Burgeoning world of crypto creates 10k jobs in India

The blooming segment of cryptocurrency has created more than 10,000 active jobs in India, specialist staffing firm Xpheno reported.

Gurgaon, Mumbai and Bengaluru are the hottest hubs for the jobs together making up 60% of the total openings.

To be preferred for the jobs, candidates must possess skills in the fields of blockchain, machine learning, security engineering, RippleX development and front-end and back-end development.


RippleX is a payment platform globally used to send and receive payments via any currency or network.

Several crypto exchanges are faring well India with millions investing in cryptocurrencies via them. Along with cryptocurrency job market, investment in digital assets has caught the eye of big names like Apple and Amazon.

India's first crypto unicorn, CoinDCX wishes to hire people who can potentially strengthen the product, security and build platforms. Mudita Chauhan, head of HR said that they focus on skills like cyber security, blockchain, Node.js, AWS, Jawa, PHP, data structures and Python,

Average salary packages of niche and specialist skills are witnessing 'handsome strikes' amid the heated war for talent, said Prasadh M S, technology specialist at Xpheno. Attrition is highest in areas like financial service firms, banking, digital wallet and payment gateway companies, traditional software service firms and MNC captive hubs.