The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco is searching for a crypto architect to work on a central bank digital currency (CBDC) project, according to a job posting on Indeed. The role requires knowledge of distributed systems implementation, cryptographic protocols, consensus algorithms, and security. The position has been open for over 30 days and is full-time and hybrid with an annual salary starting at $134,900. The recruitment efforts contradict the public stance of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors on CBDCs, which stated that it had not yet decided whether to issue a CBDC and would only proceed with the issuance of a CBDC with an authorizing law.