Founding QA Lead

**Overview:** - Offchain Labs is a blockchain innovation leader, committed to creating a decentralized, secure, and transparent future. - The company is expanding its team following significant funding rounds and seeks to shape the future of blockchain technology. - Offchain Labs is looking for a Founding QA Lead to build and implement quality assurance technology and processes for Arbitrum, a dominant force in Ethereum scaling. **Key Responsibilities:** - Build the QA strategy and infrastructure for Arbitrum's core technology, including smart contracts, sequencers, rollup mechanisms, and developer tooling. - Establish test automation frameworks and integrate QA into the CI/CD pipeline for rigorous pre-deployment validation. - Develop advanced verification techniques for smart contract security and introduce load and stress testing. - Work cross-functionally to embed quality in the development process, collaborate with researchers, external auditors, and developer relations. - Grow and lead the QA organization by hiring, mentoring, and developing a team of QA engineers, automation engineers, and test developers. **Requirements/Skills/Qualifications:** - 5+ years in QA engineering, test automation, or software quality leadership roles. - Strong automation skills with proficiency in at least one testing framework (e.g., Pytest, Jest, Mocha, Selenium). - Deep understanding of CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated testing within DevOps workflows. - Familiarity with blockchain, Ethereum, and Layer 2 scaling solutions or strong willingness to learn. - Security mindset with familiarity in fuzzing, property-based testing, and formal verification. - Ability to deploy to and administer virtual machines on a cloud infrastructure provider (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud). - Prior experience leading or mentoring QA engineers. - Passionate about open-source, decentralization, and blockchain technology. **Compensation & Benefits:** - Remote-first global workforce + soon to open NY office. - Annual company offsite + team onsites. - Professional reimbursement program for industry conference attendance, certifications, etc. - Medical, dental & vision coverage (US + some other countries). - 401k retirement plan + company match (US only). - Wellness stipend. - Home office set up / ergonomic equipment program.