Staff Software Engineer – Growth

November 20

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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 complex, cross-cutting technical initiatives that directly impact user acquisition, activation, and retention. • Drive architectural direction and mentor engineers. • Ensure the systems we build are reliable, scalable, and measurable in their impact. • Design and evolve distributed, high-scale systems that power user acquisition and retention. • Partner with Product, Design, and Data teams to identify growth opportunities.

🎯 Requirements

• Proven experience leading large-scale technical projects or owning critical systems end to end. • Deep expertise in TypeScript or Rust, our core languages — and the versatility to work confidently across the full stack. Experience with other languages such as Go, Python, or Ruby is a plus and demonstrates your ability to adapt quickly. • Broad technical range and curiosity. • Strong understanding of distributed systems, scalability, reliability, and performance optimization. • Experience designing systems that balance experimentation velocity with long-term maintainability. • A product mindset. • Excellent collaboration and communication skills across engineering, product, and design. • Experience operating autonomously in a distributed, remote-first environment. • You set the bar for technical excellence and embody the ownership, craftsmanship, and accountability we expect across the organization.

🏖️ Benefits

• Kraken Culture is a focus for the company • Flexible working hours • Remote work opportunities