Rothstein Recruitment
Technical Product Owner - Banking Technology - Java
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Technical Product Owner - Banking Technology - Java
We are seeking an experienced Technical Product Owner to join a fast-growing technology business building modern banking platform capabilities for financial institutions. This is a highly technical Product Ownership role, working at the intersection of banking, product, engineering and platform delivery. This role would suit a Product Owner who is comfortable working closely with engineering teams building Java-based microservices, deployed on Kubernetes, with Kafka and event-driven architecture at the heart of the platform. You do not need to be a hands-on developer, but you must be technically credible enough to work with engineers, architects and senior stakeholders on complex platform decisions.
The role
As Technical Product Owner, you will take ownership of product backlog, requirements and delivery priorities for a cloud-native banking platform. You will work closely with software engineers, architects, delivery leads, business stakeholders and senior product leaders to define what needs to be built, why it matters, and how it should be prioritised. The role requires someone who can understand both the commercial value of banking products and the technical realities of building scalable, secure, regulated financial technology platforms.
Key Responsibilities
- Own and prioritise the product backlog for core banking platform capabilities.
- Translate product strategy, customer needs and business objectives into clear technical requirements.
- Work closely with engineering teams building Java-based microservices and distributed systems.
- Define user stories, acceptance criteria, product flows and functional requirements.
- Partner with architects and technical leads on platform design, integration points and technical trade-offs.
- Support delivery of event-driven capabilities using Kafka and related messaging technologies.
- Help shape Kubernetes-based, cloud-native platform features and operational improvements.
- Balance new feature development with technical debt, scalability, resilience and regulatory considerations.
- Engage with stakeholders from product, engineering, operations, compliance and commercial teams.
- Ensure engineering teams have clear priorities, context and success criteria.
- Contribute to roadmap planning for platform evolution and customer-facing banking capabilities.
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Required Experience
- Proven experience as a Technical Product Owner, Product Manager, Technical Business Analyst or similar role within a software/platform environment.
- 4 years + experience working in banking, fintech, payments, digital banking, core banking, banking-as-a-service, or financial technology platforms.
- Strong understanding of modern software delivery and cloud-native architecture.
- Experience working with engineering teams using:
- Java
- Kubernetes
- Kafka
- Microservices
- APIs
- Event-driven architecture
- Cloud-native platforms
- Ability to engage credibly with software engineers, architects and technical leads.
- Strong Agile delivery experience, including backlog management, sprint planning and refinement.
- Experience turning complex requirements into clear, deliverable product increments.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Ability to prioritise effectively in a fast-moving, technically complex environment.
Highly Desirable Experience
- Experience with programmable banking, payments, account products, financial rules engines or orchestration platforms.
- Exposure to core banking systems or digital banking transformation programmes.
- Understanding of regulated financial services environments.
- Experience with high-volume, real-time or event-driven transaction processing.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms especially AWS
- Awareness of DevOps, CI/CD, observability, resilience and platform reliability.
- Previous background in software engineering, solution architecture or technical analysis would be beneficial.
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About You
You are a technically strong Product Owner who enjoys working with engineering teams on complex platform products. You can discuss product outcomes with business stakeholders, but you are equally comfortable talking to engineers about APIs, microservices, Kafka topics, Kubernetes deployments, integration patterns and technical constraints. You understand that great product ownership in a banking technology environment is not just about writing user stories. It is about making informed prioritisation decisions, understanding risk, maintaining delivery momentum and helping shape scalable products that can operate safely in regulated financial services environments. This is a role for someone who wants to help build the next generation of banking technology platforms.
Why This Role?
This is an opportunity to work on a modern financial technology platform designed to help banks become more agile, responsive and programmable without replacing the infrastructure that underpins their stability and compliance. You will be working on products that sit at the heart of modern banking transformation: real-time decisioning, event-driven architecture, configurable financial products, cloud-native delivery and scalable platform engineering.
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