Product Manager, Offchain Labs
Ecosystem
Ethereum layer 2 scaling solution
Job no longer available
Ethereum layer 2 scaling solution
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
21-100 employees
Company mission
Offchain Labs' mission is to make Blockchain better.
Role
Who you are
- Relevant experience as a PM or adjacent technical role
- A curious individual with a strong passion for and understanding of blockchain technologies, ideally an active user of on-chain applications with an understanding of ecosystem trends
- You have demonstrated experience in a client-facing role, as a consultant in a technology-related field, or relevant experience
- You possess excellent written and verbal communication skills and are comfortable influencing both internal and external teams in a professional setting
- You have the ability to drill down into the technical nitty-gritty, while stewarding business priorities
- A flexible and reliable team member, comfortable taking ownership and navigating ambiguity
- You have a degree in Computer Science and/or Economics, or experience contributing to software products as shown through individual projects or other work
- Experience at a high-growth technology company or software startup is strongly preferred
What the job involves
- As part of the Product team at Offchain Labs, you will get to work with leaders in the blockchain space solving novel technical, economic, and social challenges. In this role you’ll work directly with our CTO and head of Product in your day-to-day work
- As an Ecosystem PM, you will be responsible for directly enabling application teams to succeed, actively soliciting feedback across the ecosystem, and ensuring that our roadmap is aligned with teams pushing the boundaries of on-chain development. At the start this role will focus on building out a robust ecosystem supporting Orbit chains and will evolve over time
- Work closely with our strategic partners across their development lifecycle, proactively helping them decide what pieces of Arbitrum technology to use, identifying dependencies they may have, and shaping their roadmap. Also, you’ll assist in their general execution and go-to-market strategy, especially in evaluating areas of opportunity and risk
- Assist infrastructure teams focused on Orbit deployments, and our partnerships team by participating in intake calls and scheduled follow-up meetings, evangelizing the technology and identifying technical pathways available to them and potential trade-offs
- Regularly solicit feedback from Rollups-as-a-service (RaaS) providers and Orbit teams to help prioritize development across our product portfolio (ranging from core protocol customizations to front-end tooling). This includes being involved in core product meetings, playing an active role in feature prioritization
- Work directly with infrastructure (RPC providers, Bridges, Wallets, SDK teams, etc.) and application teams across the ecosystem to prioritize development of services and tooling that benefit Orbit chains, pushing for development areas that are identified as a result of client feedback
- Work closely with our engineering teams, helping to synthesize feedback from projects and users, overall changes in the market landscape, and underlying technical considerations to prioritize development work
- Work with our marketing and partnerships teams to build and deliver successful narratives and messaging for new product launches and updates
- Act as the primary contact for partner teams during their integration and deployment efforts. Work with our engineering team to resolve partner inquiries, address technical challenges, and provide timely support to ensure a seamless integration experience
Our take
The Ethereum blockchain has seen a surge in activity over the past year or so - but, much to users' frustration, its transaction volume has failed to scale accordingly, leading to hefty gas fees and slow transaction times. Offchain Labs is one of a few players developing Layer 2 rollup solutions, and its Arbitrum rollup has gathered substantial momentum and support in a relatively short time.
Offchain Labs’ Arbitrum claims to offer all the benefits of a rollup - less costly, more efficient - without compromising on security. It is, at the time of writing, the only scaling solution for Ethereum that has working fraud proofs, and at the end of 2021 was dominating the layer 2 rollup market share.
This kind of high profile and superior efficacy determines a successful blockchain technology. With Offchain Labs’ leadership pedigree, it’s no surprise the company is leading rollup innovation efforts. This sector, however, moves at lightning speed—and the competing ZK rollups are by no means out of the picture just yet.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Aug 2021
$120m
SERIES B
Apr 2021
$20m
SERIES A
Total funding: $143.7m
Company benefits
- Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
- 401(k) with company match
- Pre-tax commuter benefits
- Environment geared toward brainstorming and learning
- Generous paid time off - everyone needs to recharge!
Company HQ
Princeton, NJ
Leadership
Steven Goldfeder
(CEO & Co-Founder)A Princeton PhD graduate in Computer Science, who also worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Cornell Tech.
Ed Felten
(Chief Scientist & Co-Founder)A retired Princeton professor of Comp Sci & Public Affairs, who formerly worked as Deputy United States CTO at the White House.
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