Blockchain Solutions Architect

Role 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
• Support documentation localization and technical enablement in Japanese
• Help customers compare and migrate from private / permissioned experimentation to public or hybrid production deployments

Required Skills

• 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: 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