About the Role

We are seeking a Product Owner cum Software Engineer with a backend engineering mindset and a passion for integrating modern technologies into real-world systems. You’ll play a central role in designing and deploying customer and operations portals, backend infrastructures, and frontend experiences—driven by an AI-first product development approach. This is a unique opportunity for someone who thrives in fast-paced environments, values deep user understanding, and loves experimenting with the latest in automation and artificial intelligence.

Why Join Us?

1. Tech-Forward Culture – Work with AI-augmented development workflows, serverless architecture on AWS, microservices, and modern programming stacks (e.g., Python, Java).

2. Meaningful Mission – Help create products that increase digital and financial accessibility across underserved markets.

3. Autonomous and Agile Team – Be part of a lean, highly collaborative team that values ownership, experimentation, and speed.

4. Comprehensive Benefits – Enjoy strong employee support, career growth programs, and work-life balance initiatives.

5. Learning-First Environment – Access technical upskilling, cross-functional projects, and opportunities to work on innovative prototypes.

What You’ll Do

• Drive AI-first integration across product development—using prompt engineering and automation to reduce manual effort and boost value delivery.

• Collaborate across engineering and product to uncover real user needs, questioning assumptions and challenging requirements.

• Own the entire product development cycle—from technical design and development to launch, iteration, and post-deployment monitoring.

• Build reliable, scalable backend systems while integrating with front-end interfaces and internal portals.

• Champion experimentation and hypothesis-driven product improvements; fail fast, learn faster.

• Participate in cross-functional planning, feedback loops, and rapid prototyping.

• Ensure high standards for automation, testing, and code quality throughout the development process.

What We’re Looking For

Must-Have Skills

• Strong product intuition—able to think beyond code to the value delivered to the user.

• Proven backend development experience (Python, Java, or similar).

• Hands-on understanding of prompt engineering and experience using generative AI tools.

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to distill technical ideas for broader audiences.

• A bias for action—comfortable working in ambiguity, making decisions, and wearing multiple hats.

• An experimentation mindset—you're comfortable building MVPs and iterating based on fast feedback.

• Strong collaboration skills with a readiness to lead initiatives and own features end-to-end.

• Passion for learning new technologies, frameworks, and business domains.

• Experience or willingness to work with CI/CD and automated testing environments.

• Proficiency in English, both written and spoken.

Nice to Have

• Prior experience working on financial products, especially in fintech or emerging market contexts.

• Frontend development experience (e.g., React.js or similar frameworks).

• Exposure to infrastructure such as mcp servers or serverless cloud platforms.