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LayerZero Labs · 5 hours ago

Staff Solutions Architect

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

5+ years exp

LayerZero Labs is a company focused on creating a community of cross-chain developers. The Staff Solutions Architect will be the technical owner of the customer journey, leading the design of architectures and building proof-of-concepts while working closely with various teams to ensure successful production deployment.

AppsBlockchainCryptocurrencySoftware

Responsibilities

Partner with BD and Sales to qualify opportunities, run technical discovery, and map customer requirements to concrete interoperability designs

Design reference and bespoke architectures that integrate LayerZero with customer systems - including smart contracts, wallets/custody, trading or settlement systems, data platforms, and banking/payments rails

Lead technical presentations, workshops, and demos, tailoring the depth to audiences ranging from protocol engineers to C‑level executives

Build and validate POCs and pilot integrations, often writing or reviewing code (e.g., smart contracts, backend services, or sample apps) to prove out patterns

Document architectures, integration plans, and best practices, including sequence diagrams, threat models, and rollout strategies

Collaborate with Integrations/Forward Deployed Engineering on hand‑offs from POC to production, ensuring continuity and a clean path to scale

Advise on security and reliability for cross‑chain flows: failure modes, monitoring, incident response, and operational runbooks

Stay current on Web3 trends (L1/L2 roadmaps, bridging standards, custody, regulation) and use that knowledge to shape customer strategy

Gather structured field feedback and feed it back into Product and Protocol teams, influencing our roadmap and SDKs

Contribute to external‑facing content - sample apps, blog posts, talks, and reference architectures that help the ecosystem build better cross‑chain systems

Qualification

Blockchain fundamentalsWeb3 architectureIntegration architecture patternsCoding in TypeScriptCoding in RustCoding in GoCoding in SolidityAPIs (REST/gRPC/WebSockets)Customer engagementSystem designAdaptable communicationField feedback gatheringTechnical presentationsStorytelling

Required

Have 5–10+ years in customer facing technical roles such as Solutions Architect, Sales Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineer, Platform/Infra Engineer, or Protocol Engineer

Have a strong grasp of blockchain fundamentals and Web3 architecture: consensus basics, L1/L2 and rollups, bridging models, wallets and signing, vaults, custody, and common DeFi patterns

Are comfortable reading and writing code - ideally in TypeScript, Rust, Go, and/or Solidity - and can quickly understand someone else's stack

Have deep experience with integration architecture patterns and APIs (REST/gRPC/WebSockets, webhooks, event streams, OAuth/identity, etc.)

Can explain complex technical concepts simply, adapting your language for engineers, product managers, and business stakeholders

Enjoy whiteboarding, system design, and storytelling, and can guide a customer from vague ideas to concrete architecture and rollout plans

Are comfortable in a fast‑moving, ambiguous environment, juggling multiple high‑stakes accounts at once

Preferred

Bonus: have worked with financial services, trading, or other highly regulated industries and understand their risk, compliance, and integration constraints