Kraken Digital Asset Exchange
We put the power in your hands to buy, sell, and trade digital currency 🌏
Bitcoin • Litecoin • Dogecoin • Ethereum • Cryptocurrency
1001 - 5000
Director of Engineering - Core Backend
September 9
🌎 Anywhere in the World – Remote
⏰ Full Time
🔴 Expert
🔙 Backend Engineer
Blockchain
Kotlin
Open Source
PHP
Rust
Kraken Digital Asset Exchange
We put the power in your hands to buy, sell, and trade digital currency 🌏
Bitcoin • Litecoin • Dogecoin • Ethereum • Cryptocurrency
1001 - 5000
Description
• Contribute to the ongoing transformation of the digital assets industry at Kraken • Collaborate with highly skilled Rust Engineers from around the world • Develop backend to support the exchange • Stay ahead in the ever-changing crypto landscape • Manage, support, and mentor software engineering teams • Collaborate with other departments and the Kraken Leadership team • Make strategic and tactical decisions to drive company success • Emphasize clean architecture, performance, and reliability
Requirements
• Advanced degree in computer science or equivalent professional experience • Over a decade of software development experience • Expertise in modern software architecture, API design, and event-driven systems • Skilled at merge request reviews, executive presentations, and coding • Technical prowess at a Staff+ individual contributor level • Strong communication and business acumen • Successful engineering leader with remote team management experience • Enthusiastic about cryptocurrency's potential for positive transformation • Passionate about software engineering, process improvement, and driving change
Benefits
• Join a world-class team with crypto conviction • Opportunity to contribute to the ongoing transformation of the digital assets industry • Collaborate with highly skilled Rust Engineers • Work in a collaborative and open-source work environment • Improve performance and security of the platform • Manage, support, and mentor software engineering teams • Contribute to Engineering Excellence culture • Make strategic and tactical decisions to drive company success • Demonstrate technical leadership • Opportunity for positive transformation • Passionate about software engineering, process improvement, and driving change
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