Offchain LabsOL

Lead Developer Relations Engineer

Offchain Labs is a venture-backed company developing Arbitrum, a leading suite of Layer 2 scaling solutions for Ethereum, designed to make transactions faster and cheaper without sacrificing security.

Offchain Labs

Employee count: 51-200

At Offchain Labs, we are not just building products — we’re leading a movement.
We are committed to creating a decentralized, secure, and transparent future through blockchain technology. Our mission is to push the boundaries of blockchain innovation and foster a creative, collaborative, and inclusive culture where ideas can come to life. We know that the future of blockchain technology is limitless, and the best way to achieve this is by working with the brightest minds.
We’re looking for thinkers and doers who are eager to embrace new challenges and seek solutions that will push existing boundaries. If you believe in the importance of transparency, trust, and the decentralization of control, and if you’re curious, adaptable, and want to disrupt the status quo, then we want to hear from you.

Why Offchain Labs?

Our team is committed to bridging the gap between the current state of blockchain and its potential. Our flagship product, Arbitrum One, is a dominant force in Ethereum scaling and is trusted by enterprises, developers, and users worldwide. But that’s just the beginning. Our passionate team is constantly building on this success, rolling out innovative tools such as Arbitrum AnyTrust, Arbitrum Orbit, Stylus, BoLD, and Arbitrum Nitro. Offchain Labs also contributes to the Ethereum core protocol with the Prysm consensus client.
Following the successful raising of $3.8M in seed funding in January 2019, as well as $20M in Series A and $100M in Series B funding in 2021, we are looking to expand our team. We invite individuals with a strong interest in blockchain and a talent for approaching problems from unique perspectives to join us in shaping the future of this dynamic field.
As part of the Product team at Offchain Labs, you will get to work with leaders in the blockchain space solving novel technical, economic, and social challenges. In this role you’ll work directly with leading application teams to improve their experience using Arbitrum technology and accelerate their growth through direct contribution. You’ll also serve as an advocate and educator generally, interacting with the developer ecosystem online and in-person. You’ll collaborate closely with our engineering team, third-party teams in the Arbitrum ecosystem, and company leaders, including our CTO and Head of Product.

What you'll do:

  • Proactively identify, contribute to, and advocate for strategic partnerships with promising application teams, fostering an ecosystem of the most engaging on-chain experiences
  • Own developer success across leading application teams in the Arbitrum ecosystem, working alongside builders to solve challenges involved in using and integrating with Arbitrum technology, and accelerating their development
  • Work directly with the Product team to relay and incorporate feedback from projects and the developer community into our roadmap, and help shape the go-to-market strategy of new products, especially for the developer audience
  • Work alongside our engineers to improve our tooling, from the Arbitrum SDK to custom tooling aimed at launching new chains, and assist with the creation of tutorials, demos, and other reference materials
  • Be an advocate in the developer ecosystem (spanning web2 and web3), building relationships with developers and related organizations (accelerators, dev shops, hackathon organizers, etc.) to grow awareness of Offchain Labs products among developers
  • Represent Offchain Labs at developer events and assist with live coding sessions, speaking at conferences, virtual meetups, and hackathons, working with our Marketing and Events team to prioritize and attend key events

What you'll need:

  • Passion for and understanding of blockchain technologies
  • Experience leading teams in development and experimentation
  • Excellent verbal communication and written skills
  • Strong collaboration skills with both internal and external teams
  • Competent Computer Science fundamentals or previous development experience
  • Experience writing Rust, Solidity or Golang
  • Experience writing and deploying smart contracts in EVM environments

Perks:

  • Remote-first global workforce + NY office
  • Annual company offsite + team onsites
  • Professional reimbursement program (facilitates industry conference attendance, certifications, and more)
  • Medical, dental vision coverage (US + some other countries)
  • 401k retirement plan + company match (US only)
  • Wellness stipend
  • Home office set up / ergonomic equipment program
Attention Offchain Labs Job Seekers:
Please be advised that there has been a rise in fraudulent recruiter activities, particularly within the Web3 space. If you would like to confirm whether someone is an OCL employee or the legitimacy of an offer you received, please email [email protected]
At Offchain Labs, we believe that diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging are essential to our success. We are committed to building a welcoming and supportive workplace for all employees, regardless of their background or identity. We strive to create an environment where everyone feels valued and has an equal opportunity to succeed and thrive. We encourage candidates from all walks of life to apply and join our team.

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Offchain Labs is at the forefront of blockchain innovation, dedicated to pioneering and advancing scaling solutions for Ethereum. Founded in 2018 by Ed Felten, Steven Goldfeder, and Harry Kalodner, the company emerged from deep research at Princeton University with a clear mission: to enable developers, businesses, and individuals to fully experience Ethereum's capabilities without compromise. Through groundbreaking technology, Offchain Labs is revolutionizing the Ethereum ecosystem with Arbitrum, its flagship suite of scaling solutions. Arbitrum utilizes an 'Optimistic Rollup' technique, which significantly increases transaction throughput and reduces costs while maintaining the robust security of the Ethereum mainnet. This allows decentralized applications (dApps) to operate with enhanced efficiency and scalability, paving the way for broader adoption and more complex use cases.

The core of Offchain Labs' innovation lies in its commitment to research and development. The team continuously builds upon its foundational technology, introducing enhancements and new products like Arbitrum One, Arbitrum Nova, Arbitrum Orbit, Stylus, BOLD, and Arbitrum Nitro. Arbitrum One is designed for general-purpose dApp scaling, while Arbitrum Nova caters to applications demanding even higher throughput, such as gaming and social platforms. Arbitrum Orbit empowers developers to launch their own customizable Layer 3 chains. A significant milestone in Offchain Labs' journey was the acquisition of Prysmatic Labs in October 2022, the team behind Prysm, Ethereum's leading consensus client. This strategic move further solidified Offchain Labs' dedication to contributing to the core Ethereum infrastructure and its long-term success. By focusing on making blockchain technology more accessible, efficient, and powerful, Offchain Labs is actively shaping the future of decentralized systems and fostering a more scalable and user-friendly Web3 environment.

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