Product Owner - Data Engineering

About the Webellian

Webellian is a well-established Digital Transformation and IT consulting company committed to creating a positive impact for our clients. We strive to make a meaningful difference in diverse sectors such as insurance, banking, healthcare, retail, and manufacturing. Our passion for cutting-edge and disruptive technologies, as well as our shared values and strong principles, are what motivate us. We are a community of engineers and senior advisors who work with our clients across industries, playing a deep and meaningful role in accelerating and realizing their vision and strategy.

About the opportunity

We are seeking a highly motivated Product Owner to lead our Data Engineering team focused on delivering capabilities within our enterprise Data Platform. In this role, you will bridge the gap between business stakeholders and technical teams, defining and prioritizing platform features that enable scalable analytics, data science, and business intelligence initiatives.

You’ll work closely with data engineers, architects, and business users to develop robust, efficient, and future-ready data solutions aligned with modern architectural principles such as data lakes, lakehouses, and cloud-native pipelines.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as the voice of the customer and primary decision-maker for data platform features and capabilities.

• Define, maintain, and prioritize the product backlog for the data engineering team.

• Translate business needs into detailed user stories, technical requirements, and acceptance criteria.

• Collaborate with engineering teams to design and deliver scalable ETL/ELT pipelines, data models, and platform enhancements.

• Support adoption of modern data architectures, including cloud data lakes, streaming data, and batch processing.

• Align platform capabilities with data governance, quality, and lineage best practices.

• Participate in Agile ceremonies, ensuring strong delivery cadence and team alignment.

• Monitor the performance and value delivery of the data platform, adjusting priorities based on evolving needs.

• Stay informed on industry trends in data engineering, analytics, and cloud technologies.

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Ideal Candidate:

• Independent Worker. Capable of working autonomously, making informed decisions and taking responsibility for outcomes. Ability to independently acquire knowledge and insights.

• Proactive Attitude. Takes initiative and adopts a "leave it with me" approach to tasks.

• Resilience and Challenge-Oriented. Comfortable with not knowing everything immediately but is determined to find out and solve complex problems.

• Communication. Excellent verbal and written communication skills to interact with various stakeholders.

• Analytical Ability. Combine various sources of information to form a complete picture.

  
  

Required Qualifications:

• 4+ years of experience as a Product Owner, Business Analyst, or Platform Lead in a data or engineering domain.

• Strong understanding of data platforms, data lake architectures, and data engineering workflows.

• Familiarity with data ingestion, transformation, modeling, and orchestration (e.g., using SQL, Python, or tools like dbt).

• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment with a clear product ownership mindset.

• Ability to understand and articulate technical data platform concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

• Proficiency in reading and interpreting SQL and data models (hands-on coding not required, but a plus).

  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with cloud-based data platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP, Snowflake, or similar).

• Knowledge of data governance frameworks, catalogs, and access control systems.

• Exposure to data mesh, lakehouse, or modern data stack concepts.

• Experience working in regulated or complex environments (e.g., finance, healthcare, telecom).

  
  

What we offer:

• Contract under Polish law: B2B or Umowa o Pracę

• Benefits such as private medical care, group insurance, Multisport card

• There are English classes available

• Hybrid work in Warsaw (Mokotów)

• Opportunity to work with excellent professionals

• High standards of work and focus on the quality of code

• New technologies in use

• Continuously learning and growth

• International team

• Pinball, PlayStation & much more (on-site 🤫)