Web2 ↔ Web3 Integration — Hands-on experience bridging traditional systems with on-chain ones: wallet onboarding, custodial vs. non-custodial trade-offs, account abstraction, gasless/relayed transactions.
EVM & Smart Contracts — Working knowledge of EVM chains and Solidity, including reading, integrating with, and reasoning about the safety of contracts.
Token & Item Standards — Practical understanding of ERC-20, ERC-721, and ERC-1155, and how they map to real game items, ownership, and transfers.
On-chain / Off-chain Sync — Experience keeping blockchain state consistent with off-chain databases: indexing, event ingestion, reorg handling, and reconciliation.
TypeScript & React — Strong TypeScript and React skills for building responsive, production-grade interfaces.
Wallet Integration — Experience with wallet connectivity and web3 client libraries (e.g. wagmi, viem, ethers.js, WalletConnect) and embedded/social login wallets.
Backend Services — Solid backend skills in Node.js and Go: clean APIs, concurrency, and performance under load.
Distributed Systems — Experience with distributed systems and their trade-offs (consistency, availability, failure modes), especially where correctness of value transfer matters.
PostgreSQL — Schema design, query optimization, and migrations at scale.
Kubernetes — Deploying, operating, and debugging services in a k8s environment.
Message Streaming — Kafka or NATS — event-driven patterns, consumer groups, at-least-once delivery.
Git & CI/CD — Git and modern CI/CD practices.
Gaming Industry Experience — Experience building or operating platforms for game developers, publishers, or players — especially anything touching in-game items, economies, or ownership.