Blockchain Solutions Architect

OP Labs builds Optimism, an open-source blockchain network that powers the next generation of financial infrastructure. They have successfully attracted hundreds of companies, including large enterprises and ambitious early-stage builders, to utilize the OP stack for launching their blockchains. With significant funding from prominent investors like a16z and Paradigm, OP Labs is a remote-friendly company with a core presence in NYC, focused on expanding the ecosystem.

Introduction

OP Labs is building Optimism, an open-source blockchain network that powers the next generation of financial infrastructure. Hundreds of companies, including major enterprises like Sony, Coinbase, Kraken, Uniswap, OKX, and Bitpanda, utilize the OP Stack to launch their own blockchains. With over 65% of Layer 2 activity on Ethereum running through the OP Stack, OP Labs is a small but impactful team. They are looking for a Blockchain Solutions Architect to drive enterprise and institutional adoption of Optimism's technology.

Responsibilities

Support deal execution & technical validation

• Act as the primary technical counterpart for enterprise and institutional partners during evaluations, pilots, and integrations.
• Lead technical discovery sessions covering architecture, performance, security, compliance, and operational requirements.
• Design and support test environments (e.g., devnets, performance benchmarks, cloud deployments) to validate throughput, latency, and cost assumptions.
• Respond to detailed technical diligence from financial institutions, asset managers, system integrators, and regulators.

Bridge product, engineering, and customers

• Translate enterprise requirements into clear technical feedback for OP Labs product and engineering teams.
• Help shape roadmap priorities related to institutional needs (e.g., performance, compliance tooling, privacy, sequencing models).
• Support integrations with wallets, custody providers, cloud infrastructure, and system integrators (e.g., Fireblocks, AWS, SIs).

Enable partners for production readiness

• Guide partners through OP Stack architecture, deployment models, upgrade paths, and operational best practices.
• Support documentation localization and technical enablement in Japanese.
• Help customers compare and migrate from private/permissioned experimentation to public or hybrid production deployments.

Requirements

Experience

• 5+ years of experience as a Sales Engineer, Solutions Architect, or Technical Pre-Sales role.
• Background in blockchain infrastructure, cloud platforms, distributed systems, or financial infrastructure.
• Hands-on experience with Ethereum or EVM-based systems (Layer 1 or Layer 2 strongly preferred).
• Experience working with regulated institutions (banks, asset managers, system integrators, payments firms) is a strong plus.

Technical Skills

• Strong understanding of blockchain architecture: sequencing, finality, rollups, smart contracts, and network operations.
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and production deployment environments.
• Ability to reason about performance, scalability, security, and operational tradeoffs.
• Comfortable explaining complex technical concepts to both engineers and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills & Approach

• Sharp strategic thinker capable of mapping fragmented fintech value chains and crafting compelling business development theses.
• Independent deal-closer comfortable interfacing with C-level stakeholders and navigating multi-party partnerships.
• High agency operator able to build 0→1 partnerships, GTM strategies, and partner programs with minimal oversight.
• Strong communicator who can translate between business, technical, and ecosystem stakeholders across varying levels of crypto fluency.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity in a fast-moving, frontier market and iterating quickly based on learnings.

Culture & Mindset

• Motivated to rebuild the global financial stack on open, composable rails.
• Low-ego and execution-oriented; values results over recognition.
• Thrives in collaborative, cross-functional teams but can also move quickly independently.
• Always looking to create scalable impact via product, partnerships, or ecosystems.

How to Apply

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