The Future is Omnichain
Founded in 2021, LayerZero’s vision is to create a community of cross-chain developers, building dApps that are no longer constrained by individual blockchain capabilities.
With LayerZero's simple, generic messaging protocol, builders will develop cross-chain dApps designed to unify the power of individual blockchains.
We are funded by the best investors in the world, including:
- a16z
- Sequoia
- PayPal
- Binance Ventures
- Coinbase Ventures
- Uniswap Labs
- Circle Ventures
- Delphi Digital
- and many more
ABOUT THE ROLE
As a Solutions Architect, you are the technical owner of the customer journey from first deep-dive through successful production deployment.
You will:
- Lead discovery
- Design architectures
- Build proof-of-concepts
- Clearly explain how LayerZero fits into a customer’s existing stack (on-chain, off-chain, and AI/data systems)
You’ll work closely with our FDEs and Product teams to ensure what we propose is not only compelling, but actually shippable and supportable.
This is a hands-on, customer-facing role — not a pure slideware or support function. You’ll be expected to:
- Whiteboard
- Write code for demos and POCs
- Speak fluently about both Web3 primitives and modern software & architecture
LayerZero’s Solutions Architecture team is the technical front line for our go-to-market motion.
We partner closely with:
- Business Development
- Forward Deployed Engineering
- Core Product & Protocol teams
Our goal is to help customers design and adopt cross-chain architectures built on LayerZero.
We engage with a wide range of organizations, including:
- DeFi protocols
- Web3 infrastructure teams
- Global banks
- Asset managers
- Enterprises exploring blockchain and AI-driven use cases
We act as trusted advisors on interoperability, security, and system design.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- 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 and custody
- Trading or settlement systems
- Data platforms
- Banking and payments rails
- Lead technical presentations, workshops, and demos, tailoring depth for 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)
- Document architectures, integration plans, and best practices, including:
- Sequence diagrams
- Threat models
- 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
- Operational runbooks
- Stay current on Web3 trends:
- L1/L2 roadmaps
- Bridging standards
- Custody
- Regulation
- Use domain 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 such as:
- Sample apps
- Blog posts
- Talks
- Reference architectures
ABOUT YOU
- Have 5–10+ years in customer-facing technical roles such as:
- Solutions Architect
- Sales Engineer
- Forward Deployed Engineer
- Platform / Infra Engineer
- Protocol Engineer
- Have a strong grasp of blockchain fundamentals and Web3 architecture, including:
- Consensus basics
- L1/L2 and rollups
- Bridging models
- Wallets and signing
- Vaults and custody
- Common DeFi patterns
- Are comfortable reading and writing code, ideally in:
- TypeScript
- Rust
- Go
- Solidity
- Can quickly understand someone else’s stack
- Have deep experience with integration architecture patterns and APIs, including:
- REST / gRPC / WebSockets
- Webhooks
- Event streams
- OAuth / identity
- Can explain complex technical concepts simply, adapting communication for:
- Engineers
- Product managers
- Business stakeholders
- Enjoy whiteboarding, system design, and storytelling
- Can guide customers from vague ideas to concrete architecture and rollout plans
- Are comfortable in fast-moving, ambiguous environments, juggling multiple high-stakes accounts
Bonus:
- Experience with financial services, trading, or other highly regulated industries
- Understanding of risk, compliance, and integration constraints
Equal Opportunity Employer
LayerZero Labs is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.
LayerZero Labs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of:
- Race
- National origin
- Religion
- Gender
- Gender identity
- Sexual orientation
- Marital status
- Protected veteran status
- Disability
- Age
- Any other legally protected status
