Senior QA Automation Engineer, Kraken
Pro Desktop
Cryptocurrency exchange
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Cryptocurrency exchange
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.
Role
Who you are
- If you’re a QA automation expert ready to tackle unique testing challenges and thrive in a “ship fast but don’t ship shit” culture, this is the role for you
- Rust and Iced experience are NOT required—we’re looking for seasoned automation engineers eager to grow in this space
- Strong programming skills in Python or another automation-oriented language
- Trading knowledge and experience - understanding of order types, trade execution, margin trading, and general financial markets (we'll support deepening your expertise, but foundational knowledge is essential)
- Proven ability to design comprehensive test plans before implementation, identifying what should be manually tested vs. automated
- Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining test automation frameworks for desktop or complex applications
- Strong manual testing skills and ability to think creatively to uncover edge cases and unexpected bugs
- Familiarity with desktop automation tools like WinAppDriver, Spectron, PyAutoGUI, or similar frameworks
- Solid understanding of QA principles, including exploratory testing, regression testing, and bug tracking
- Comfort with CI/CD integration and automation at scale
- Detail-oriented mindset with a passion for building high-quality software and ability to think outside the box
Desirable
- Deep expertise in crypto markets or derivatives trading (beyond the foundational knowledge required)
- Experience testing across multiple OS environments (macOS, Windows, Linux)
- Experience with Rust development or Rust tooling (Cargo, Clippy, etc.)
- Familiarity with Iced or other declarative UI frameworks
- Experience in fintech platforms or financial services
- Experience in performance profiling, security testing, or accessibility testing
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a QA Automation Engineer to join our Desktop team at Kraken
- This team builds Kraken’s flagship trading application—a high-performance, fully native desktop app built with cutting-edge technology and designed for serious traders who demand speed, stability, and deep customization
- We value native performance, customizability, and delivering the fastest trading experience possible on Windows, macOS, and Linux
- Create comprehensive test plans before feature development, defining manual and automated testing strategies
- Perform hands-on manual testing during development cycles to validate new features before automation
- Balance manual exploratory testing with automation to catch edge cases that scripts might miss
- Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and designers to define QA processes for a mission-critical trading platform
- Help design and build a custom desktop testing framework, drawing inspiration from tools like WinAppDriver, Spectron, and PyAutoGUI
- Design and maintain desktop UI automation suites, with opportunities to expand into cross-platform coverage
- Lead automation initiatives end-to-end: strategy, implementation, CI/CD integration, and scaling coverage
- Drive performance, security, and accessibility testing to deliver a top-tier experience for traders
- Proactively document, report, and triage bugs to improve release quality and velocity
Our take
Kraken is the world’s largest global bitcoin exchange in euro volume and liquidity. Kraken’s clients also trade USD, CAD, ETH, XRP, LTC and other digital currencies, on a platform consistently rated the best and most secure bitcoin exchange by independent news media.
Kraken was the first bitcoin exchange to have its market data displayed on the Bloomberg Terminal, the first to pass a cryptographically verifiable proof-of-reserves audit, and one of the first exchanges to offer leveraged bitcoin margin trading.
Kraken are one of the top 3 bitcoin exchanges by volume, behind Coinbase and bit-x with an 18% market share. While this is a competitive space to operate in - the volume of crypto being exchanged every day is very high, so there's space for multiple winners.
Kraken have made a number of acquisitions and have strengthened its world-leading position with the launch of new products, features and apps and a 24/7 multi-lingual support line. The company will continue to provide clients with easier and more versatile ways to participate in the crypto ecosystem.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Sep 2025
$500m
LATE VC
Feb 2019
$100m
SERIES C
Total funding: $611.5m
Company benefits
- Work where you want: 90% of Krakenites work remotely, we believe people do their best work wherever they're happiest
- Flexibility and Autonomy: We are highly results-focused vs. time-focused. We want you to work when and how you need to keep you at your most proactive
- We value diversity: Our Team is spread across 60 countries. By joining Kraken you'll be part of a truly multicultural organization that values diversity and inclusion
- A new approach to salary: Kraken prides itself on being at the forefront of crypto innovation, and that means the majority of our workforce has the option to be paid in bitcoin
- Equity Options: Kraken owes its success and growth to its people. That's why we offer nearly all our Krakenites a stake in the company
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Jesse Powell
(Chairman of the Board)Previously co-founded Verge Gallery & Studio Project, Lewt and Internet Ventures & Holdings
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