Animoca Brands (HK) - Senior Blockchain Architect

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Hong Kong

Senior Blockchain Architect

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Animoca Brands, a Deloitte Tech Fast winner and ranked in the Financial Times list of High Growth Companies Asia-Pacific 2021, is a leader in digital entertainment, blockchain, and gamification

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Who we're looking for

Animoca Brands (HK) is looking for a Senior Blockchain Architect to join the team!

What you will be doing

Participate in the design, architecture and implementation of the different software components, including smart contracts, frontends and backends;
Play a central role in the blockchain game's design, be innovative, assess the feasibility and give insight on cost/benefit for different concepts;
Enforce adequate level of security for managing crypto-assets;
Participate in technical and functional aspects of blockchain on several projects;
Conduct continuous research on blockchain technologies and keep an eye on any tech stack or standards which can apply to the gaming sector;

Who you are

In-depth understanding of all the technical and functional aspects of blockchains (consensus, security models, tokenomics, etc.) and crypto-wallets (keys management, UX, etc), with a robust knowledge of Ethereum;
Proficiency in at least one of the following languages: Go/C++/Rust (code-literacy with one of the Ethereum node implementations) and with Javascript (Web3);
Experience designing and implementing systems based on blockchain (separation of duties between chain, frontends and backends);
Experience with Smart-Contracts full development cycle (Solidity) and knowledge of the standards for token contracts (ERC-20, ERC-721, ERC-1155, etc.);
Strong experience with UNIX systems (Linux) and Cloud Infrastructures (AWS, GCP, etc.).

Some other relevant experience/qualifications:

PhD (or strong programming experience) in Blockchains, Decentralised Systems, Cryptography, Virtual Machines or related discipline;
Experience as a core blockchain developer, software architect and/or technical lead;
Experience in blockchain gaming;
Deep understanding of major public blockchains and scalability solutions;
Experience implementing Crypto-Wallets,
Experience with GPGPU and/or Crypto Mining,
Experience in the Financial / Fintech industry.

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