I get that you want to put your hands in the code and get more technical, but this looks like a giant step backwards for you. If you want to get a superior handle on the code write personal projects outside of work. Never ever trust your office coworkers to determine what qualifies as high quality code when you can make those determinations more precisely from doing the same work yourself without the restrictions and politics of the office getting in your way.
What you should be looking at is senior product owner. This varies in title and degree of authority based upon the employer. As a senior product owner you are ultimately the boss whose career and value as a human is vested upon the success of a segment of the business. This means you need to have a constant awareness of product health and monitoring, user preferences, roadmap, product finances, employee/feature velocity, and more. You also need to know which subordinate managers to strangle when things go outside of plan.
What you should be looking at is senior product owner. This varies in title and degree of authority based upon the employer. As a senior product owner you are ultimately the boss whose career and value as a human is vested upon the success of a segment of the business. This means you need to have a constant awareness of product health and monitoring, user preferences, roadmap, product finances, employee/feature velocity, and more. You also need to know which subordinate managers to strangle when things go outside of plan.