Technical Product Lead for Innovative Telecom Services - 100% Remote - 6 hours per day

<img src="https://we-work-remotely.imgix.net/logos/0169/0644/logo.gif?ixlib=rails-4.0.0&w=50&h=50&dpr=2&fit=fill&auto=compress" /> <p> <strong>Headquarters:</strong> Frankfurt, Germany <br /><strong>URL:</strong> <a href="https://www.lightupnet.de">https://www.lightupnet.de</a> </p> <h1>Technical Product Lead for Innovative Telecom Services - 100% Remote - 6 hours per day</h1> <h2>Creating Telecom-centric Web Services</h2> <p>You would work 6 hours per day, Monday to Friday. Freelancer contract. The monthly salary is 2000 EUR.</p> <p>We are a small, 100% remote telecommunications services company based in Germany and Switzerland established in 1998. Our team currently consists of 10 people working remotely across different countries and time zones.</p> <p>We build and operate innovative web-based products in the telecommunications and ISP space for <strong>retail, business and enterprise clients and telecom operators</strong>. Our projects sit at the intersection of telecom infrastructure, customer-facing web applications, automation, billing, provisioning, and operational processes.</p> <p>We are now looking for a <strong>Technical Product Lead </strong>to take ownership of translating complex telecom product ideas into clear technical concepts, development tasks, and working software.</p> <h2>The role</h2> <p>You would work 6 hours per day, Monday to Friday. Freelancer contract. The monthly salary is 2000 EUR.</p> <p>We are looking for someone with a strong technical background who can understand complex infrastructure-driven services, structure them into practical web projects, and lead developers through implementation.</p> <p>You will work directly with the <strong>G</strong><strong>eneral Manager</strong> and act as the bridge between business ideas, telecom/ISP knowledge, product requirements, and software development.</p> <p>Your job is to make sure that ideas become clear specifications, that developers know exactly what to build, and that projects move forward with quality, speed, and technical sanity.</p> <h2>Responsibilities</h2> <p>You would work 6 hours per day, Monday to Friday. Freelancer contract. The monthly salary is 2000 EUR.</p> <ul> <li>Translate high-level product and business ideas into clear technical concepts, specifications, user stories, and development tickets</li> <li>Lead and coordinate a small remote developer team</li> <li>Break down complex telecom/ISP workflows into practical web application features</li> <li>Define MVPs, priorities, milestones, and delivery plans</li> <li>Review developer output from a functional and technical perspective</li> <li>Challenge unclear requirements, weak architecture, and poor implementation choices</li> <li>Ensure that web applications are built with scalability, maintainability, security, and operational reality in mind</li> <li>Help design customer portals, admin backends, provisioning flows, billing-related workflows, APIs, dashboards, and internal tools</li> <li>Identify technical risks, blockers, dependencies, and missing pieces early</li> <li>Keep projects moving without unnecessary meetings or corporate overhead</li> <li>Report progress, risks, and decisions directly to the General Manager</li> </ul> <h2>What we are looking for</h2> <p>You would work 6 hours per day, Monday to Friday. Freelancer contract. The monthly salary is 2000 EUR.</p> <p>You should be a technical generalist with a strong product sense.</p> <p>Ideally, you come from one or more of these backgrounds:</p> <ul> <li>Technical Product Lead</li> <li>Engineering Lead</li> <li>Tech Lead</li> <li>Solution Architect</li> <li>Senior DevOps Engineer</li> <li>Senior Sysadmin</li> <li>ISP / Telecom Engineer</li> <li>Technical company builder</li> <li>Fractional CTO</li> </ul> <p>You do not necessarily need to be the main developer yourself, but you must understand enough to lead developers, evaluate technical decisions, and know when something is overbuilt, underbuilt, unclear, or simply wrong.</p> <h2>Required experience</h2> <p>You would work 6 hours per day, Monday to Friday. Freelancer contract. The monthly salary is 2000 EUR.</p> <ul> <li>Strong understanding of web applications, APIs, databases, backend systems, and software delivery</li> <li>Profound knowledge of Linux (CentOS, Ubuntu, other distros) environments</li> <li>Good understanding of networking concepts such as TCP/IP, DNS, routing, IPv4/IPv6, firewalls, VPNs and related infrastructure</li> <li>Experience working with developers and turning requirements into clear technical tasks</li> <li>Ability to structure complex systems into manageable modules, milestones, and deliverables</li> <li>Practical understanding of security, monitoring, logging, reliability, and operational requirements</li> <li>Experience working in remote teams</li> <li>Strong written communication skills in English</li> <li>Perfect English grammar without using AI</li> <li>Ability to work independently and take ownership</li> </ul> <h2>Nice to have</h2> <p>You would work 6 hours per day, Monday to Friday. Freelancer contract. The monthly salary is 2000 EUR. Yes, sorry for repeating this over and over and but people tend to just scroll and apply wi