Kraken is looking to solve the problem of accelerating the global adoption of crypto, so that everyone can achieve financial freedom and inclusion, by building the future of crypto and developing premium crypto products for experienced traders, institutions, and newcomers to the space.
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 — you’re comfortable diving into any layer of the stack, from front-end performance to backend architecture and infrastructure.
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, scalability, reliability, and performance optimization.
- Experience designing systems that balance experimentation velocity with long-term maintainability.
- Experience with infrastructure and tooling such as Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Redis, or GitLab CI/CD.
Responsibilities
- Lead the technical direction for key Growth initiatives, from experimentation platforms to global onboarding and engagement systems.
- Design and evolve distributed, high-scale systems that power user acquisition and retention.
- Partner with Product, Design, and Data teams to identify growth opportunities and translate them into reliable, measurable engineering solutions.
- Mentor engineers across Product and Platform teams — guiding architecture, design, and execution.
- Ensure high engineering standards across the stack: reliability, performance, security, and maintainability.
- Collaborate across teams to align on architecture, tooling, and technical strategy.
- Contribute to and influence the broader engineering culture by advocating for craftsmanship, impact, and accountability.
Other
- Background in growth engineering, experimentation platforms, or developer experience.
- Track record of influencing technical strategy across multiple teams or domains.
- 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.
