Product Owner Trading & Re Engineering

Contact Name: James Clarke
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Location: Fully Remote (1 day per month in London, self-funded) Salary: Up to £70,000 + up to 15% bonus + 10% pension + 30 days holiday

A high growth fintech is seeking an experienced Product Owner with a trading and re engineering mindset to drive the next evolution of their trading platforms. This role sits at the intersection of product leadership, back end engineering, and domain driven design, offering you the chance to make tangible impact across a complex, fast paced environment.

The Company

Operating at the forefront of fintech innovation, this organisation is transitioning from a product led to a domain focused model. You'll join a team of 8 Product Owners and 4 Business Analysts collaborating across 8 Agile Development Squads who build and automate services using PHP, Golang, AWS, and Python.

The Role

You will take ownership of a key trading and re engineering programme, managing priorities, streamlining functionality, and supporting back end engineering initiatives to improve performance, stability, and scalability across trading systems.

Key responsibilities include:

• Defining and delivering epics and user stories aligned with trading and engineering objectives.
• Owning backlog management, ensuring priorities reflect business value and technical feasibility.
• Collaborating closely with engineers and stakeholders to translate trading workflows into logical, technical requirements.
• Tracking metrics and KPIs to drive continuous improvement and re engineering efficiencies.
• Partnering with Business Analysts to clarify requirements and dependencies across systems.
• Fostering a logical, data led mindset to make informed prioritisation and design decisions.

What You'll Bring

• Proven experience as a Product Owner within a trading or financial markets environment.
• Strong understanding of back end engineering concepts, ideally working alongside developers in PHP, Golang, or AWS.
• Excellent capability in managing product backlogs, writing user stories, and defining epics.
• Ability to interpret complex trading processes and identify where automation or re engineering adds value.
• Analytical mindset with a focus on performance, data, and outcome based delivery.
• Comfortable working in a remote first, fast moving environment with occasional monthly collaboration days in London.

Join a high performing fintech building the next generation of trading infrastructure - where your product insight, technical understanding, and analytical approach will shape the way modern trading systems evolve.