(Senior) Backend Engineer
Animoca Brands
Software Engineering
Hong Kong
Posted on Jun 9, 2025
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 that is working to advance digital property rights. It develops and publishes a broad portfolio of products including the REVV token and SAND token; original games including The Sandbox, Crazy Kings, and Crazy Defense Heroes; and products utilizing popular intellectual properties including Disney, WWE, Snoop Dogg, The Walking Dead, Power Rangers, MotoGP™, and Formula E. The company has multiple subsidiaries, including The Sandbox, Blowfish Studios, Quidd, GAMEE, nWay, Pixowl, Forj, Lympo, Grease Monkey Games, and Eden Games. Animoca Brands has a growing portfolio of more than 200 investments in NFT-related companies and decentralized projects that are contributing to building the open metaverse, including Axie Infinity, OpenSea, Dapper Labs (NBA Top Shot), Yield Guild Games, Harmony, Alien Worlds, Star Atlas, and others. For more information visit www.animocabrands.com or follow on Twitter or Facebook.
Role Overview
We are seeking a talented and driven Backend Engineer to join our Engineering Team in Hong Kong. In this role, you will provide engineering support across all Animoca Brands projects, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver robust, scalable, and high-performance backend solutions. You will play a key part in designing, developing, and maintaining the backend infrastructure that powers our diverse portfolio of blockchain games and digital platforms.
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain backend systems and APIs for multiple Animoca Brands projects.
- Collaborate with product managers, frontend engineers, and other stakeholders to deliver high-quality features and enhancements.
- Ensure the scalability, reliability, and security of backend services.
- Optimize and refactor existing codebases for performance and maintainability.
- Integrate with cloud services (AWS, RDS, Redis, Postgres) and manage cloud infrastructure as needed.
- Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve technical issues across various projects.
- Write clean, well-documented, and testable code.
- Stay up to date with emerging technologies and best practices in backend development and cloud services.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Strong backend engineering skills with hands-on experience in Node.js, PHP, Spring, and Scala.
- Proficiency in cloud services: AWS, Postgres, RDS, Redis.
- Experience with Golang and Python is highly desirable.
- Solid understanding of RESTful API design, microservices architecture, and database management.
- Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines is a plus.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Strong communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Passion for blockchain, gaming, and digital innovation is a plus.
THE PERKS
- Dynamic and Multi-cultural work environment (15 nationalities and counting!)
- Token and NFT incentive schemes provided by Animoca Brands
- Flat company structure: your ideas get heard by the right people very quickly
- Casual work attire
- Opportunity to get involved in working with various subsidiary brands
- Benefits (Medical / Life / Transportation Allowances)
Personal Information Collection Statement:
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