Blockchain Engineer – Stablecoin at Kredete
Kredete is a personal finance company that’s focused on helping everyone in Africa make financial progress. We believe that when it comes to money, everyone deserves a chance to succeed. That’s why we offer a range of tools and personalized recommendations designed to help people make the most off their money – no matter where they’re starting from. With Kredete, anyone can access the financial resources they need to get ahead.
We are looking for a talented and high impact Stablecoin Engineer to drive our growth, he/she will be responsible for the architecture and building of a scalable and reliable system, guiding other engineers through the complexities of blockchain integration and global payment infrastructure.
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.
