• You'll work on client/runtime components, networking, cross-chain identity flows, and ZK integrations that enable private verification at scale
• You'll partner with protocol researchers, ZK engineers, and infra/DevOps to run testnets, ship upgrades, and launch features like zkTLS proofs, verifiable credential issuance/verification, and our identity oracle

Build features in the node/client: execution/runtime, mempool, sync, and networking

• Implement identity-centric primitives (credential issuance/verification hooks, precompiles/syscalls as needed)
• Optimize state I/O, snapshots, pruning, and fast/warp sync; improve RPC throughput and p95 latency
• Integrate zero-knowledge proof verification in-protocol (e.g., verifier circuits, precompiles)
• Support zkTLS proof ingestion and verification for web-origin attestations

Contribute to the chain-agnostic identity oracle: message formats, replay/order protection, finality handling

• Stand up and operate public/private testnets; plan releases and canary rollouts
• Add metrics/logs/traces; build dashboards and alerts; respond to incidents and write clear postmortems

Expand test coverage: unit/integration, fuzzing, and differential tests across client versions Contributions to open-source blockchain clients or identity/zk tooling

• Build/maintain light-client/optimistic verification paths or integrate with ecosystem standards (e.g., IBC/ICS, L1?L2 messengers) as appropriate
• Design robust relayer and operator tooling with clear incentives and observability
• Engineer decentralized data storage integration for reusable, privacy-preserved credentials
• Tune RocksDB/LevelDB (or equivalent) and state commitment schemes for high throughput identity verification
• Strong systems engineering in Go or Rust (or similar); solid concurrency/async, profiling, and performance tuning skills
• Experience building backend or protocol-adjacent infrastructure that runs in production
• Practical familiarity with blockchain client internals (any of:
• EVM/WASM runtime, Cosmos SDK/Substrate modules, or rollup nodes)
• Comfortable with Web3 interfaces and ops:
• RPCs (JSON-RPC/gRPC), node configuration, validator/sequencer operations, snapshots/state sync

Security mindset: input validation, DoS/eclipse awareness, rate-limiting, key management basics

• Zero-knowledge integration experience (using/verifying proofs, e.g., PLONK/Groth16/FRI) or prior work on verifier precompiles

Exposure to identity/credentials standards (VCs/VPs), replay protection, nonce/sequence management, and capability/permissions models light clients, optimistic/validity bridges, IBC/XCM, or L1?L2 messaging Database/storage tuning in high-throughput chains; experience with state growth and archive modes

Testing, code reviews, CI/CD, reproducible builds, and clear documentation

• Embrace a relaxed and productive work environment with casual attire
• Expand your horizons by collaborating with various subsidiary brands within the Animoca Brands network, gaining exposure to a wide range of projects and technologies
• We care about your well-being

Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, life, and transportation allowances