Itaú has already made an agreement with Mercado Bitcoin for tokenization of receivables.
Itaú is looking for a professional to work in “multidisciplinary teams with engineering and development of blockchain applications and smart contracts” and who understands tokenization. According to the job description, the focus is on smart contracts. And it asks for knowledge of topics such as cryptocurrency exchanges.
Itaú is a bank that has been studying and testing blockchain technology for a long time. Last year, it partnered with Mercado Bitcoin to tokenize receivables. It also started offering index funds (ETFs). In addition, this year its venture capital arm, the Kinea fund, invested in Liqi, an asset tokenization startup.
Whoever is chosen will participate in “the entire application development cycle, from conception, construction, implementation and support”. As per the description on LinkedInthe vacancy is upper middle and hybrid.
Candidates must have experience developing smart contracts, blockchain applications, APIs and End-User applications. Itaú says it is looking for someone with experience in tokenization, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), cryptocurrencies, digital assets and cryptocurrency exchanges. As the focus is on smart contracts, the bank asks anyone who knows about ethereum and ERC token standards such as ERC-20).