Red Hat · 1 day ago
Senior Software Engineer / Product Owner
Raleigh, NC
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$116K/yr - $192K/yr
5+ years expRed Hat is looking for a Sr. Software Engineer to join their team and grow into the Product Owner role. The position focuses on maximizing the incremental value delivered by the team and ensuring effective communication between stakeholders and the development team.
Enterprise SoftwareInsurTechLinuxOpen SourceOperating SystemsSoftware
Responsibilities
Own, maintain, and prioritize the product backlog as the tactical, day-to-day decision-maker, ensuring it aligns with the Product Management roadmap and can react to unexpected work
Focus on maximizing the return on investment (ROI) by prioritizing the most strategic items using direct metrics
Represent all stakeholders (users, customers, open source community, internal teams) to the development team
Ensure the team's vision, plans, and status are transparent to all stakeholders, maintaining ongoing communication across multiple time zones and functional groups
Actively participate in all team ceremonies and manage the flow of work through Agile Scrum sprints
Develop an understanding of the customer perspective and mentor associates on customer value and engagement in the open collaborative process
Qualification
Required
Proven experience as a Product Owner focusing on team execution and delivering incremental value
Demonstrated ability to gather customer input and prioritize work effectively based on those customer needs
Strong understanding of Agile principles, including experience with Scrum methodology
Ability to understand and work with Product Management and other stakeholders on building a product vision for the product-delivery team and its role in a broader product
Demonstrated ability to pursue opportunities to mentor associates within the immediate team and provide constructive feedback
Excellent communication skills, including the ability to present team delivery roadmap to stakeholders or represent the team when needed
5+ years of experience in a software engineering context designing and developing software solutions
Must be able to track and identify escalated issues impacting the team and carry the issue forward through to completion
Demonstrated experience working effectively across globally distributed, diverse teams and functional groups
The role requires skills in fostering transparency and maintaining ongoing communication with the product-delivery team, driving the team's vision, plans, and tracking current status
Preferred
Experience in open source development or contributing to open source communities is beneficial, particularly experience monitoring and incorporating feedback from upstream/downstream open source channels
Experience monitoring and incorporating feedback from both internal channels and external open source communication channels is highly beneficial
Familiarity with defining Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and Service Level Indicators (SLIs)
Experience using prioritization techniques such as WSJF, RICE, or MoSCoW to make informed decisions about priorities
Experience working with large features by breaking them down into Epics and user Stories/Tasks
Benefits
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
Flexible Spending Account - healthcare and dependent care
Health Savings Account - high deductible medical plan
Retirement 401(k) with employer match
Paid time off and holidays
Paid parental leave plans for all new parents
Leave benefits including disability, paid family medical leave, and paid military leave
Additional benefits including employee stock purchase plan, family planning reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, transportation expense account, employee assistance program, and more!
Company
Red Hat
Red Hat is a software company that offers enterprise open-source software solutions. It is a sub-organization of IBM.
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown2018-10-28Acquired
1999-08-20IPO
1999-03-09Corporate Round
Leadership Team
Chris Wright
Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President Global Engineering
Mark Little
CTO JBoss
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