Senior Blockchain Engineer: Smart Contracts & DApps - Flexible

Placements24; Upington; Hybrid; ZAR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Professional development

Flexible work environment

Job summary

WhatJobs Direct in Upington, Northern Cape, ZA, is seeking a dynamic blockchain developer to design, implement, and deploy smart contracts and dApps, and to integrate blockchain into existing systems.

You will collaborate with product managers and developers, research new protocols, stay abreast of industry trends, and write clean, scalable code while contributing to cutting-edge crypto projects in a supportive, tech-forward environment.

Qualifications

• Proven blockchain development experience with distributed ledger technologies.
• Proficiency in Solidity, Go, or Rust for smart contract and backend development.
• Experience with Ethereum or Hyperledger Fabric and related tools.
• Solid understanding of cryptography principles and their blockchain applications.
• Familiarity with consensus mechanisms and tokenomics.
• Experience with API integration and web frameworks is a plus.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and good communication.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement smart contracts and dApps.
• Integrate blockchain technology into existing systems and workflows.
• Conduct research on new blockchain technologies and protocols.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and ship features.
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade existing systems.
• Participate in code reviews and stay updated on industry trends.

Skills

Solidity

Go

Rust

Blockchain development

Cryptography

Distributed ledger

API integration

Web development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Ethereum

Hyperledger Fabric

Smart contracts frameworks

Job description

WhatJobs Direct in Upington, Northern Cape, ZA, is seeking a dynamic blockchain developer to design, implement, and deploy smart contracts and dApps, and to integrate blockchain into existing systems.

You will collaborate with product managers and developers, research new protocols, stay abreast of industry trends, and write clean, scalable code while contributing to cutting-edge crypto projects in a supportive, tech-forward environment.