Cryptocurrency job market

What is cryptocurrency?

Cryptocurrency design digital money built with cryptography protocols. The aim is to secure financial transactions. 

By using blockchain technology, a cryptocurrency system is designed to: 

- be distributed (does not require a central authority), 

- define whether new cryptocurrency units can be created or not,

- keep an overview of every created cryptocurrency coin and its owner.

The first decentralized cryptocurrency, named Bitcoin, was released in 2009. Since then, several other cryptocurrencies have been created.

What are required skills for cryptocurrency jobs?

According to a recent job market analysis, the cryptocurrency job market is constantly evolving. In 2018, more than 1000 job was posted in the US and Blockchain developer' is on the top five emerging jobs.

Blockchain developer is a software engineer having comprehensive knowledge about cryptography protocols and machine learning, besides technical programming skills like C/C++, Python, etc…

In the cryptocurrency job market universe, employers are also hiring for Back-End Engineer, Technology Architect, Risk Analyst, and Technical Consultant.

Who is hiring for cryptocurrency profiles?

Employers hiring for cryptocurrency profiles are both big IT companies such as IBM and Oracle and also startups looking to quickly grow up.

The majority of available jobs are located in the USA.  New York, San Francisco, San Jose, and Chicago, respectively, are cities that offer jobs opportunities related to cryptocurrency.

How much do cryptocurrency jobs pay?

According to recent studies, the average position in the cryptocurrency job market pays well. The overall salary is about $80,000 per year and it can reach up to $140,000.

So learn this technology can make an engineer one of well-paid software engineer on the job market.

By Naouar Belghini