Retail giant Amazon is seeking professionals with experience in decentralized finance. The selected candidate will fill the role of Blockchain Product Lead.
Amazon, the retail and technology giant, is looking for an expert in decentralized finance to take on the position of Blockchain Product Lead. According to the Amazon job listing, the ideal candidate should have hands-on experience in the DeFi sector.
The announcement states that “the candidate will have a track record of delivering outstanding products at scale in emerging spaces and will be passionate about blockchain technology, distributed systems, and cloud-scale software. Ideally, they will have experience delivering products or innovations in the blockchain space and, in particular, DeFi or traditional financial services.”
A key requirement for the role is experience with blockchain frameworks, technologies, and applications, including Ethereum and Hyperledger Fabric. The position sits within Amazon Web Services. This division has been working on Amazon Managed Blockchain, a platform that makes it easier for users to manage scalable blockchain networks by leveraging the open-source frameworks Hyperledger Fabric and Ethereum.
There is speculation that Amazon is preparing a significant entry into the cryptocurrency space. Reports suggest the company is hiring talent to develop a digital payment token. This digital payment token appears to be part of Amazon’s emerging payments initiative planned for launch in Mexico.
According to the company, “Amazon Managed Blockchain (AMB) is a fully managed service that accelerates customers’ ability to create and leverage scalable blockchain technology for current and innovative business use cases in DeFi, supply chain, financial services, identity, and more.”
The rapid growth of DeFi appears to have caught Amazon’s attention—DeFi expertise is emphasized three times in the job description, highlighting the company’s focus on decentralized finance as it builds and scales blockchain products and services.