About us Founded in 2015, OpenZeppelin is the premier crypto cybersecurity technology and services company, trusted by the most used DeFi and NFT projects in the world. Our mission is to protect the open economy, safeguarding tens of billions of dollars in funds for leading crypto organizations including Aave, Coinbase, Compound, Ethereum Foundation, TheGraph and many others. The OpenZeppelin team, spread across 30+ countries in the world, is responsible for creating the most popular Open Source Library for Smart Contract development in the world with over 15 million downloads! The expertise we’ve built along the years allowed us to uncover major security vulnerabilities for some of the most well known players in the market. With the success of our products, our security audit work, and the open source educational efforts, we are setting the industry standards for secure systems of a hyper-fast-growing industry and we’re looking for more folks to help us on our mission. About this role As a Solutions Architect you will be responsible for implementing and managing bespoke client solutions. You will partner closely with cross functional partners to ensure business strategy and technical visions are incorporated into delivery. You will lead integrations with partners and build relationships with development team engineers. You will be an integral part of the success by performing technical discovery qualification, making architectural recommendations for the solution, delivering product demonstrations and troubleshooting technical configuration issues. As a passionate blockchain fan and user advocate, you will connect the dots between the technical solution to business value for the user. What you’ll be doing
Quickly understand a client’s complex ecosystems and security needs to determine how best OpenZeppelin solutions can benefit them
Develop deep functional product expertise of OpenZeppelin offerings
Work with the Product Development team to identify and prioritize product and integration enhancements based on client requests and identified technical obstacles
Work with the Security Services team to identify critical services needs and pair service offerings with relevant product features to improve efficiency
Thoroughly document proposed client solutions, to help transition your work from the sales cycle to post-sale implementation and servicing
Manage a solutions implementation team of software engineers to deliver custom solutions to clients
Support Marketing team with evangelism activities (writing blogs, participating in demo-driven webinars, speaking at industry events, etc.)
Articulate the benefits and risks to a solution’s feasibility and functionality
Scope, plan and deliver product presentations and demonstrations that are tailored to the user’s technical requirements and audience
Develop Proofs of Concept (PoCs) to demonstrate the possibilities of OpenZeppelin offerings
Take ownership and responsibility for end to end customization and support of client deployment projects
Handle all technical support requests during the deployment phase
You Have
A bachelor’s and/or master’s degree in computer science, IT, software engineering, or computer science. Equivalent industry experience may also be considered on a case-by-case basis.
At least 2 years experience in a solution architecture or technical sales engineering position
Programming experience in TypeScript/JavaScript and/or Solidity
Working experience with, and/or strong knowledge of Ethereum smart contracts and the blockchain ecosystem
Working knowledge of infrastructure and security architecture practices and concerns
Experience building and delivering Proofs of Concept (PoCs) and responding to functional and technical elements of proposals independently and effectively.
Solid organizational, project management and teamwork skills validated by experience leading a technical team.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to explain technical information in simple terms.
Pre-Sales technology solutions experience, selling to startups is a plus
Prior experience working remotely: strong personal organizational skills, a love for self-time management, and ability to work collaboratively with a team.
Nice to Have
Experience deploying production Solidity smart contracts involving ERC token standards and wallet key management solutions
Hands-on experience developing serverless functions in JavaScript/TypeScript
Experience building data analytics dashboards for Datadog, Splunk, etc
Experience developing CI/CD deployment pipelines using GitHub Actions
AWS Cloud certification (Solutions Architect Associate or higher)
Security certifications (Security+, CISSP, CISA, OSCP, etc)
Project management certification (PMP, Scrum Master, etc)
Benefits
Unlimited holidays 🏝
Fully remote: your way of working 🌎
Paid parental leave & benefits for primary or second caregiver 💙
Team events: onboarding tour & company retreats in different locations around the world 😎
Work from home office equipment stipend of up to $500 USD 🪑
Monthly allowance for wellness activities 💪
Coworking: access to a coworking space of your choice 👩💻
Learning: technical training; spoken language lessons in any language of your choice (using Italki) 🗣
Working with a global team in a fast-growing industry 🚀
At OpenZeppelin, we are an equal opportunity employer and we value different perspectives. We are committed to building a diverse workforce. This includes but is not limited to gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, national origin and other characteristics that make each one of us unique. In this uniqueness, we find the most value. Come join us!
$67,500 — $110,000/year
