The payments giant Visa announced it is hiring developers for its cryptocurrency division, according to head of the division Cuy Sheffield.
We have an ambitious crypto product roadmap @Visa and just opened a few reqs for senior software engineers to help us drive mainstream adoption of public blockchain networks and settlements in stablecoins
— Cuy Sheffield (@cuysheffield) April 24, 2023
We have an ambitious roadmap for Visa’s crypto product, and we have just opened a search for senior software engineers to help us achieve mainstream adoption of blockchain networks and settlements in stablecoins,” he wrote.
In addition to developers, the company is seeking people with experience in building highly available and scalable server systems, passionate about Web3 technologies.
According to the job listing vacancy, candidates should understand the features of first- and Layer-2 networks, and be able to write smart contracts in Solidity.
Particularly interested in experience using Github Copilot and other AI assisted engineering tools to write and debug smart contracts
DMs are open
— Cuy Sheffield (@cuysheffield) April 24, 2023
We are especially interested in experience using Github Copilot and other AI-powered engineering tools to write and debug smart contracts,
said Sheffield.
Earlier this year, Visa CEO Alfred Kelly stated that blockchain-based solutions would be integrated into the company’s services to support next-generation payments.
Back in February, the cryptocurrency platform Wirex signed an agreement with the payments giant to issue debit and prepaid cards.