Product Manager, API at LayerZero Labs

<h1><strong>LayerZero</strong></h1> <p><strong><em>The Future is Omnichain.</em></strong></p> <p>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. With LayerZero's simple, generic messaging protocol, builders will develop cross-chain dApps designed to unify the power of individual blockchains.</p> <p>We are funded by the best investors in the world including:</p> <p>a16z, Sequoia, PayPal, Binance Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Uniswap Labs, Circle Ventures, Delphi</p> <h1><strong>ABOUT THE ROLE</strong></h1> <p>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. You will act as the connective tissue across engineering, design, and external partners; owning the problem space, driving clarity, and pushing execution from 0→1 and beyond.</p> <h1><strong>WHAT YOU’LL DO</strong></h1> <ul> <li>Own end-to-end product development for core LayerZero infrastructure and API surfaces - vision, roadmap, requirements, and execution.</li> <li>Partner closely with engineers; understand technical constraints, read code-level designs, and actively participate in architectural discussions.</li> <li>Drive alignment across teams by overcommunicating vision, use cases, and decisions - tailoring communication to technical and non-technical audiences.</li> <li>Maintain relentless clarity on user needs by continually engaging with developers, partners, and integrators; synthesize qualitative and quantitative insights.</li> <li>Break down ambiguous problems, validate assumptions, and prevent premature solutioning; ensure the team is solving the right problems.</li> <li>Advocate for design quality and usability, even for deeply technical workflows; sweat the details.</li> <li>Influence cross-functional stakeholders through trust, execution, and strong product judgment, not authority.</li> <li>Unblock engineering, drive momentum, and take ownership for outcomes end-to-end.</li> </ul> <h1><strong>ABOUT YOU</strong></h1> <ul> <li>You have a computer science degree or equivalent technical background.</li> <li>You have 2–5+ years of software engineering experience and can comfortably lead technical discussions.</li> <li>You have 3–6+ years of product management experience, ideally owning API, developer, or infrastructur