The Shenzhen Fintech Research Institute has just announced a total of 29 job openings via the recruitment site Lagou.com three of which focusing on blockchain-related expertise.

The institute is looking for a blockchain development engineer, a blockchain architect and a senior technical expert who is responsible for developing and optimizing a distributed network that will be capable of large scale transactions.

Chinese central bank and the Shenzhen Municipal Financial Regulatory Bureau launched the institute which has the primary objective of undertaking fintech and digital currency-related project initiated by the central bank and the Shenzhen municipal government.

It has been reported that that the recruitment efforts follow the PBoC recent move to hire blockchain and legal talents for the development of the country’s central bank digital currency project.