Backend Engineer, Kraken
Rust, Financial Systems
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
- 5+ years of software engineering experiences
- Proficiency in writing clean, scalable in Rust and TypeScript/Node.js or Python code with a strong track record of building scalable, production-grade APIs and services
- Have a security-first mindset during system design to ensure robustness
- Demonstrate the ability to autonomously debug issues across the stack (OS, network, application)
- Apply a solid understanding of distributed systems and technologies, including RPC protocols, Kafka, and Event-Driven Systems, to design scalable solutions
- Experience integrating with banking APIs, payment gateways, and internal financial platforms in high-scale settings
- Collaborate effectively with product teams to gather requirements and constraints for designing appropriate systems
- Take complete end-to-end ownership of systems and libraries
- Provide mentorship to other engineers while contributing to defining the technical culture
- Desirable experience developing secure and scalable integrations between external bank gateways and internal finance platforms
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a seasoned backend integrations engineer who thrives in designing secure, scalable systems, and is passionate about reinventing financial systems from the ground up. In this role, you'll work on core systems that power our payment integrations and treasury operations, while working at the intersection of crypto and fiat rails
- Design and implement secure, scalable backend services that integrate payment gateways, bank APIs, and crypto platforms across Kraken products
- Develop reusable libraries, APIs, and tooling to support seamless integration with internal systems, external financial institutions, and blockchain networks
- Architect and maintain core financial infrastructure for cash management, reconciliation, fund routing, liquidity optimization, and reporting
- Automate treasury workflows including balance tracking, fund movements, settlements, and notifications
- Ensure the accuracy, reliability, and auditability of financial data, with a strong focus on security, compliance, and performance
- Write clean, testable Rust and TypeScript/Node.js or Pytnon code and take full ownership of systems from design to production monitoring
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Treasury, Accounting, Compliance, Product, and Engineering teams to deliver scalable solutions
- Monitor and troubleshoot live systems, ensuring high availability and performance in production environments
- Document systems and deliver thorough test coverage to support long-term maintainability
Application process
- This job is accepting ongoing applications and there is no application deadline
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
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Feb 2019
$100m
SERIES C
Mar 2014
$5m
SERIES A
Total funding: $111.5m
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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