Under the title "Blockchain Engineer", the payment giant VISA published a job offer that has attracted attention within the crypto space. Aimed at developers with experience in Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and XRP, the announcement is part of a VISA initiative to develop a "new global payment system based on blockchain".
The announcement was made specifically by the VISA Commercial Payments group, which is responsible for innovation in business-to-business payments. In addition, the research group is responsible for "defining and developing" the product not based on a card. One of the priorities of the project and the team is to develop a technology based on Hyperledger in Go.
The announcement indicates that the selected candidates will join the team from Foster City, California. In addition, the developer will have the opportunity to work on emerging technologies with technology teams and will be able to explore and understand the demands of the business sector in terms of payment solutions, as the announcement states:
We are looking for a solid developer experienced with Ethereum and blockchain architecture to be part of a team responsible for creating a distributed application. Our ideal candidate has built and published distributed applications, worked with the Ripple, R3, Ethereum and / or Bitcoin blockchain and has experience with Solidity.
Next decade to be defined by CBDCs
On the other hand, the head of cryptocurrencies for VISA, Cuy Sheffield, published a series of tweets commenting on a central bank digital currency (CBDC). According to Sheffield, the CBDCs are the future of payments and will define the next decade:
As governments assess the CBDC, the path they decide to take will have major implications for privacy, monetary sovereignty, geopolitics and financial inclusion, as well as the global adoption of cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin .
The head of crypto-currencies for Visa advised to users and potential investors to be aware of "de fighting around the CBDC." In this way, investors will have an idea of ??how they are created, designed and specifications of each CBDC, as Sheffield explained:
What used to be a casual article by a central bank analyst every few months has evolved into a steady stream of content from many experts, academics and organizations, making it more difficult to keep up with the latest considerations.
