OP Labs - Blockchain Solutions Architect
Requirements
• 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, exchanges, payments firms) is a strong plus • 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 • Sharp strategic thinker who can map fragmented fintech value chains and craft compelling BD theses • Independent deal-closer who’s comfortable interfacing with C-level stakeholders and navigating multi-party partnerships • High agency operator who can 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; value results over recognition • Thrive in collaborative, cross-functional teams but can also move quickly on your own • Always looking to create scalable impact via product, partnerships, or ecosystems • We are aware of fraudulent individuals falsely claiming to represent OP Labs in recruitment activities. • All official communication will come from an @oplabs.co email address, or from a verified Linked profile. • We will never ask for payment, banking information, or personal identification details at any stage of our hiring process. • All current openings are listed exclusively on our official careers page and linked from our verified social profiles. • If you’re ever unsure about a communication that claims to be from OP Labs, please contact us directly at [email protected] to verify authenticity. • Your safety and trust are very important to us. Thank you for helping us prevent fraud.
Responsibilities
• Support deal execution & technical validation • Act as the primary technical counterpart for enterprise and institutional partners during evaluations, pilots, and integrations into production systems • Lead technical discovery sessions covering architecture, performance, security, compliance, and operational requirements • Design and support test environments (e.g., devnets, performance benchmarks, cloud deployments, etc) to validate throughput, latency, and cost assumptions • Respond to detailed technical diligence from banks, 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 • Help customers compare and migrate from private / permissioned experimentation to public or hybrid production deployments
Benefits
• Health, fully covered. OP Labs pays 100% of your health insurance premiums, with a range of medical, dental, and vision plans to choose from. • 401(k) with a 4% company match. • $2,000 annual wellness stipend, to spend on whatever keeps you healthy and energized. • $1,000 WFH setup stipend and $1,000 learning budget • Competitive compensation, including performance bonus and token grants — you share in the growth of what we're building together. • Flexible time off. No fixed allotment. Take what you need. • 14 paid holidays, plus two Collective Pause weeks each year — the first week of July and the week between Christmas and New Year, when the whole company steps back at once. • Four-week sabbatical after three years, three of them paid, with your equity and tokens vesting throughout. • New York hybrid, or location-flexible (team dependent). Commercial and growth teams work from our SoHo office three days a week; engineering and technical roles are location-flexible. • We get together in person. Every team carries a travel budget so remote teammates can join us in New York, and we bring the whole company together at offsites twice a year. • We are aware of fraudulent individuals falsely claiming to represent OP Labs in recruitment activities. • All official communication will come from an @oplabs.co email address, or from a verified Linked profile. • We will never ask for payment, banking information, or personal identification details at any stage of our hiring process. • All current openings are listed exclusively on our official careers page and linked from our verified social profiles. • If you’re ever unsure about a communication that claims to be from OP Labs, please contact us directly at [email protected] to verify authenticity. • Your safety and trust are very important to us. Thank you for helping us prevent fraud.
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