Product Associate | Technical Product & Strategy

Role Overview

Earthood is looking for a Product Associate | Technical Product & Strategy to work closely with Product, Technology and Business teams to build, improve and maintain digital products and internal technology platforms. This role is ideal for a fresher or early-career candidate with a strong technical foundation and an interest in Product Management. You will work closely with engineering teams to understand systems, translate business problems into technical requirements, analyse data and APIs, test features, troubleshoot issues and contribute to the development of scalable digital solutions.

The role provides exposure to product development, software architecture, APIs, databases, automation, system integrations and climate-tech/MRV platforms.

Key Responsibilities

● Work closely with Product and Technology teams to understand business problems and convert them into clear product and technical requirements. ● Analyse existing systems, workflows and processes to identify product gaps, inefficiencies and opportunities for automation.

● Create detailed functional requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, workflows, business rules and validation logic.

● Work with Engineering teams during solution design, development, testing and deployment.

● Understand and work with REST APIs, JSON payloads, webhooks, API endpoints and system integrations.

● Analyse data flows between different systems and understand dependencies between applications, databases and services.

● Use SQL to query databases, validate data, investigate issues and support product troubleshooting.

● Use browser developer tools, API testing tools and logs to investigate and reproduce product issues.

● Participate in debugging discussions with engineers and help identify the root cause of functional and integration issues.

● Work with Git/GitHub and understand basic software development and version-control workflows.

● Design and document product workflows, API flows,



system interactions and process diagrams.

● Support UAT, regression testing and feature validation, including identification of edge cases and unexpected scenarios.

● Validate API responses, database records and system behaviour against defined requirements.

● Coordinate bug reporting, prioritisation, testing and resolution with Technology teams.

● Contribute to the development and enhancement of internal platforms, dashboards, automation workflows and client-facing digital products.

● Identify repetitive manual processes and explore opportunities for automation using APIs, scripts or workflow tools.

● Participate in product planning, feature prioritisation and technical discussions.

● Support product demonstrations and technical walkthroughs for internal stakeholders.

● Maintain clear technical and product documentation for features, workflows, APIs and system processes.

Technical Skills

Required ● Basic to intermediate SQL — querying, filtering, joins, aggregations and data validation.

● Understanding of REST APIs, HTTP methods, status codes, JSON and API authentication.

● Understanding of webhooks and API-to-API integrations.

● Basic understanding of databases, relational data models and data flows.

● Basic programming knowledge in Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, and frameworks.

● Ability to read and understand existing code, even if not primarily working as a developer.

● Familiarity with Git and GitHub.

● Familiarity with Postman or similar API testing tools.

● Ability to use browser Developer Tools for basic debugging.





● Understanding of frontend/backend architecture and client-server communication.

● Understanding of basic authentication and authorisation concepts such as API keys, tokens and sessions.

● Understanding of SDLC, Agile/Scrum, testing, UAT, debugging and release processes.

● Ability to create technical documentation, flow diagrams and product specifications.

Good to Have

● Experience building a small application, API, automation or personal technical project. ● Familiarity with Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js or FastAPI.

● Understanding of React or up-to-date frontend frameworks.

● Familiarity with PostgreSQL, MySQL or another relational database.

● Basic understanding of cloud platforms, deployment and hosting.

● Familiarity with Docker or containerisation.

● Exposure to AI/ML, LLMs, automation or data engineering.

● Experience using Jira, Linear, Notion or similar product/project management tools.

● Understanding of micro services, queues or event-driven systems.

● Interest or academic exposure to climate-tech, ESG, carbon markets, MRV or sustainability.

Requirements

● Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Data Science or a related technical field, or equivalent technical qualification. ● 0–2 years of experience; fresh graduates are encouraged to apply.

● Strong fundamentals in programming, databases and web technologies.

● Strong analytical and problem-solving ability.

● Ability to understand technical systems and communicate effectively with engineers.

● Ability to break down ambiguous business problems into structured technical and product requirements.

● Strong attention to detail, especially when working with data, APIs and system workflows.

● Willingness to learn new technologies and understand unfamiliar codebases and systems.

● Ability to take ownership of tasks and work independently.

● Strong written and verbal communication skills.

📌 Product Associate | Technical Product & Strategy (Gurugram)
🏢 Earthood Services
📍 Gurugram