Senior Software Engineer - Pro - Rust - Backend

🕒 August 14, 2025

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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

• Kraken is a fully remote company with Krakenites in 70+ countries who speak over 50 languages • Kraken is a mission-focused company rooted in crypto values, accelerating the global adoption of crypto for financial freedom and inclusion • Kraken culture, security, crypto education, and world-class client support through products like Kraken Pro, Desktop, Wallet, and Kraken Futures • The Pro team is responsible for trading backend services: matching engine, market data gateways, internal and external APIs, and various trading services; team codes in Rust and works agile; scaling Kraken's trading infrastructure • Express your crypto passion • Design and implement robust Rust services and libraries • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Product, Design, and Frontend Engineering to ensure seamless integration of new features and improvements • Write reusable, testable, and highly efficient code • Collaborate on large scale distributed systems architecture • Work side by side with hundreds of experienced Rust engineers

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of software engineering experience • Proficiently in writing network services or asynchronous code in Rust • Have a security-first mindset during system design to ensure robustness • Demonstrate the ability to autonomously debug issues across the stack (OS, network, application) • Collaborate effectively with product teams to gather requirements and constraints for designing appropriate systems • Take complete end-to-end ownership of systems and libraries • Pragmatic and solution-oriented, stoic in the face of many obstacles • Proactively adapt to rapidly evolving technologies and apply innovative solutions to dynamic challenges, demonstrating flexibility and resilience in a fast-paced development environment • Demonstrates a receptive mindset, adept at engaging in constructive dialogue on complex subjects with colleagues, while remaining adaptable and open to alternative perspectives