Revolut Looks to Hire Tech Lead to Build a Crypto Exchange

Revolut is looking for experience in building order-matching engines such as those used by crypto exchanges.

By Jamie Crawley

Nov 4, 2021 at 4:05 p.m. UTC

Updated Nov 4, 2021 at 4:25 p.m. UTC

Jamie Crawley

Jamie Crawley is a CoinDesk news reporter based in London.

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Digital bank Revolut is looking to hire a tech lead to build a crypto exchange, according to a new job posting.

The successful candidate will be “leading a technical team to architect and build Revolut Crypto exchange,” according to a job ad posted on LinkedIn on Thursday.
Revolut is looking for experience in building order-matching engines such as those used by crypto exchanges.
The U.K.-based fintech, which has a $33 billion valuation, has been offering crypto buying and selling services for several years. If finally allowed users to transfer their coins elsewhere in May of this year.
CoinDesk reported in September that Revolut was looking to launch its own token akin to Binance’s BNB, something that would seem to tally with launching its own exchange.
Revolut did not respond to CoinDesk’s request for comment.
The neobank has more than 16 million customers worldwide and offers exposure to more than 50 digital tokens.

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