Engineering Manager, Kraken

• Proven experience leading engineering teams delivering customer-facing products at scale
• Experience managing a combined frontend and backend engineering team
• Deep technical background in React Native with a solid understanding of modern frontend architectures
• 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
• Bonus: Experience in Card and/or FinTech products

Desirable

• We’re looking for a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead our cross-functional Cards Pod, which builds and scales Kraken’s card experiences
• This leader will guide a team of talented Frontend (React/React Native) and Backend (Rust) engineers to deliver seamless, performant user experiences that power Kraken’s card products
• You’ll work closely with Product, Design, and other Engineering Managers to ensure our card products deliver exceptional UX, technical quality, and operational reliability
• This is an opportunity to shape one of Kraken’s most impactful consumer-facing features, ensuring both reliability and delight in how our users spend and manage their digital assets
• Lead a cross-functional team of frontend and backend engineers responsible for all card-related experiences
• Own the UX for card features across Kraken’s products on mobile (React Native)
• Guide the delivery of high-quality consumer applications, focusing on usability, performance, and scale
• 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 consistent engineering standards across services and client platforms
• Champion engineering excellence, maintainable architectures, and code quality
• Mentor engineers and foster a culture of technical growth, collaboration, and inclusivity
• Help strengthen team organization and delivery by leveraging agile processes, project tracking, and engineering metrics (e.g., DORA, cycle time)

• This job is accepting ongoing applications and there is no application deadline
• Please note, applicants are permitted to redact or remove information on their resume that identifies age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution