Senior Product Owner - API Team

Career Fulfillment & Culture

People come to work for Deque because of what we do: enable businesses and organizations to make their sites and apps accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities. The personal fulfillment employees feel here is unparalleled. In addition to the altruistic nature of our jobs, the organizational structure is extremely flat and welcoming. Women-owned and operated, Deque CEO Preety Kumar is internationally revered for her down-to-earth personality and work ethic. Deque's core values are central to our culture of customer satisfaction. Do you share them?

• Innovation with results that matter
• Deliver what you promise
• Can-do attitude
• Open, direct & respectful communications
• We care deeply
• We practice humility

At Deque, you’ll work with the best and brightest minds in the industry, sharing best practices, tackling new issues and uncovering new approaches. Accessibility Consultants at Deque also love their jobs because of the support systems in place.

Deque experts regularly contribute to W3C Accessibility Working Groups and collectively hold more CPACC, WAS, & CPWA certifications issued by the IAAP than any accessibility testing company in the world.

Position Description

Deque Systems is looking for an execution-focused Product Owner to orchestrate the development of one of our flagship products. The Product Owner will be responsible for gathering requirements, maintaining the backlog and running sprints. They will work with the engineering leads to define and maintain metrics to track the effectiveness of the development team. They will work with the QA team to ensure that product releases are high quality and will proactively communicate with all stakeholders including the product marketing and management teams to make the releases of our products smooth and seamless.

Primary Responsibilities

• Prioritize resources and features, set objectives for the sprints, maintain a list of features in order to increase market share and increase adoption within target market
• Work with engineering and support to improve the development team’s efficiency
• Ensure ticket acceptance criteria are clear and complete
• Work with QA and development to ensure complete and efficient testing
• Ensure the product managers are equipped with updated documentation, have accurate and timely change logs, that sprint demo videos exist for every sprint feature and that those videos are available early in the process
• Work with customer support to resolve customer issues including triaging and prioritizing bugs and customer-reported issues
• Work with our product managers to understand market priorities
• Ensure the development team is working on the highest priorities
• Work with our UX/UI designers to produce the mockups of UI (changes) to be implemented

Requirements

• Experience as a product owner
• Previous technical experience; Background working as a software engineer would be preferred
• Previous experience with B2B enterprise software products
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent prioritization and coordination skills

About Deque

Deque (pronounced dee-cue) is a web accessibility software and services company, and our mission is Digital Equality.  We believe everyone, regardless of their ability, should have equal access to the information, services, applications, and everything else on the web.
We work with enterprise-level businesses and organizations to ensure that their sites and mobile apps are accessible. With over 475,000 extensions installed and over 5,000 audit projects completed, Deque is the industry standard. Join our growing family as we work to make the web a better place for everyone.

Job Location

• Remote: USA, or Europe (United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands)

How to Apply

• Apply by submitting your resume and a cover letter. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered. 

In your cover letter

• Explain your interest in joining Deque and how you align with our Core Values
• Depict key attributes that differentiate you as a candidate

Deque is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunities. Reference and background checks will be required. The expected salary range is 130K - 140K but is subject to change based on the skills, abilities, and experience of each candidate. The values listed are not intended to guarantee a salary for candidates or current employees.

Thank you for your interest in joining our exciting company!