Case Study: ZK Rollup L2 Protocol
How Executive Search Delivered a DevSecOps Engineer Pre-Mainnet
Client Overview
- Company Type: ZK Rollup Protocol (Stealth)
- Team Size: 10–15 engineers
- Location: EU + Asia / Remote
- Hiring Model: Executive Search
Roles & Outcomes
- Role Hired: DevSecOps Engineer
- Time-to-Hire: 14 days
- Result: Hardened CI/CD pipeline pre-launch
The Challenge
The protocol needed a senior DevSecOps engineer to prepare their infra ahead of mainnet. Their team lacked security-focused sourcing experience.
Our Solution
We sourced candidates via Clay, Twitter and Github:
- Terraform, Vault, and GCP expertise
- Rollup and sequencer infrastructure familiarity
- Async readiness across time zones
We ran async screens and delivered a shortlist of 3 vetted candidates in 7 days.
The Result
- Engineer hired in 14 days (ex-Nethermind)
- Secrets management and CI/CD flows secured
- Helped prepare infra for successful mainnet launch
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