Topic: Société Générale is Hiring Bitcoin IT Developer (Read 494 times)

You might be right that being a normal coder would not be sufficient. I mean C++ is already hard to understand and it's no fun coding with it. But certainly it might mean that the geniuses turn their heads to bitcoin because these jobs are paying well.

Can only be good for bitcoin.

I've seen this before and they are searching for elite people. I don't think this will be realistic unless you are naturally gifted and really good at coding. It takes a special kind of brain to be fluid with coding in something as complicated as Bitcoin development. You have to think outside the box, somethings most people can't do.

Sounds like being a bitcoin core developer is a profession with future. Guess we might see good revenue for these jobs and naturally employees will grow to where the money is.

Interesting times when banks are searching bitcoin developers.

https://careers.societegenerale.com/job-offers/IT-Prototyping-Developer-and-hands-on-investigation-on-Blockchains---Crypto-Currencies-M-F---VIE-London-RQ00112083-fr

http://www.coindesk.com/french-megabank-societe-generale-seeks-cryptocurrency-expert/

One of France's biggest banks is looking to hire a developer with a focus on bitcoin.

Société Générale (SocGen) posted a job listing on 2nd July for an "IT developer on bitcoin, blockchains and cryptocurrencies". SocGen is the third-largest French bank in terms of assets, reporting $1.3tn in assets in 2014.

The 12-month contract, according to the post, would entail research and development involving cryptocurrencies and the blockchain. Though no specifics were outlined, the post suggests that the bank is looking to develop in-house software, citing "prototype programming".

The listed responsibilities of the position include:

Developing proof-of-concept in any language/protocols used in cryptocurrency protocols and blockchains 1.0-3.0
Programming in C#/C++/Python/Other against bitcoin, altcoin, blockchain different altchain APIs
Running statistics against blockchains and engineering ways to gather quantitative information on what’s really happening in the cryptocurrency world.
The position also calls for the organization of internal reports, staff presentations and training programs. The VIE – a kind of international volunteer or internship role – will be tasked with "engaging with the FinTech community and gathering information on the crypto-currency sector in London and elsewhere."