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Product Manager, API
LayerZero Labs
Vancouver, CAN
Full Time
Mid
3 days ago
Product ManagementAPI DevelopmentSoftware EngineeringCross chain Value TransferBlockchain InfrastructureCommunication
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About the Role
LayerZero Labs seeks a technical Product Manager to own API products for cross-chain value transfer. The role requires a computer science background, software engineering experience, and a track record of shipping developer-focused products.
Key Skills for This Role
Product ManagementAPI DevelopmentSoftware EngineeringCross chain Value TransferBlockchain InfrastructureCommunication
Responsibilities
- Own end to end product development for core LayerZero infrastructure and API surfaces
- Partner closely with engineers to understand technical constraints and participate in architectural discussions
- Drive alignment across teams by overcommunicating vision, use cases, and decisions
- Engage with developers, partners, and integrators to synthesize insights
- Break down ambiguous problems and validate assumptions
- Advocate for design quality and usability for technical workflows
Requirements
- Computer science degree or equivalent technical background
- 2–5+ years of software engineering experience
- 3–6+ years of product management experience, ideally owning API, developer, or infrastructure products
- Crypto native understanding of cross chain value transfer and API security
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About the Role
- We're looking for a technical Product Manager with a computer science background, hands on software engineering experience, and a track record of building and shipping developer focused software products.
- You will own one of LayerZero's most important API products defining how developers and integrators interact with cross chain value transfer at the protocol level.
What You’ll Do
- Own end to end product development for core LayerZero infrastructure and API surfaces vision, roadmap, requirements, and execution.
- Partner closely with engineers; understand technical constraints, read code level designs, and actively participate in architectural discussions.
- Drive alignment across teams by overcommunicating vision, use cases, and decisions tailoring communication to technical and non technical audiences.
- Maintain relentless clarity on user needs by continually engaging with developers, partners, and integrators; synthesize qualitative and quantitative insights.
- Break down ambiguous problems, validate assumptions, and prevent premature solutioning; ensure the team is solving the right problems.
- Advocate for design quality and usability, even for deeply technical workflows; sweat the details.
- Influence cross functional stakeholders through trust, execution, and strong product judgment, not authority.
- Unblock engineering, drive momentum, and take ownership for outcomes end to end.
About You
- You have a computer science degree or equivalent technical background.
- You have 2–5+ years of software engineering experience and can comfortably lead technical discussions.
- You have 3–6+ years of product management experience, ideally owning API, developer, or infrastructure products.
- You are crypto native you understand cross chain value transfer, API security implications, and how developers build on top of blockchain infrastructure.
- You think like an owner; you drive work forward even without authority or perfect information.
- You communicate clearly, proactively, and repeatedly to ensure alignment and are able to effectively tailor your communication to different types of stakeholders.
- You are comfortable in fast moving, low process environments and thrive in ambiguity.
- You care deeply about quality, user experience, and execution.
About LayerZero
- Founded in 2021, LayerZero’s vision is to create a community of cross chain developers, building dApps that are no longer constrained by individual blockchain capabilities.
- Funded by a16z, Sequoia, PayPal, Binance Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Uniswap Labs, Circle Ventures, Delphi.
Equal Opportunity Employer
- LayerZero Labs is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.
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