Senior Product Manager, dYdX

$155-220k

Mid level
New York
dYdX

Decentralized exchange for cryptocurrency derivatives

Job no longer available

dYdX

Decentralized exchange for cryptocurrency derivatives

21-100 employees

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Job no longer available

$155-220k

Mid level
New York

21-100 employees

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Company mission

To democratize access to financial opportunity.

Role

Who you are

  • 3+ years of product management experience owning end to end product lifecycles
  • Strong technical background with 2+ years of engineering experience
  • Ability to execute in a fast-paced and fluid startup environment
  • Strong product instincts - you understand how to uncover users’ core needs and how to craft a focused, impactful product experience
  • Ruthless prioritization - you zero in on what matters and ship quickly in order to learn and iterate
  • Creative problem solver - you are able to root cause complex problems and implement viable solutions
  • Strong qualitative research and quantitative analysis skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Desirable

  • Interest and/or experience in crypto, blockchain, decentralization
  • Interest and/or experience in derivatives trading, FinTech

What the job involves

  • At dYdX, you'll have an opportunity to build state-of-the-art decentralized technology that will redefine global financial markets. By joining us at this early stage, you will make fundamental decisions that will shape the course of dYdX
  • Lead the full product development lifecycle for key consumer and institution facing features that impact our core business across ideation, technical development, and launch
  • Lead user research and analyze data to develop and maintain a deep understanding of our users and their needs. Use this knowledge to identify new opportunities for opportunities and improvements
  • Drive team execution by defining roadmaps, speccing out features, and working with engineers and designers to ship products - Ensure accountability and measure success for key objectives by defining KPI requirements

Otta's take

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Xav Kearney

CTO of Otta

dYdX offers a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange platform, which runs on audited smart contracts on Ethereum. It offers Perpetual, Margin and Spot trading as well as borrowing and lending features on Ethereum.

Having been launched in 2017 by former Coinbase and Uber engineer Antonio Juliano, the company's daily volume is nearly $1 billion. Still experiencing fairly rapid growth, certain changes have caused some bumps in the road. For example, the company is leaving Ethereum (the legality of its change in tokenomics has been questioned) as it is set to launch its own blockchain built with Cosmos, and it has exited the Canadian market.

The game plan is for dYdX to be fully decentralized - Tendermint's proof-of-stake consensus protocol to validate transactions - by the end of the year. By continuing to innovate and push the boundaries of what's possible with blockchain technology, dYdX is positioning itself as a major player in the rapidly evolving cryptocurrency derivatives market.

Insights

Top investors

Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

31% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)

Jun 2021

$65m

SERIES C

Jan 2021

$10m

SERIES B

Total funding: $95m

Company benefits

  • Health - we offer top-tier health, dental and vision insurance
  • Food - enjoy fully catered lunch and snacks everyday each week
  • Vacation - take as much time off as you need to be productive
  • Ownership - meaningful equity and competitive compensation
  • Wellness - monthly fitness, wellness and gym reimbursements
  • Relaxation - events, off-sites and board game nights with the team!

Company values

  • Think 10x bigger
  • A players only
  • Act like a founder
  • Ruthlessly prioritize impact
  • Decentralize through transparency
  • Move fast

Company HQ

Financial District, San Francisco, CA

Founders

Studied Computer Science at Princeton, and then worked as a Software Engineer at companies such as Coinbase and Uber. Founded both search engine Weipoint and dYdX in 2017.

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