Senior Backend Software Engineer, Kraken

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, including building and maintaining backend systems or developer-facing tools
• Proficiency in building scalable applications and developer tooling using one of the following: TypeScript, Rust, Go, Python, or Ruby
• Experience designing and maintaining APIs, SDKs, or internal services consumed by other engineering teams
• Understanding of distributed systems, scalability, reliability, and secure software design
• Experience with infrastructure and tooling such as Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, MySQL/MariaDB, Redis, or GitLab CI/CD
• Strong communication and documentation skills — you can make complex systems approachable to other developers
• Nice to have: familiarity with React or React Native, especially when building front-end SDKs or shared components
• Ability to operate autonomously in a globally distributed, remote-first environment

Desirable

• The Growth Engineering team builds the experiences that connect people to our ecosystem for the first time — and keeps them coming back
• We design and ship the systems behind our marketing funnels, signup and KYC flows, and the key engagement features that help new users fund their accounts and explore our products
• It’s a team with direct influence on company growth, global reach, and user engagement at scale
• Our products serve millions of users globally
• You’ll help define the foundation on which Growth Engineering — and the company — build
• Your tools and systems will accelerate development across multiple teams, ensuring reliability and scalability for products that serve millions globally
• If you’re passionate about creating elegant, powerful developer experiences and using engineering craft to drive real business impact, you’ll thrive here
• As a Senior Software Engineer within the Growth Platform team, you’ll design and maintain the internal tooling, services, and developer platforms that empower teams across Growth — and beyond — to move faster and ship more reliably
• You’ll build SDKs, CLIs, APIs, and backend systems that make it easy for engineers to integrate growth features and infrastructure safely, consistently, and at scale
• This role is for engineers who see developer experience, reliability, and scalability as multipliers for business impact
• Architect, build, and maintain SDKs, CLIs, APIs, and shared services that enable rapid experimentation and delivery across Growth engineering teams
• Develop internal tools and frameworks that improve engineering workflows, automation, and deployment efficiency
• Design and evolve scalable backend systems and databases, ensuring performance, security, and resilience
• Write clear, maintainable technical documentation and onboarding materials for engineers using platform tools
• Partner with other engineers to understand pain points and translate them into intuitive, reliable internal systems
• Own reliability, observability, and performance improvements across core services
• Collaborate with infrastructure and platform teams across the company to align on standards, tooling, and best practices
• Mentor engineers and advocate for engineering excellence, automation, and maintainability

• This job is accepting ongoing applications and there is no application deadline