Engineering Manager – Cards

November 27

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Kraken Digital Asset Exchange

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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.

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2011

₿ Crypto

💸 Finance

💳 Fintech

📋 Description

• Lead a cross-functional team of frontend and backend engineers responsible for all card-related experiences. • Own the UX for card features across Kraken’s products on mobile (React Native). • Guide the delivery of high-quality consumer applications, focusing on usability, performance, and scale. • Partner with Product Managers and Designers to define and deliver high-impact features with measurable business and customer value. • Collaborate with other Engineering Managers and Tech Leads to maintain consistent engineering standards across services and client platforms. • Champion engineering excellence, maintainable architectures, and code quality. • Mentor engineers and foster a culture of technical growth, collaboration, and inclusivity. • Help strengthen team organization and delivery by leveraging agile processes, project tracking, and engineering metrics (e.g., DORA, cycle time).

🎯 Requirements

• Proven experience leading engineering teams delivering customer-facing products at scale. • Experience managing a combined frontend and backend engineering team • Deep technical background in React Native with a solid understanding of modern frontend architectures. • Strong cross-functional leadership — able to align frontend and backend efforts in a complex, multi-platform environment. • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. • Empathy for the customer and a passion for building intuitive, performant experiences. • Bonus: Experience in Card and/or FinTech products. • Nice to haves: Background in systems design or distributed architectures. • Working knowledge of Rust (or similar languages such as Go or C++), and familiarity with async architectures, APIs, and microservices.

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance • 401(k) matching • Flexible working hours • Paid time off • Professional development opportunities