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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.
What makes us different?
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.
Before you apply, please read the Kraken Culture page to learn more about our internal culture, values, and mission. We also expect candidates to familiarize themselves with the Kraken app. Learn how to create a Kraken account here.
As a fully remote company, we have Krakenites in 70+ countries who speak over 50 languages. Krakenites are industry pioneers who develop premium crypto products for experienced traders, institutions, and newcomers to the space. Kraken is committed to industry-leading security, crypto education, and world-class client support through our products like Kraken Pro, Desktop, Wallet, and Kraken Futures.
Become a Krakenite and build the future of crypto!
Join a small, talented team of engineers building high-quality enhancements and bringing new onchain utility to Kraken. In this role, you’ll take significant ownership of technical decisions, collaborate closely with product, and cross-functional engineering teams to deliver exciting new opportunities.
Collaborate with designers and product managers to understand business needs
Work jointly with devOps all along the software development lifecycle from the writeup of technical specifications in the form of RFCs, to feature development and testing.
Develop and maintain services that power onchain experiences.
Integrate 3rd party APIs and multiple blockchain networks into our products.
Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability scalable applications
Write reusable, testable, and efficient code
Create optimized database schemas
Mentoring of engineers and contribution to hiring
5+ years of full-time engineering experience within a large technology organization or fast growing startup
Experience working with blockchain technology and DeFi
Experience building backend services with Node.js, Typescript
Experience building and maintaining high volume production quality applications using React or React Native, with good knowledge of state management and client side systems design
Experience working with GraphQL, SQL, RESTful APIs and WebSockets
Good understanding of best practices with version control and continuous integration.
Solid understanding of engineering and design principles behind distributed and scalable applications
Understanding user authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
Clear passion for both Software Engineering and Crypto
Take complete end-to-end ownership of tasks.
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.
We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, assessing candidates in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
Kraken is powered by people from around the world and we celebrate all Krakenites for their diverse talents, backgrounds, contributions and unique perspectives. We hire strictly based on merit, meaning we seek out the candidates with the right abilities, knowledge, and skills considered the most suitable for the job. 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!
As an equal opportunity employer, we don’t tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind. Whether that’s based on race, ethnicity, age, gender identity, citizenship, religion, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, veteran status or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state or local laws.
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