According to PANews news on July 24, according to Cointelegraph, Indeed's recruitment notice shows that the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco is looking for a cryptocurrency architect for the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) project. According to the job description, the employee will be engaged in the research and development of CBDC.

The position, which starts at $134,900 a year, requires candidates to “understand distributed system implementations, cryptographic protocols such as hashing, public-private key pairs and signatures, consensus algorithms, and security,” it is reported. “Given the important role of the U.S. dollar, the FRS seeks to learn more about the costs and benefits of CBDCs and potential technologies in this emerging field,” the post reads. According to the Federal Reserve System’s recruitment page, the position has been vacant for more than 30 days. Since at least February, the San Francisco Fed has been looking for software engineers to help develop and implement systems related to its CBDC plans, resulting in a cryptocurrency development team. The recruiting effort contradicts the Federal Reserve Board’s public stance on CBDCs. On July 19, the central bank stated on Twitter that it has not yet decided whether to issue a CBDC, and "will only continue to issue CBDC with the authorization law".