OP Labs builds Optimism, a blockchain network that powers the next generation of financial infrastructure. Hundreds of companies, from the world's largest enterprises like Sony, Coinbase, Kraken, Uniswap, OKX, and Bitpanda to the most ambitious early-stage builders, use the OP stack to launch their own blockchains and bring their users onchain. Today, over 65% of Layer 2 activity on Ethereum runs through the OP stack.

We are a small team building at the speed of the ecosystem we support. The NYC office is our center of gravity, and we have a strong preference for people who can join us there on a hybrid schedule. We've raised $178M from a16z, Paradigm, and others. We have our work cut out for us and are looking for exceptional people to join us.

About the Role

We are looking for a Blockchain Solutions Architect to support Optimism’s enterprise and institutional adoption. This role sits at the intersection of sales, product, and engineering, and is critical to helping institutions evaluate, design, and deploy production-grade onchain systems using the OP Stack.

You will partner closely with the Sales, Product and Engineering teams to leverage Optimism’s technology into institution-ready solutions; supporting technical diligence, performance testing, architecture design, and integration planning for large and innovative enterprises.

What you'll do

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

Skills you'll bring

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, exchanges, 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

Trusted technical advisor who earns credibility with CTOs, architects, and security teams at highly regulated institutions.

Independent deal-closer who’s comfortable interfacing with C-level stakeholders and navigating multi-party partnerships

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