As financial firms expand their use of tokenized assets, Apple and Google are recruiting senior employees with expertise in stablecoins, tokenized deposits, and blockchain infrastructure, according to job listings published by the two companies. Neither role announces a new stablecoin or blockchain product.

Apple is seeking a New York-based strategist to help shape Apple Pay products, with blockchain knowledge among the preferred qualifications. According to the job listing, the position would support Apple Card and Apple Cash, which cover credit cards, peer-to-peer transfers, stored value, and other consumer financial products. The work includes evaluating new product structures, commercial models, partnerships, and growth opportunities across Apple's Wallets, Payments, and Commerce organization.

"This role requires a strategic thinker who can blend analytical rigor a strong business sense, formulate clear and compelling recommendations, and drive projects forward in a fast-paced, collaborative environment," the company said in the listing.

Apple lists an understanding of "stablecoins, tokenized deposits, and blockchain technology" among the preferred qualifications, alongside experience in peer-to-peer payments or credit cards and knowledge of payment systems outside the United States.

Stablecoins, including Tether's USDT and Circle's USDC, are blockchain-based tokens typically designed to track currencies such as the U.S. dollar. Tokenized deposits, the other recurring term in both listings, are digital representations of funds held at a bank that are recorded and transferred on a blockchain. The listing does not say that Apple plans to add either technology to Apple Pay, Apple Cash, or Apple Card.

Google, meanwhile, is hiring an Industry Principal Architect for Web3 in Hong Kong. According to the job listing, the architect would advise Google Cloud customers including blockchain foundations, institutional exchanges, digital asset custodians, financial institutions tokenizing real-world assets, and decentralized application developers.

"By identifying common architectural friction points across the industry, you will author reusable reference architectures, influence Google's Web3 product roadmap, and establish Google Cloud as the cloud of choice for Web3 builders and institutional adopters," Google wrote.

Applicants, according to Google, need to be familiar with stablecoin payment rails, tokenized deposits, custody systems, blockchain validators, zero-knowledge systems, and smart contracts. The role also covers security and compliance under regional virtual asset rules, including requirements from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the city's central banking authority and banking regulator, and the Securities and Futures Commission, which oversees its securities and futures markets.

While Apple is just entering the stablecoin cryptocurrency space, Google already operates blockchain infrastructure and has outlined plans for the Google Cloud Universal Ledger, a layer-1 network for wholesale payments and asset tokenization. Google was also named among the supporters of the stablecoin project Open USD, alongside Coinbase, Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, BlackRock, and Shopify. The contrast between the two roles also highlights the different entry points large technology companies are taking toward the technology: Apple's opening sits inside a consumer payments organization, while Google's is aimed at the institutional side, where cloud providers compete to serve blockchain builders and financial institutions.

The moves come as other payment and technology companies deploy stablecoins for settlement and payouts. Visa recently said its stablecoin settlement volume had exceeded a $20 billion annualized rate, while Mastercard has also expanded settlement support for stablecoins, including USDC and Ripple's RLUSD. For now, both listings describe hiring rather than product plans, leaving any next steps for Apple or Google to surface through their own announcements.