Solutions Engineer, Japan

The role

This person will support Optimism's enterprise and institutional adoption across the Japanese market. They will act as a technical counterpart for partners to evaluate, design, and deploy on-chain systems using the OP Stack.

What you will do

• Support deal execution and technical validation
• Act as the primary technical counterpart for enterprise and institutional partners
• Lead technical discovery sessions covering architecture, performance, security, compliance, and operational requirements
• Design and support test environments 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 technical feedback for product and engineering teams
• Help shape roadmap priorities related to institutional needs
• Support integrations with wallets, custody providers, cloud infrastructure, and system integrators
• Guide partners through OP Stack architecture, deployment models, and operational best practices

Required qualifications

• 5–10 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
• 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
• Ability to explain complex technical concepts to engineers and non-technical stakeholders
• Fluent in Japanese
• Professional working proficiency in English

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience with Layer 1 or Layer 2
• Experience working with regulated institutions (banks, asset managers, exchanges, payments firms)

Benefits

• 100% of health insurance premiums paid (medical, dental, and vision)
• 401(k) with a 4% company match
• $2,000 annual wellness stipend
• $1,000 WFH setup stipend
• $1,000 learning budget
• Performance bonus and token grants
• Flexible time off
• 14 paid holidays
• Two Collective Pause weeks each year
• Four-week sabbatical after three years (three are paid)
• Travel budget for remote teammates to join in New York
• Company offsites twice a year

About the company

OP Labs builds Optimism, a blockchain network that powers the next generation of financial infrastructure. The company is a small team with an NYC office serving as its center of gravity.