Head of Exchange Infrastructure

🕒 September 17

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $177.4k - $395.1k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

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Kraken Digital Asset Exchange

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2011

₿ Crypto

💸 Finance

💳 Fintech

Crypto • Finance • Fintech

Kraken Digital Asset Exchange is a cryptocurrency platform that facilitates the buying and selling of over 200 cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and many others. Founded in 2011, Kraken provides a comprehensive suite of features for both beginner and advanced traders, such as advanced trading interfaces and margin trading. The platform emphasizes industry-leading security, deep liquidity, and 24/7 customer support, making it a trusted choice for users worldwide. Kraken caters to individual investors as well as institutional clients, offering services like OTC trading and custody. The company is committed to transparency with its proof of reserves and mission-driven values. Kraken operates globally, supporting clients in over 190 countries, with a quarterly trading volume exceeding $207 billion. However, users are advised of the high risk of crypto investments and the lack of regulation in some jurisdictions.

📋 Description

• Own the product vision and roadmap for Kraken's exchange layer, including the matching engine, core infrastructure, third-party custody, algo engine, and API engine • Lead and grow a team of four to five product managers • Set the bar for product craft across the exchange infrastructure layer • Lead consolidation of multiple matching engines into one, beginning with US derivatives, then international derivatives, then spot • Build an interface-agnostic platform for every product team and interface • Define success metrics including p99 latency, throughput, uptime, and resiliency • Hold teams accountable to defined success metrics • Partner with engineering leaders to sequence migration without disrupting live markets • Partner with Risk and Credit Infrastructure so clients can hold one account and trade every product against it • Anticipate industry shifts and shape the platform accordingly • Align product, engineering, risk, and compliance teams around exchange strategy • Stay close to the work and independently own roadmaps and write specifications when needed

🎯 Requirements

• Senior product leader with experience in exchange, trading, or high-performance platforms • Experience managing and developing product managers • Ability to operate as a player-coach, owning roadmaps and writing specifications • Proven ability to set product vision and translate it into a long-term roadmap • Strong understanding of matching engine and market data architecture • Understanding of low-latency tradeoffs • Experience building platforms for internal customers • Excellent communication skills and ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders • Passion for crypto markets, market structure, and infrastructure • Nice to have: engineering background with experience building or operating high-performance systems • Nice to have: experience across spot and derivatives venues • Nice to have: experience at a crypto exchange with comparable scale, volume, and uptime expectations • Nice to have: platform roadmaps interlocking with adjacent product organizations • Applicants must select a city and country from the application options • Applicants must indicate whether they need sponsorship to work in their location

🏖️ Benefits

• Equity program • Bonus program • Wellness allowance • Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • 401(k) • Equal opportunity employment • Job-related skills or work-style assessments applied consistently across candidates