Visa is actively seeking specialists in the field of blockchain.

Leading payment system Visa is actively seeking specialists in the field of blockchain technology, ready to join its development team. A vacancy posted on the official website of the company.

Candidates should possess practical experience with technologies Ripple, R3, Ethereum and/or bitcoin. Also experience in creating projects on the Solidity — the object-oriented programming language for smart contracts for the Ethereum platform.

Requires excellent understanding of business requirements and the ability to create the necessary solutions that will be based on different technologies and frameworks The successful candidate will work in the VISA Global Commercial Payments team which is responsible for creating a payment gateway on the basis of blockchain technology in the field of cross-border B2B payments.

The work on the draft Visa B2B Connect was launched in September 2016 in partnership with blockchain startup Chain. The platform is designed for payments in real time in the Visa network and provides a mechanism for transparent and secure transaction. Promised launch could take place in 2017.