Engineering Manager

🕒 August 26

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👮‍♀️ Software Engineering Manager

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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

• Lead and grow a team of 8–10 engineers owning core trading backend services, including the matching engine, market data gateways, and order entry systems • Guide the team through the evolution of the trading stack from legacy systems to modern replacements • Stay technically engaged to unblock work, review contributions, and participate in architecture discussions • Contribute to matching engine, market data, and order entry work, including coding when needed • Champion performance and market data priorities • Introduce AI-assisted engineering practices and help engineers adopt them • Partner with product and other engineering pods to execute the roadmap • Represent the team technically with peer teams and stakeholders • Communicate tradeoffs and progress clearly

🎯 Requirements

• Experience managing engineering teams, with preference for technically engaged managers • Hands-on experience using Linux with distributed and/or highly-concurrent systems or low-latency and/or high-volume transaction environments • Proficiency in Rust and/or C++ • Comfort working across C++, Rust, Go, and Python • Knowledge of order types, trading systems, and financial products • Experience with Aeron or similar messaging/transport systems is a strong plus • Comfort with multicast-based market data distribution is a plus • Cryptocurrency/blockchain familiarity highly preferable • Proactive mindset and ability to prioritize across a technically deep team • Ability to adhere to aggressive deadlines • BS in a technical or quantitative field

🏖️ Benefits

• Dogfooding is a requirement for everyone once they join Kraken • Equal opportunity employment practices • Job-related skills or work-style assessments applied consistently across candidates • Applicants may redact age, date of birth, and educational attendance or graduation dates from resumes