The demand for blockchain engineers is extremely high, which proves that the value of cryptocurrencies is rising as well. In the software development, blockchain engineers lead top paid roles, in a line with specialists focused on artificial intelligence. According to Hired their average salaries are between $150,000 and $175,000 annually. That’s quite extra over the $135,000 salaries that typical software engineers earn on average.
Since late 2017 on Hired, a firm that helps clients to recruit tech candidates, the demand for blockchain engineers has increased by 400 percent. Request has grown as large companies have begun to work on projects that make use of the technology. At the moment, for blockchain engineers companies that have job listings are Facebook, Amazon, IBM and Microsoft.
Blockchain as a desired skill for the job for back-end engineer, systems engineer or solutions architect. Engineers who want to specialize in blockchain should know networking, database design and cryptography computing skills, according to multiple blockchain engineers. Blockchain engineers code in a variety of programming languages such as Java, JavaScript, C++, Go, Solidity and Python.