About the Role
As a Junior Technical Product Owner, your mission is to own the backbone of our data services. You will turn complexity into clarity and help us build stable, scalable software by translating business needs into clear, actionable technical requirements for engineering teams. You will collaborate closely with Data Engineers, refine requirements, define test cases, and continuously learn about architectures and data flows. You will keep the bigger picture in mind, guiding features from initial idea through development, rollout, and ongoing operation. You will use your digital toolkit to maintain visibility and control over system health, bringing structure to complexity and helping move services from 'working' to 'reliable at scale'.
Responsibilities
- Translate business needs into clear, actionable technical requirements for engineering teams
- Collaborate closely with Data Engineers: refine requirements, define test cases, and continuously learn about architectures and data flows
- Keep the bigger picture in mind: guide features from initial idea through development, rollout, and ongoing operation
- Use your digital toolkit (Git, Jenkins, monitoring dashboards, etc.) to maintain visibility and control over system health
- Bring structure to complexity and help move services from “working” to “reliable at scale”
Requirements
- Hold a degree in (Business) Informatics or a related field
- Bring initial experience as a Technical Product Owner / Product Manager – or demonstrate strong technical affinity and the ambition to grow into the role
- Develop a solid technical understanding: concepts like TDD, ETL, and monitoring tools (e.g. Grafana, Graylog) should not be unfamiliar
- Communicate effectively in an agile environment: understand developers, speak their language, and translate problems into clear solutions
- Work independently, take ownership, and focus on pragmatic solutions
- Communicate clearly and honestly – and don’t shy away from asking the right questions
- Experience working with data, exposure to microservices, or familiarity with the AdTech environment is a plus
- A portfolio, a side project, or a demo repo is valued over a CV
Skills
- Git
- Jenkins
- Monitoring dashboards
- TDD
- ETL
- Grafana
- Graylog
Location
- Remote
Work Type
- Remote
- On-site (for specific events)
Experience Level
- Junior
Education Level
- Degree in (Business) Informatics or a related field
Benefits
- Ownership over tickets
- No unnecessary bureaucracy
- No micromanagement
- Test what works
- Fail fast, learn faster
- High standards, low ego
- Direct feedback
- Honest collaboration
- No drama
- Hackathons
- Conferences
- Community investment
- 30 days of vacation
- Dec 24 & 31 off
- Smart Fridays
- 4 days week possible
- Mobility (Germany ticket & JobRad)
- Sports & health offerings
- Mental health support
- Corporate benefits
- RTL+ access
About the Company
- We use AI to accelerate – not to replace thinking.
- We design the system, steer the output, and take responsibility for what we ship.
- Fast where it makes sense. Careful where it matters.
Equal Opportunity
- smartclip is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, nationality, age, gender, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or any other diverse characteristics.
