Software Engineer II – Backend, Payments

🕒 September 17

🇷🇴 Romania – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer

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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

• Design and implement robust services and libraries for payments integration across Kraken products • Write reusable, testable, and highly efficient code • Collaborate with Product, Design, and Frontend Engineering on seamless feature integration and improvements • Work within a large-scale distributed systems architecture • Partner closely with crypto-native engineers • Support payments systems handling the first and last mile of digital and fiat funds entering or leaving Kraken

🎯 Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in software engineering • Proficiency writing clean, scalable backend code in a systems language, preferably Rust or Node/Typescript • Security-first mindset when designing systems • Ability to autonomously debug issues across OS, network, and application layers • Familiarity with distributed systems and technologies, including RPC protocols, Kafka, and event-driven systems • Applicants must select the country and city from which they will work • Must disclose whether work authorization sponsorship is needed in the work location

🏖️ Benefits

• Kraken dogfooding/product usage requirement after joining • Job-related skills or work-style assessments as part of the hiring process • Equal opportunity employment commitment • Consideration of qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

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