Product Owner and Front End Developer

SKF is the world leading supplier of products and solutions in the bearing business including technical support, maintenance services, condition monitoring and training.

The inherent skills and competence of our around 40,000 employees help us to fulfill our objective of creating more intelligent, sustainable and innovative customer solutions. SKF is a truly global company with presence in more than 130 countries, serving an extensive range of industries and customers worldwide. SKF started its operations in India in 1923.

SKF has hands-on experience in over 40 industries with knowledge and a vast product portfolio across the SKF technology platforms: bearings and units, seals, lubrication systems, condition monitoring equipment, and services.

We operate in four regions – the Americas, Europe, Middle East & Africa, India & Southeast Asia and China & Northeast Asia – to serve customers with speed and responsiveness.

SKF has been in India since more than 100 years and has a pan India footprint consisting of 6 manufacturing facilities, 12 offices, a supplier network of over 300 distributors and an employee base of more than 2600 dedicated professionals.

To know more, please visit: www.skf.com/in

Innovation is the key:

We make some of the world’s most innovative products and solutions to reduce friction. But we sell something bigger. Less friction means more energy saved. And it means that society can move forward to a more energy-efficient future where we can all do more with less.

Sustainability:

At SKF, we have a long history of working with industrial sustainability. It is an integral part of what we do every day. And we strive to create engagement throughout the business, not only by implementing sustainability on a strategic level, but also by encouraging the ideas and grass root projects initiated by our people around the world.

About Technology Development

The TD team for ISEA is focused on Customer Product development & Engineering, Innovation for the region, rollout of new technologies for the region, testing, Failure Investigation, scaleup from POC to series production, Portfolio Management etc.

TD Competencies

• Engineering & Research Centre
• Product Development & Engineering – This division brings out conceptual/detailed designs to support BOH/ETO activities based on customer specifications. Technology trends like digitization of workflows, e- Aviation, Sensorization, Product localization, Design automation, Agile, DFX and Model based designs, (MBDs) have increased the operational efficiency and application productivity. What our customer gain from this is efficient digital data exchange, traceability and flexibility in design changes, reduced carbon footprint and higher performance products.
• Testing : Group Testing Services is a trusted partner in design, process and supplier validation. The testing team ensures greater focus on customer requirements, quality and operational efficiency. This entails greater support for SKF’s processes in a faster manner by applying global test standards, adapted to local customer specific requirements.
• Global Metallurgy & Chemistry Laboratory (GMC)
• Future Factory (Manufacturing 4.0) – Working on World class manufacturing – Lean, Green, Digital.
• Manufacturing Process & Development - We support factories in the areas of process development (Heat treatment), machine building, Advanced Manufacturing – HT simulations, Additive Manufacturing, Vision Inspection etc. We are working on building innovative solutions on machines (measurement/ assembly/ clean manufacturing) and focusing on Scaling technologies like 3D printing and Camera based Inspection system with automation.
• Connected Technologies - develop new products for connectivity and sustain it. We work on sensor technology and data integration. This help customer for predictive maintenance of their assets
  
  

SKF Purpose Statement

Together, we re-imagine rotation for a better tomorrow.

By creating intelligent and clean solutions for people and the planet

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title : Product Owner and Front-End Developer

Reports To: Global Manager - Digital Product Design

Role Type : Individual contributor

Location : Bangalore

Role Purpose:

Join an internal product team of developers, designers, and a design systems manager in creating and maintaining a companywide design system, including in a native web component library that will be adopted by a global suite of digital products to create industry leading front-end experiences.

We are looking for a result driven product owner who understands the importance and impact of a well-maintained backlog. You have advanced knowledge of front-end development and can apply it at scale across multiple digital products using native Web Components (LIT). You know your way around advanced JavaScript, TypeScript and are proficient with React. You’re someone that has been working with advanced application logic and knows best practices. You're curious by nature and eager to adopt new technologies that enable scalable and the most maintainable solutions. You are as much vested in the impact our product and team intents to achieve as you are focused on the deliverables.

You’ll support us by being a developer in the team as well has having product ownership responsibilities. This will involve setting and managing the backlog with the support of the design systems manager and your team as well as contributing to the product by participating in coding. In addition, the role requires you to provide advice to other developers outside the team, sharing best-practices and at times jumping into other people’s code to provide feedback.

Key Responsibilities And Day To Day Tasks

• Work alongside the design system manager to understand and influence the roadmap, vision, and product strategy that will then impact the priority of the team’s backlog
• Communicate the product vision, team progress and gather feedback to ensure everyone is aligned with the product goals
• Prioritize and maintain the product backlog to reflect priorities
• Participate and drive agile activities, sprint planning, demos, etc.
• Collaborate regularly with other developers, designers and product owners
  
  

In addition, you will be:

• Applying your skillset as a developer within the team and support your other teammates in knowledge sharing
• Collaborating close with the other team members and work in pair-programming
• Contribute to decisions about how we structure our code and how we work smartest
• Learn about emerging trends and share that knowledge
  
  

You will enjoy working here if

• You are product driven, you want the design system (and the value it creates) to be experienced by all of SKF
• You are comfortable in driving alignment within your team and with a wide group of stakeholders
• You enjoy working in a product team
  
  

We offer you

• A job in an international environment
• To be part of a team that is fostering and growing industry leading digital experiences
• To be part of driving digital transformation and accelerating change
• To be part of a team where the focus is on impact and outcomes to deliver true value
• To be a part of an open and engaged team where we together shape the roadmap
  
  

Candidate Profile:

• Eight+ years’ (or equivalent) experience with front-end development
• Four+ years’ experience leading and managing a team’s backlog
• Solid experience in JavaScript (browser+node), TypeScript and previous knowledge about LIT Web Components as well as React.
• Good understanding of what it means to work with a distributed product (npm/vite/rollup/node) and Github actions/CI.
• Demonstrated ability to manage your time and the time of others
• Be comfortable talking to and helping developers from different teams as well as giving demos/presentations 
• Be communicative and have a clear interest in building a product community
• Experience in making architectural decisions within front end / "Fullstack"
• Experience working within an international companies / European companies
  
  

About SKF

SKF has been around for more than a century and today we are one of the world’s largest global suppliers of bearings and supporting solutions for rotating equipment. With more than 40,000 employees in around 130 countries, we are truly global. Our products are found everywhere in society. In fact, wherever there is movement, SKF’s solutions might be at work. This means that we are an important part of the everyday lives of people and companies around the world. See more, at www.skf.com.