Blockchain Engineer - Stablecoin

Kredete

Engineering & Technology

About Kredete

Kredete is a financial technology platform designed to help African immigrants build credit and send money instantly to over 22 African countries. Using Stablecoins and modern payment systems, we make it easy and affordable for businesses to move money across borders.

Our mission is to provide accessible, secure, and low-cost financial solutions that improve cash flow and support financial growth for individuals and businesses

We are seeking a talented Blockchain Engineer - Stablecoin to work with us on project-based contracts, with conversion to full-time upon swift and successful completion of the contract.

What You’ll Do:

• Build internal ledgering systems that track balances across multiple chains and token types
• Integrate stablecoin infrastructure into Kredete’s existing payment infrastructures, enabling seamless conversion between any supported currency and stablecoins
• Lead and grow a focused, high-impact engineering team building stablecoin infrastructure from the ground up.
• Design and implement secure systems for key management, transaction signing, gas fee management, and blockchain integration
• Own services that manage the full lifecycle of stablecoin transactions mint, burn, transfer, reconciliation
• Work with engineers to write, review, and ship production code
Collaborate with product and compliance to deliver reliable and auditable services

Who You Are:

• Experience in FX payments, Core banking, open banking or financial infrastructure
• Experienced engineer with 5+ with deep expertise in object-oriented design and production-grade software development, including at least one strongly typed language (e.g. Kotlin, Java, C#, C++, Rust, Python)
• Experience or strong understanding of Web3 technologies, including blockchain fundamentals, smart contracts, or decentralized systems is a major plus
• An astute communicator, working well with product, compliance and all non-technical teams.
• Proven experience building and integrating blockchain infrastructure (wallets, transaction flows, key management, etc.) into larger financial systems
• Experienced in integrating new systems into legacy or distributed environments without introducing instability or regressions.
• Strong grasp of secure system design, particularly around private key handling, signing, encryption, and operational controls
• You mentor engineers through regular code reviews and technical guidance, and encourage sharing practical knowledge across the team
Able to quickly pick up unfamiliar tools or frameworks when needed and adjust to changing technical priorities.

What We Offer:

• Exceptional talent is rewarded accordingly, and we’re open to negotiation.
Additional sign-on bonus if you're able to pass the technical screen and start immediately.

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Equal Employment Opportunity: At Kredete, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and all applicants seeking employment with us are strictly based on merit, competency and qualifications. We do not discriminate based on religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, sex, marital or family status, disability or gender.

Data Protection: By applying to this role, you consent to the collection and processing of your personal data by Kredete for the purposes of assessing your suitability for the advertised position. All personal data will be processed in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

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