountabilities. In this position, your main responsibilities will include:. . Defining and owning the product vision and roadmap for Kafka/data engineering capabilities, translating business needs into prioritized backlogs with clear acceptance criteria and KPIs.. . Collaborating with Data, Analytics, Marketing, and Product teams to define event models, SLAs, integration requirements, and ensure stakeholder alignment on priorities and trade-offs.. . Shaping the architecture and evolution of Kafka-based pipelines (topics, partitions, retention, compaction, Connect/Debezium, Streams/ksqlDB), partnering with engineers to ensure scalable, secure, and cost-efficient solutions.. . Driving schema governance (Avro/Protobuf), data quality enforcement, and compliance with GDPR/CCPA, PII handling, and other regulatory requirements.. . Managing backlog grooming, sprint planning, and delivery tracking to meet throughput, latency, and consumer lag targets.. . Continuously evaluating improvements for reliability, latency reduction, and cost-efficiency, while exploring new tools and best practices in data streaming and event-driven systems.. . . To be successful in this role, you should bring:. . 4+ years of experience as a Product Owner or Technical Product Owner in data engineering, streaming, or related domains.. . Proven ability to define and communicate a product vision and roadmap, aligning with business goals and stakeholders.. . Hands-on experience in backlog management, user story creation, prioritization techniques (MoSCoW, WSJF, RICE), and defining acceptance criteria.. . Strong experience with Agile/Scrum/Kanban frameworks, backlog grooming, and sprint ceremonies.. . Excellent stakeholder management skills, translating business outcomes into technical user stories, defining KPIs/SLAs, and balancing trade-offs.. . Technical understanding of event-driven architectures and Kafka ecosystem (Confluent, Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, Streams/ksqlDB).. . Knowledge of data governance, compliance, and security practices (GDPR/CCPA, PII, encryption, RBAC/ACLs).. . Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Helm).. . Strong communication skills (English C1 or higher) and ability to present technical concepts to business audiences.. . Preferred Qualifications:. . Experience with internal developer platforms or streaming data service ownership.. . Familiarity with observability and reliability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog) and incident response processes.. . Exposure to Customer Data Platforms (e.g., mParticle) or tag management systems (e.g., Tealium).. . Background in software development or data engineering (Python, Kotlin, Spark/Flink) is a strong plus.. . . Company Location: United Kingdom.