Job Description
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Hashgraph is a fast-growing software company dedicated to supporting and developing Hedera, an open-source proof-of-stake platform. They are seeking a deeply technical product leader to manage the roadmap for Hedera's core services, focusing on tokenization, smart contracts, and developer APIs while engaging with the community and ensuring a positive developer experience. Responsibilities β’ Own the Core Services and Platform roadmap (HTS, Smart contracts/EVM, HCS, Platform, SDKs, Mirror nodes, and more), define goals and prioritize backlogs β’ Co-author design docs and Hiero Improvement Proposals (HIPs) with Engineering Managers and architects; define fees, throttles, etc., ensure backward compatibility/migrations, and security constraints β’ Prototype to evaluate product ideas (create sample apps and evaluate ideas) and shepherd features' inception to launch and iterate β’ Operations: maintain roadmaps and milestones, triage/label GitHub issues, run design reviews, respond to discussions, and grow external contributors β’ Partner with DAs/DevRel/Engineering: turn builder feedback into requirements, set content priorities (code labs, examples, workshops) β’ Engage the community of builders: office hours, HIP shepherding, hackathons, community calls, forum/Discord/GitHub presence; convert common pain points into code fixes or docs β’ Readiness & quality: lead launch reviews, incident postmortems, and backward-compatibility plans; coordinate with Security on disclosure/CVEs and with the Release team on monthly release planning/execution Skills β’ 8β12+ years in Product Management (or equivalent), including 5+ years on deeply technical platforms (distributed systems, cloud infra, databases, or blockchain) β’ Credible partner to Engineering Managers and architects (you must be comfortable with design docs, tradeoffs, and reading and co-authoring code/design documents) β’ Fluency with APIs/SDKs/back-end systems; You should be able to reason about consensus, transaction handling, state management, performance, concurrency, observability, usability, etc β’ Track record of shipping enterprise-grade software and developer platforms, with measurable outcomes β’ Hands-on familiarity with at least one of Java/Kotlin/Go/TypeScript (readability > production-level coding and demo creations) β’ Excellent written communication (specs, HIPs/RFCs) and customer discovery with both web3 and enterprise customers β’ Experience in open-source leadership (maintainer, triage champion, release management) β’ Prior exposure to Hedera or similar L1/L2 ecosystems β’ Domain depth in one or more: tokenization/RWAs, DeFi primitives, payments, Smart Contracts, identity/DIDs, compliance, etc β’ Proven success partnering with DevRel/Developer Advocates to create content, samples, user guides, etc Company Overview β’ Our mission is clear: to cultivate a secure, trusted, and sustainable decentralized world. It was founded in 2022, and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is Company H1B Sponsorship β’ Hashgraph has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2023, 1 in 2022. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Apply tot his job