Location: Bengaluru, India
Company: German-Based Software Product Company
About the Role
We are looking for a highly accountable and product-minded engineer who takes complete ownership of software products from concept to production. This is not a task-execution role , it is a product ownership role where engineering judgment, architectural thinking, and delivery accountability matter as much as coding capability.
You will own one product end-to-end, including architecture, development, reliability, deployment quality, and technical decision-making. The role demands someone who understands not only how to build software, but why it should be built in a particular way.
The ideal candidate is someone who can independently drive execution, challenge unclear requirements, collaborate effectively with hardware and embedded teams, and consistently ship production-grade software with high engineering standards.
Key Responsibilities
Product Ownership
- Take full-stack ownership of a software product including backend services, APIs, integrations, and frontend components where applicable.
- Maintain accountability for the product’s reliability, scalability, maintainability, and production performance.
- Ensure technical decisions align with business goals and user outcomes.
Architecture & Engineering Excellence
- Define and evolve the product’s technical architecture.
- Make pragmatic architectural trade-offs under real-world constraints.
- Build clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.
- Ensure every feature includes appropriate test coverage and documentation before release.
- Proactively identify and reduce technical debt.
Requirement Analysis & Problem Solving
- Translate business and product requirements into scalable technical solutions.
- Challenge unclear, unnecessary, or technically unsound requirements constructively.
- Estimate effort accurately and communicate risks, dependencies, and uncertainties transparently.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Work closely with embedded systems and hardware engineering teams to define and validate interface specifications.
- Collaborate with stakeholders across product, engineering, QA, and operations functions.
- Drive alignment without requiring constant escalation or direction.
Reliability & Delivery
- Own uptime, latency, error rates, and operational stability of the product.
- Participate actively in deployment, monitoring, debugging, and production issue resolution.
- Provide structured weekly updates covering current status, forward plans, risks, and dependencies.
What We Are Looking For
Required Experience
- Strong experience in full-stack software development within product-based environments.
- Demonstrated ownership of production-grade software products or major feature sets.
- Proven track record of independently shipping and maintaining software used by real customers.
- Experience working in cross-functional engineering environments involving hardware or embedded systems is highly preferred.
Technical Strength
- Strong software architecture and system design capabilities.
- Solid understanding of APIs, backend services, databases, cloud-native development, and modern frontend frameworks.
- Strong focus on code quality, automated testing, observability, and maintainability.
- Ability to make balanced engineering decisions without over-engineering solutions.
Professional Attributes
- High accountability and execution ownership.
- Strong communication and documentation skills.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Comfortable operating in fast-moving product environments with evolving priorities.
- Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving mindset.
Evaluation Criteria
Candidates will be evaluated on:
- Demonstrated end-to-end product ownership.
- Quality and impact of production software delivered.
- Architectural decision-making and technical depth.
- Ability to meet commitments consistently.
- Cross-functional collaboration and communication capability.
- Practical problem-solving under constraints.
Indicators We Typically Avoid
- Ownership limited only to assigned development tasks.
- Portfolios consisting solely of tutorials, coursework, or cloned repositories.
- Inability to explain technical decisions, trade-offs, or measurable outcomes.
- Dependence on senior leadership for routine architectural decisions.
Career Growth
This role offers a direct path toward leading a product engineering pod as the organisation scales globally. Engineers who demonstrate strong ownership, delivery consistency, and technical leadership will progressively take on broader product and team responsibilities.
First Week Expectations
Within the first week, you will be expected to:
- Review and understand the complete product architecture.
- Set up and run the full product locally end-to-end.
- Document setup gaps, inconsistencies, and technical observations.
- Identify key technical debt areas with prioritised improvement recommendations.
- Ship one small but production-complete improvement through the deployment cycle.
- Present your first structured product status update to the team.
Why Join Us?
- Opportunity to work with a fast-growing German product company building globally scalable technology solutions.
- High ownership engineering culture with direct impact on product direction.
- Collaborative international environment with strong technical standards.
- Exposure to cutting-edge software, embedded, and systems engineering ecosystems.
- Bengaluru-based role with global product exposure and long-term leadership growth opportunities.
