German speaking Product Owner (m/w/x) - South Africa - Permanent or Freelance

We are Lekker Code Company - a software developing company. We support clients mainly in Europe to deliver the best software code we could imagine. We all love remote-work which is mainly what we are doing.

You are a Senior Product Owner (m/w/x) speak German and English fluently and reside somewhere within South Africa or Germany?

We are seeking an experienced software architect who specializes in the development of microservices and has extensive knowledge of decoupling systems. The ideal candidate has several years of experience in developing distributed systems.

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• Own product success. You make aligned prioritisation decisions and help the team to keep a strategic eye on long-term opportunities while achieving short-term goals
• Become an expert. You generate a deep understanding of challenges and implications when it comes to data annotations. With your profound knowledge, you will advise the team and our clients
• Hypotheses and proofs. You identify problems to be solved based on customer research and experiments. You use generated insights to develop the most valuable features for our clients. You create prototypes and test their feasibility to implement new features - fast
• Deliver and measure results. You specify and prioritise milestones and help deliver them in time. You define your success metrics and make them visible to internal and external stakeholders

• Just be yourself! - communication, curiosity, reliability, motivation and team orientation are your passion
• Good vibrations: You spread positive vibes!
• 3+ years experience as a product owner within an agile team of software developers
• Deep technical understanding and curiosity to expend your knowledge in our domains
• Customer focus and ability to prioritise requirements based on business value
• Experience with agile tools like Asana, Jira, Confluence, etc.
• Capabilities to communicate, explain and involve with others
• You can handle multiple high priorities at once and like demanding customers.
• Fluent in German and English (C2 or mother tongue)

• Employees First: Our employees are our top priority
• Workations (working holidays i.e. the opportunity to work from abroad for a short period)
• Option to "buy" additional vacation days
• Full-remote work within South Africa
• Flexible working hours and relaxed work environment with a surf-life balance
• "Laptop Office": time zone +- 2 CET
• Free use of a co-working space in South Africa (if desired)
• Permanent employment or Freelance work possible
• Training and professional development opportunities
• In a startup environment, you have the opportunity to showcase your individuality and pursue your aspirations
• Opportunity to help shape the development of a startup from the beginning
• Internal transparency
• Cool & young team
• Regular virtual get-togethers
• Open to discussing visa possibilities for South Africa or Germany
• Paid Business Trips
• Sharing flight costs once a year either to Germany or South Africa

As part of our cool and young team, you have the opportunity to work in a relaxed startup atmosphere. We place great value on internal transparency and give you the chance to shape the development of our startup from the beginning. You have the opportunity to showcase your individuality and pursue your aspirations. Regular get-togethers offer you the opportunity to exchange ideas with your colleagues and network.

We are stoked, you are stoked? Let's get this started!