Technical Product Manager, Blockstream
Lightning
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Bitcoin and digital asset infrastructure
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Bitcoin and digital asset infrastructure
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
More information about location
101-200 employees
Company mission
To create the financial infrastructure of the future.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years product management experience or equivalent roles
- Experience leading products with API surfaces and developer users
- Demonstrated ability to incubate new ideas, validate and ship products in ambiguous or developing markets
- Analytical mindset and metrics-driven approach. Can use data to inform decisions
- B.S. in Computer Science or other technical fields of study
- Strong grasp of the Bitcoin and Lightning protocols
- Exceptional communication skills and ability to work with remote team members in different time zones (spanning Europe, Americas and Australia.)
Desirable
- Prior work experience on Bitcoin-related products
- Prior track record of building solutions in the payments space - ecommerce, ordering/invoicing, payment instruments, etc
- Working understanding of payments products on legacy rails
What the job involves
- We are seeking an experienced Technical Product Manager to lead Blockstream’s efforts to onboard more users onto the Lightning network
- The role includes product oversight of Core Lightning, Greenlight, and the integration of Lightning features in other Blockstream products
- Engage with developers, businesses and end users to identify market needs and pain points. Create a product vision to accelerate Lightning adoption
- Validate, develop and deploy strategies to grow revenue
- Optimize the user experience for all segments and users, including developers, node operators, consumer/business end-users
- Work with engineering to build a roadmap that balances features and strategic efforts with platform improvements and advances to the Lightning specification
- Coordinate with cross functional stakeholders to align strategy, sales and marketing efforts, and plans with other product teams
Our take
Bitcoin’s blockchain shows great potential to form the future foundation of financial infrastructure. However, working in advanced areas such as Bitcoin mining, asset issuance, and the Lightning Network goes beyond the fundamental framework, and requires expensive assistance from blockchain engineers. Blockstream develops technology to make it easier for businesses and individuals to make use of the Bitcoin blockchain, opening it up to a wider range of users.
Blockstream's offerings include tech to help people utilize advanced technology within the Bitcoin blockchain, including microtransactions on the Lightning Network, enterprise-class Bitcoin miner hosting, and layer-2 digital asset issuance. The company also provides Blockstream Satellite, a technology that leverages satellites to stream blockchain transactions without the internet, preventing them from being disrupted by connection loss.
Whilst the technology Blockstream is facilitating access to already exists, the company has smartly recognized the inaccessibility of its advanced features, and found its niche in providing an easier way to work with the technology. The company has seen impressive growth too, recently acquiring several companies and expanding its name across borders and it shows no signs of slowing down any time soon.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
30% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Oct 2024
$210m
CONVERTIBLE
Jan 2023
$125m
CONVERTIBLE
Total funding: $621m
Company HQ
Downtown Menlo Park, Menlo Park, CA
Leadership
Erik Svenson
(Co-Founder & President)Prior to co-founding Blockstream in 2014, Erik spent over 4 years at Dan's Plan as COO. He was also a Finance & Strategy Consultant at various small and mid-sized companies as well as VP at AIG Investment.
Adam Back
(Co-Founder & CEO)Adam co-founded Bitcoin Standard Treasury Company in 2025 and serves as the company's CEO. He is also an independent Applied Cryptographer and has been an Owner & Consultant at Cypherspace Internet Security since 1997.
Michael Minkevich
(COO & President)Prior to joining Blockstream in 2024, Michael was a Tech CEO at Unfurl, a Technical Advisor at Blockchain Generation Ventures, and CEO at Intellectsoft.
Michael Golomb
(CFO)Michael is also the founder of FANVESTOR. Previously, he served as the Interim CFO at Space Perspective and as CFO at HyperloopTT.
Jeff Boortz
(CPO)Jeff previously spent 14 years at Google. While there, he held various roles, including Director and then Senior Director of Product Management.
Aleksey Skopenko
(CIO)Aleksey previously spent over 13 years at Acronis, as a Service Operations Manager and Director then Senior Director of Information Technology.
Peter Bain
(CMO)Peter joined Blockstream in 2024 as a VP of Consumer Products, moving into the role of CMO in 2025. He is also the co-founder of RenewH2O and previously co-founded BrightWater HDC.
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