Product Owner – Automotive in Bucuresti

Aeris is at the forefront of the "Internet of Things" (IoT) industry, building networks and applications to enable Fortune 500 clients to fundamentally improve their businesses. We believe IoT will have a profoundly positive impact on the world for generations to come. The improvements made possible through IoT—improving patient care, preserving our natural resources, eliminating vehicle fatalities, and providing power to remote parts of the world—are just now being realized. Headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices around the world, Aeris is the preeminent cellular IoT player globally powering critical projects across energy, connected vehicles, transportation, retail, healthcare and more. Aeris is a valued supplier to automotive OEM’s including Volkswagen and Mitsubishi. Our award-winning connected vehicle platform – the Aeris Mobility Suite – provides our customers with significant advantages in functionality, time-to-market, and performance. No competitor comes close to matching us. Our automotive business is growing rapidly just with existing customers and is at the cusp of hypergrowth based on the multi-billion dollar addressable market. We are currently seeking an experienced, proactive Product Owner of Development to lead a talented team of backend Java developers and testers. This individual will guide a team of software developers focusing on Java based micro-services and web services. This role necessitates robust oral and written communication skills, exceptional interpersonal capabilities, and a readiness to learn quickly and enthusiastically. We prize individuals who can work efficiently and effectively, both independently and in a team setting.   Responsibilities: Drive the design and development of software solutions by understanding requirements, working closely with users, studying data usage and work processes, identifying problem areas, and adhering to the Agile development lifecycle. Illustrate solutions by creating thorough documentation, design specifications, and architecture diagrams. Improve operations by conducting advanced systems analysis and suggesting changes in policies and procedures. Supply information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing development and service issues. Deliver timely and professional responses to support requests and customer needs. Assume full responsibility for complex technical issues, coordinating with offshore development groups to resolve them as needed. Ensure quality throughout the development cycle including design documentation, release notes, epics, tasks bugs etc. Work with SAFe RTE and TPM to create PI epics and their corresponding level of effort during the PI planning. Manage the team’s sprint cadence during the PI period and work with various stakeholders to monitor the progress, ensure deliverables are met with quality. Provide training sessions for Customer Support teams as required. Play a key role in defining and designing architecture components and participate in various phases of the development and deployment lifecycle. Coordinate and collaborate with L1/L2 Support, Operations, Engineering, and Product management teams.   Required Experience: Great communication. 8+ years of experience in a software development or related role Bachler’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent discipline/experience. Experience leading teams of 7-10 people Deep understanding of core Java, including but not limited to multi-threading, memory management, and web services. Experience with Spring, Spring Boot, and related concepts, including JPA, Cache, cloud stream, and security Experience working with set of technologies including caching technologies like Redis, Message brokers like Kafka/RabbitMQ, JSON/ProtoBuf, stream and batch processing Experience with microservices in Kubernetes environment, knowledge in helm or similar Experience with GCP, AWS or Azure Experience with Agile process is required. Strong plus working in SAFe Excellent team player, creative, self-motivated, positive attitude with ability to work independently with customers to help resolve complex product issues   Preferred Experience: GitOps experience Prior experience collaborating with geographically distributed teams. SAFe Automotive experience Powered by JazzHR