Who are we?
We believe Ethereum has the potential to solve some of humanity’s most crucial coordination issues. Since our initial inception as a research group, we have sought to scale both its technology and values.At present, the most pressing bottleneck to the growth of Ethereum is its performance and scalability. We are building the most elegant solution to this problem. We do this in the open (under an MIT open source license) because we believe in open source innovation and its ability to accelerate growth.OP Labs contributes to the Optimism protocol, an extension to Ethereum that scales both its technology and values.
Optimism enables orders of magnitude of improved performance and scalability to Ethereum while doubling down on its commitment to public goods.The Optimism Collective leads the blockchain protocol landscape, dedicated to fostering a scalable and sustainable ecosystem. Optimism’s ethos, in sync with Ethereum's vision, tackles pivotal coordination challenges of the digital age. Optimism’s goal is to harmonize private incentives with public good, shaping a resilient future for the Internet. Optimism’s scope spans diverse areas like Gaming, DeFi, NFTs, and Enterprise.
Position Overview:
We're looking for an Infrastructure Engineer to help build and operate the foundational systems powering the OP Stack—the bedrock of the Optimism ecosystem.This role is deeply focused on infrastructure, developer experience, and operational excellence. You’ll work at the intersection of protocol development and platform engineering to ensure our node infrastructure, tooling, and automation scale with the demands of the growing Superchain.If you're passionate about high-performance infra, love working close to production systems, and want to help scale Ethereum in the real world—this role is for you.
Role Responsibilities:
- Designing and implementing infrastructure to support automated deployments of the OP Stack across multiple environments.
- Owning critical pieces of infra from design through production with a focus on reliability, observability, and operational efficiency.
- Managing and evolving our Kubernetes-based infrastructure, ensuring reliability, scalability, and developer-friendly interfaces.
- Collaborating closely with protocol engineers to deeply understand their needs and unblock development across the stack.
What skills do you bring?
- Web3 experience: You’ve run, deployed, or contributed to blockchain infrastructure (e.g., running full nodes, working on validator infra, etc.).
- Experience running containerized systems in production using Kubernetes.
- Proficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code tools like Terraform, Ansible, Helm, or similar.
- Software engineering skills with Golang or another backend language; you think in systems, not scripts.
- A strong bias for ownership and high-agency mindset—you proactively seek out problems and solve them.
- Experience building tools that accelerate developer workflows and improve internal platform capabilities.
What will you like about us?
- We take care of our employees. Competitive compensation, fully paid medical, dental, and vision, and a 4% 401K match—learn more about ourbenefits, culture, and all recruiting FAQ here.
- We take pride in the accomplishments of our teammates and support each other in doing the best work of our careers.
- Our team is a diverse group of people from varied backgrounds. We cherish our eclecticism and consider it a great strength.
- We’re fully remote, deeply engaged, highly skilled, and like to have fun.
- We think long-term. Our founders have been scaling Ethereum since 2015.
Compensation Range: $180K - $220K
