{"id":77819,"date":"2023-04-25T16:00:12","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T13:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=77819"},"modified":"2025-09-11T01:25:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T22:25:09","slug":"visa-begins-hiring-programmers-for-its-ambitious-crypto-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/visa-begins-hiring-programmers-for-its-ambitious-crypto-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Visa begins hiring programmers for its &#8216;ambitious&#8217; crypto initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The payments giant Visa announced it is hiring developers for its cryptocurrency division, according to head of the division Cuy Sheffield.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">We have an ambitious crypto product roadmap <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Visa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@Visa<\/a> and just opened a few reqs for senior software engineers to help us drive mainstream adoption of public blockchain networks and <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/visa-confirms-plans-to-integrate-settlements-in-stablecoins\">settlements in stablecoins<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cuy Sheffield (@cuysheffield) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cuysheffield\/status\/1650533302724591616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">April 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\\\"\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>We have an ambitious roadmap for Visa&#8217;s crypto product, and we have just opened a search for senior software engineers to help us achieve mainstream adoption of blockchain networks and <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/visa-confirms-plans-to-integrate-settlements-in-stablecoins\">settlements in stablecoins<\/a>,&#8221; he wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In addition to developers, the company is seeking people with experience in building highly available and scalable server systems, passionate about <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-web3\">Web3<\/a> technologies.<\/p>\n<p>According to the job listing <a href=\\\"https:\/\/usa.visa.com\/en_us\/jobs\/REF023955W\\\">vacancy<\/a>, candidates should understand the features of first- and <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-layer%e2%80%912-solution-in-blockchain\">Layer-2<\/a> networks, and be able to write smart contracts in Solidity.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\" data-conversation=\\\"none\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">Particularly interested in experience using Github Copilot and other AI assisted engineering tools to write and debug smart contracts <\/p>\n<p>DMs are open<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cuy Sheffield (@cuysheffield) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cuysheffield\/status\/1650533304897269760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">April 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\\\"\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>We are especially interested in experience using Github Copilot and other AI-powered engineering tools to write and debug smart contracts,<\/p>\n<p> said Sheffield.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier this year, Visa CEO Alfred Kelly <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/visa-chief-foresees-a-significant-role-for-stablecoins-and-cbdcs-in-payments\">stated<\/a> that blockchain-based solutions would be integrated into the company&#8217;s services to support next-generation payments.<\/p>\n<p>Back in February, the cryptocurrency platform Wirex <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/wirex-expands-partnership-with-visa\">signed an agreement<\/a> with the payments giant to issue debit and prepaid cards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visa has announced it is hiring developers for its crypto division.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":77820,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1215,157],"class_list":["post-77819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-job-vacancies","tag-visa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"13","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77821,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77819\/revisions\/77821"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}