Amazon soovib palgata digitaalse valuuta ja plokiahela toote juhtpositsiooni

E-commerce giant Amazon appears set to toe the digital currency waters, outlining a blockchain-specific role in a new job ad.

. job spec appears wide-ranging, mentioning “central bank digital currencies” and “distributed ledger” among other catch-all phrases for digital currency applications.

“You will leverage your domain expertise in Blockchain, Distributed Ledger, Central Bank Digital Currencies and Cryptocurrency to develop the case for the capabilities which should be developed, drive overall vision and product strategy, and gain leadership buy-in and investment for new capabilities. You will work closely with teams across Amazon including AWS to develop the roadmap including the customer experience, technical strategy and capabilities as well as the launch strategy,” the post explains. 

Specific duties for the would-be hire include working on “Amazon’s Digital Currency and Blockchain strategy and product roadmap.”

In a statement, the company positioned the position as a means for Amazon to “explore” what’s happening in the crypto space. 

A spokesperson told The Block:

"Oleme inspireeritud krüptoraha ruumis toimuvast uuendusest ja uurime, kuidas see võiks Amazonil välja näha. Usume, et tulevik on üles ehitatud uutele tehnoloogiatele, mis võimaldavad moodsaid, kiireid ja odavaid makseid, ning loodame selle tuleviku võimalikult kiiresti Amazoni klientideni tuua. "