Brian Armstrong, co-founder and CEO, said on the microblogging platform Twitter: “Coinbase is building an office in India! An amazing team already in place – come join us. ”

In one
blog post posted on Coinbase website, Pankaj Gupta, Vice President of Engineering and Site Manager, India, detailed the company’s strategy. The exchange will take advantage of India’s technological talents and a booming crypto sector. The announcement follows his decision to set up an office in India in March of this year and to hire in all tech roles.

In the last blog post, Gupta said, Coinbase was committed to building a high-quality Indian tech hub and saw “incredible interest in our open roles across India.”

“We have ambitious plans for this hub in the near future – we want to hire hundreds of world-class engineers in the short term. This engineering team will be complemented by product and design teams of equal quality, as well as support functions such as recruiting and human resources to create a sustainable and comprehensive technology hub, ”Gupta wrote in the blog .

Indian blockchain and crypto startups have captured the attention of investors around the world. The success of Indian-founded blockchain companies, such as Polygon and Instadapp, has put Indian players on the radar of national and international funds.

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Gupta added that the company was seeking acquisitions in India given the growth of native crypto talent in the country. “To support our ambitious growth plans in India, we are also exploring acquisitions and acquisitions of startups. Founders who might be interested in joining Coinbase’s journey and mission, please contact me, ”he said.

Other highlights include:

• Coinbase India Sikka: Gupta announced the launch of the new CIkka program in which every new employee in India will be offered $ 1,000 in crypto once when they start. “We hope they take advantage of this offering to learn more about crypto and use that knowledge to help us create the next generation of products that will delight our customers around the world,” he said.

• Focus on local decision making: The company wants to hire local engineers and managers in the fields of payments, crypto, blockchains, data engineering, machine learning, growth, product engineering. “They are intentionally put in place for local decision making to maximize impact and speed,” Gupta wrote. “We believe this will increase speed, empowerment and local decision-making, while providing a sustainable and better quality of worklife for all of our teams around the world.”

• Hire across hierarchies: The crypto exchange is hiring for senior and junior positions in product management, user experience, program design and management. It also sets up an HR and recruitment support team.