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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Associate Product Owner (Onsite - Denver) - **Company:** Gigsmart, Inc. - **Location:** Denver, CO, United States - **Experience:** Starter - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** JIRA, Collaborative Software, Release Management, Software Tools, Software Engineering, Web Applications, Gitlab, Bug Reporting, Information Technology - **Published:** August 24, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.wayup.com/i-j-Associate-Product-Owner-Onsite-Denver-GigSmart-892147479423457/ ## About the Role + Required Degree: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Economics, Mathematics, or related field. + 1-3 years of experience in product, project coordination, QA, business analysis, or a related role - or a strong track record demonstrating the skills below. + Excellent written communication and the ability to turn ambiguous ideas into clear, structured requirements and acceptance criteria. + Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to juggle multiple workstreams and keep stakeholders aligned. + Technical curiosity - you don't need to code, but you're comfortable reasoning about how software works, reading through logic, and discussing implementation trade-offs with engineers. + Comfort using AI tools to accelerate work + A collaborative, proactive attitude - comfortable working on-site with a fast-moving team in our Denver office. Nice to Have + Experience with the software development lifecycle in an agile/sprint environment. + Familiarity with feature flagging, release management, or QA/testing practices. + Experience writing customer-facing help content or product documentation. + Experience with product and engineering tools such as Jira, GitLab (or similar), and collaboration tools like Slack and Notion. ## Description Ideas come from everywhere - customers, sales calls, bug reports, leadership. Someone has to turn all of that into work engineers can actually build. That's this job. You'll sit between engineering, design, and sales: writing the specs, grooming the backlog, and running releases. It's hands-on and execution-heavy - a strong fit if you're early in your product career, seriously organized, and curious about how software works under the hood., Backlog & Requirements + Write clear, detailed acceptance criteria, product specs, and technical/product requirement documents for new features and enhancements (e.g., shift bundling, worker attendance, shift announcements). + Groom and maintain the product backlog - creating, refining, and prioritizing tickets in Jira so engineering always has a clear, ready queue of work. + Break large initiatives into well-scoped, buildable features across our mobile and web apps Release & Sprint Execution + Coordinate releases from beta through production, tracking scope, status, and readiness across the team. + Produce and present the recurring sprint report, summarizing shipped work and upcoming priorities for the product and leadership teams. + Review and provide product acceptance/approval on engineering work to confirm it meets the defined criteria before release. Quality, Testing & Triage + Triage incoming product bugs and feedback, reproduce issues, and prioritize fixes with engineering. + Run regression and QA testing so nothing rough reaches production. + Investigate data and product issues and partner with engineering to root-cause and resolve them. Cross-Functional Coordination + Translate requests from Sales and Customer Success syncs into actionable Jira tickets and follow them through to delivery. + Act as product point of contact for feature development, coordinating testing, timelines, and rollout. + Write and maintain customer-facing help content and FAQs, and contribute to feature documentation. ## Related Videos - [Improving quality with Agentic AI with Rovo Dev and Xray](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2005-improving-quality-with-agentic-ai-with-rovo-dev-and-xray) - [Debugging in the Dark](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1658-debugging-in-the-dark) - [Building an agentic software factory: How we rebuilt product development at Pipedrive](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100261-building-an-agentic-software-factory-how-we-rebuilt-product-development-at-pipedrive) - [WeAreDevelopers LIVE - Modern DevOps for IoT Devices and More](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1805-wearedevelopers-live-modern-devops-for-iot-devices-and-more) - [Are Code Reviews Worth It? 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