Altcoin News: Facebook Blockchain Expands Staff and Opens 20 Vacancies

March 9, 2019, by Marko Vidrih on ALTCOIN MAGAZINE

The social network Facebook continues to expand the staff of the unit associated with the blockchain.

At present, the section of the website Facebook, dedicated to the recruitment, lists 20 job openings for blockchain departments in a wide range of areas, including: Director of technology communications, researcher threats, data explorer, two product managers and product designers, managers strategies and brand marketing, work with the community, media and web manager. In addition, the company is recruiting engineers, usability specialists, and other employees.

Probably the most unusual job is a global strategic security partner that

“will serve as a liaison and thought partner between Global Security and the selected key business partners, in this case: Facebook’s Blockchain organization”.

Job descriptions say nothing about any particular product, but ambitious goals are noted:

“Our ultimate goal is to help billions of people with access to things they don’t have now — that could be things like healthcare, equitable financial services, or new ways to save or share information.”

Facebook has long shown an increased interest in the blockchain. According to a recent report by the New York Times, Facebook is working on a token that will be used on all media platforms of the company, including Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram. The token will be a kind of stable coin tied to a basket of several fiat currencies. Fifty specialists of the company are already working on the token, and it is expected that it will be released in the first half of 2019.

In December last year, the company also opened five new vacancies for blockchain specialists in the Menlo Park office. Facebook then said it was looking for experts in the field of data mining, software development, and marketing.

Author: Marko Vidrih