Visa hires blockchain engineers

Visa, a provider of international bank cards and financial services, is actively looking for experts in the field of blockchain to replenish its team of technical engineers. Given the explosion of interest in the technology of blockchain from banking firms over the past year, this move was quite anticipated.

Recently, the corporation said that it is actively seeking an experienced blockchain engineer to "work with technology teams to understand business demand and provide design and compilation of solutions that create or use cross-asset concepts and structures."

In the requirements for the candidate it is indicated that he must have experience directly related to the Blockchians Batkins and Efirium. The report also said that the company is working on initiatives to integrate technology blockchain and current banking models.

According to the announcement, "the candidate will work in the field of VISA Global Commercial Payments, where the team will build a new payment rail using the blockchain technology and distributed register."