Summary

We’re looking for a tech lead to develop the platform to support the full lifecycle of protocol feature development. This encompasses all protocol developer tooling and frameworks to enable protocol engineers to ship capabilities quickly and confidently on stable foundations.

This is a critical and high-impact role responsible for driving the roadmap and delivery of capabilities that accelerate protocol feature development for both OP Labs engineering teams and the broader Collective.

What are the role responsibilities?

1. Architect and implement tools, frameworks, SDKs and APIs to increase protocol development velocity and create an industry-leading protocol developer experience
2. Drive the execution of the protocol developer experience roadmap in close partnership with Engineering Management, Product and Engineering stakeholders
3. Act as a force multiplier for the team - drive the technical vision and architecture for protocol developer tooling and mentor other engineers
4. Be highly customer-centric, partnering closely with other engineering teams and stakeholders to understand protocol developer needs and rapidly deliver impactful solutions

What skills do you bring?

1. Hands-on experience with Golang, Ethereum developer tooling ecosystem (e.g., Kurtosis, Hardhat, Foundry), operational experience with Kubernetes (e.g., IaC such as Terraform) and public cloud infrastructure (e.g., GCP, AWS)
2. Track-record of working collaboratively with developers to create impactful developer tools that meaningfully improve developer velocity - demonstrates strong developer empathy
3. Prior experience working in the Web3 space with exposure to protocol development, either directly or in a supporting capacity
4. Exhibits high agency, high ownership and pragmatism - this is someone who likes to and is capable of getting stuff done and drives impactful results
5. Able to effectively balance between strategic and execution-focused contributions in a dynamic and fast-paced environment

Skills

• AWS
• Development
• Software Engineering
• Team Collaboration