About
Product work with an engineering backbone.
I'm Jacob. I started in software engineering and spent the last 7+ years in product and program roles. I like translating messy business needs into something engineering can actually build.
Based in Vienna. Requirements Engineer at Vienna International Airport, and studying AI Solution Engineering (MSc) at FH Burgenland.
Career
Experience
Requirements Engineer
Vienna, Austria - Gathering and documenting requirements across airport systems and stakeholder teams.
- Working with product and engineering to turn operational needs into clear delivery scope.
Product Owner
Vienna, Austria - Owned and prioritized the product backlog with the engineering team.
- Set up and ran Jira, including the full migration from Asana.
Product Owner & Project Lead
Vienna, Austria - Owned multiple software projects from post-sales through delivery.
- Turned business requirements into user stories and sprint work.
- Kept customer delivery and project margins in balance through risk and budget tracking.
Technical Program Manager
Vienna, Austria · Seoul, South Korea - Owned the global product roadmap across Europe and South Korea.
- Aligned Scrum practices across distributed development teams.
Technical Program Manager
Vienna, Austria - Coordinated cross-functional teams on product alignment and delivery dates.
- Tracked program risks and reported to C-level stakeholders.
Requirements Engineer & Software Developer
Vienna, Austria - Worked on backend and app development (Swift, Java, Node.js) for Handy Parken, a major Austrian mobility app.
- Wrote technical requirements with business units.
Toolbox
What I work with
Tools and practices I use day to day across product, engineering, and AI.
Product & Process
- Product Ownership
- Roadmapping
- Backlog Management
- Scrum
- Kanban
- Requirements Engineering
- Stakeholder Management
Engineering
- Swift
- Java
- Node.js
- SQL
- Git
AI & Automation
- AI Product Management
- MCP
- Prompt Engineering
- Machine Learning
Tools
- Jira
- Asana
Beyond work
What I'm into
Outside of work, this is how I spend my time.
Aviation
Working toward a PPL(A). Flying rewards clear decisions and precision.
Coffee
Roasting and brewing at home. Still refining beans, recipes, and AeroPress technique.
AI & Coding
Building with agentic tools in my spare time. New models and workflows keep pulling me in.
Cinema
Regular at Filmcasino Vienna. Small theaters, good films.
Markets
Hobby research into stocks and ETFs. Not financial advice.
Sports
American football and F1 on Sundays. Sometimes both.
Education
Where I learned
2026–Present
FH Burgenland
Master of Science, AI Solution Engineering
2018–2021
FH Technikum Wien
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Computer Science
2013–2017
A1 Telekom Austria
Technical apprenticeship with Matura, Informations- und Kommunikationstechnik
Certifications
Continuous learning
March 2026 Ausbildung zum geprüften Barista 1 WIFI Wien
June 2025 MCP: Build Rich-Context AI Apps with Anthropic DeepLearning.AI
June 2025 IBM AI Product Manager Professional IBM
May 2025 Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO I) Scrum.org
May 2023 Supervised Machine Learning: Regression and Classification Stanford Online
August 2021 Kanban System Design (KMP I) Kanban University
April 2020 Foundations of Project Management Google