Engineering Manager, Kraken

• Proven experience leading engineering teams delivering products at scale
• Experience managing a combined frontend and backend engineering team
• Deep technical background (preferably in Rust) with a solid understanding of modern backend architectures and API design
• Strong cross-functional leadership — able to align frontend and backend efforts in a complex, multi-platform environment
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Empathy for the customer and a passion for building intuitive, performant experiences
• Experience in FinTech or Payment products is preferred
• We encourage you to apply for roles where you don't fully meet the listed requirements, especially if you're passionate or knowledgable about crypto!

Desirable

• Our Krakenites are a world-class team with crypto conviction, united by our desire to discover and unlock the potential of crypto and blockchain technology
• Kraken is a mission-focused company rooted in crypto values. As a Krakenite, you’ll join us on our mission to accelerate the global adoption of crypto, so that everyone can achieve financial freedom and inclusion
• For over a decade, Kraken’s focus on our mission and crypto ethos has attracted many of the most talented crypto experts in the world
• Join our Payments & Embedded Ramp team and build the infrastructure that powers money movement across Kraken
• We’re looking for a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead one of our Payments & Blockchain team — responsible for building and scaling payment experiences and APIs that power seamless fiat and crypto transactions across Kraken’s ecosystem
• The team owns APIs, services, and integrations that underpin our payments ecosystem. We collaborate closely with Product and external partners to deliver secure, compliant, and performant solutions
• Lead a cross-functional team of backend and frontend engineers building our payments and B2B API experiences
• Drive the delivery of high-quality, reliable, and scalable applications
• Partner with Product Managers and Designers to define and deliver high-impact features with measurable business and customer value
• Collaborate with other Engineering Managers and Tech Leads to maintain consistency in engineering standards and architecture across platforms
• Champion engineering excellence, maintainable systems, and code quality
• Mentor engineers and foster a culture of technical growth, ownership, and collaboration
• Strengthen team organization and delivery through agile processes, project tracking, and metrics (e.g., DORA, cycle time)

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