Animoca Brands · 2 days ago
Chain Engineer (Cosmos SDK/Tendermint, Evmos, BNB Greenfield)
United States
Contract
Remote
Senior LevelAnimoca Brands is a leader in the digital entertainment space, and their project Moca Network is focused on building a chain-agnostic digital identity infrastructure for the open internet. The Chain Engineer will be responsible for core-chain modifications, protocol upgrades, and integrations across various networks including Cosmos SDK, Tendermint, Evmos, and BNB Greenfield.
AppsBlockchainCasual GamesDeveloper PlatformMetaverseVideo Games
Responsibilities
Lead development, customization, and maintenance of modules built on Cosmos SDK and Tendermint, including consensus and networking-aware changes
Design and implement EVM-compatible features and integrations on Evmos (e.g., precompiles, gas/fee market considerations, state transitions, cross-compat behaviors)
Build and operate storage and data-layer integrations on BNB Greenfield, including permissioning, cross-chain data flows, and application patterns leveraging Greenfield’s storage primitives
Plan, test, and execute chain upgrades (governance proposals, state migrations, version bumps), hotfixes, and parameter changes across environments
Own observability and reliability for the stack: node ops, RPC performance, indexing, monitoring/alerting, and incident response
Collaborate with protocol researchers, infra, and product teams to scope and ship features that span Cosmos zones, EVM layers, and Greenfield storage
Contribute to internal tooling (debug tooling, state inspection, simulation tests) and upstream open-source where appropriate
Qualification
Required
Expert-level Golang in the context of Cosmos SDK/Tendermint; strong understanding of state machines and consensus
Proficiency with EVM concepts as implemented on Evmos (precompiles, opcodes/gas, JSON-RPC nuances)
Familiarity with Greenfield SDKs/APIs, ACLs, and integration patterns with smart contracts or chain logic
Comfortable with Docker/Kubernetes, CI/CD, and IaC for chain deployments
Clear communication and documentation skills; ability to collaborate across protocol, infra, and product
Production node operation: pruning, snapshots, state sync, peers/seeds, RPC tuning
Observability: Prometheus/Grafana, logs/traces, alerting, incident playbooks
Strong testing discipline: simulation tests, property-based testing, upgrade rehearsals in staging/devnets
Preferred
IBC relayer deployments and troubleshooting (e.g., Hermes, rly) and cross-chain messaging patterns
Indexing and data infra (Cosmos SDK events, Tendermint RPC/WebSocket, subgraphs, custom indexers)
Security-minded development: threat modeling for modules, replay protection, state migration safety
Contributions to Cosmos SDK, CometBFT, Evmos, or BNB Greenfield repos
Experience with parameter tuning for performance under real network load
Benefits
Medical
Life
Transportation allowances
Company
Animoca Brands
Animoca Brands is a metaverse and gaming company focused on driving digital property rights through NFTs.
Founded in 2014
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$863.21MKey Investors
FutureverseNEOMTrue Global Ventures (TGV)
2024-06-28Corporate Round· $5M
2023-11-01Series Unknown· $20M
2023-10-24Secondary Market· $11.9M
Leadership Team
Robby Yung
CEO of Investments
Jared Shaw
Chief Financial Officer
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