Bee Product Owner

ABOUT SWARM Swarm is a system of peer-to-peer networked nodes that create a decentralised storage and communication service. The system is economically self-sustaining due to a built-in incentive system enforced through smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain. Swarm aspires to shape the future towards a self-sovereign global society and permissionless open markets. On Swarm, applications can run autonomously yet securely in a planetary-scale deployment and execution environment. Bee is a Swarm client implemented in Go. It’s the basic building block for Swarm Network. Bee provides low-level constructs for file storage, feeds, key-value stores and untraceable communication. The Swarm Bee team strives to keep things clear and simple, making reasoning and discussions efficient. In a broader sense, this applies to everything we do. Solid, well-tested code is delivered in an agile manner. Besides various innovative components, key technologies are libp2p, protobuf, leveldb, go-ethereum as well as various cryptographic libraries. We work with various development tools and practices to facilitate the agile development of well-tested code and timely delivery of our software. Swarm Foundation is committed to creating an inclusive environment for everyone. As such, we strongly encourage women and other under-represented groups to apply for this position. YOUR ROLE Build and maintain a good relationship with internal and external stakeholders Map, understand and continuously refine your understanding of the requirements of various stakeholders, such as founders, research, business and devrel. Maintain, refine and articulate the product vision Own the product backlog; take responsibility for properly defining and refining issues and prioritize them such that meaningful product increments are delivered each cycle Get a good understanding of the teams velocity, to facilitate short-term estimations, as well as spot anomalies and benchmark the efficiency of the development team Inspire your team to take responsibility for the continuous improvement of the agile development process Facilitate transparency of the development process YOUR PROFILE You are enthusiastic about inspiring your team to perform at its best You have a passion for decentralized technologies and are inspired by Swarm’s mission You have Golang programming experience You are flexible in thinking and doing You like to finish things You enjoy trying out experimental decentralized technologies first-hand You have excellent written and verbal communication skills You are available around CET timezone You like to work remotely and are available to travel to meet your team physically several times per year WE APPRECIATE Being able to read Go-lang, or willing to learn Being comfortable with facilitating meetings that are relevant to your role Good grasp of distributed systems Understanding of cypherpunk mentality WE OFFER An open, flat and transparent work environment 100% remote-friendly Flexible working hours We care about our swarm: Incentives through BZZ, Swarm’s token To apply please send your resume and motivation letter to talent@ethswarm.org