Kraken Digital Asset Exchange

9 Jobs

877 Employees

About the Company

Kraken is one of the world’s longest-standing and most secure crypto platforms. Our mission is to accelerate the global adoption of crypto, so that everyone can achieve financial freedom and inclusion. Globally, Kraken clients trade more than 200 digital assets and 6 different national currencies, including GBP, EUR, USD, CAD, CHF, and AUD.

Kraken was founded in 2011 and was one of the first platforms to offer spot trading with margin, parachain auctions, staking, regulated derivatives and index services.

Trusted by over 10 million individuals, traders and institutions around the world, Kraken offers professional 24/7/365 client support along with one of the fastest, most performant trading platforms available. Kraken has set the industry standard for transparency and client trust, and was the first crypto platform to conduct Proof of Reserves audits.

In 2024, Kraken ranked 12th in Newsweek's Global Top 100 list of Most Loved Workplaces, recognizing how the platform offers one of the world's most compelling employment opportunities.

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Listed Jobs

Company Name: Kraken Digital Asset Exchange
Job Title: Backend Software Engineer - Custody
Job Description: **Job title:** Backend Software Engineer – Custody **Role Summary:** Design, develop, and maintain secure, low‑latency backend services for Kraken’s Custody platform. Responsibilities include integrating with new blockchains, working with HSM hardware, and ensuring high availability and scalability across distributed systems. **Expectations:** - 5–10 years of professional experience as a backend developer. - Deep proficiency in Rust, C++, or Go. - Hands‑on experience with blockchain daemons (e.g., Bitcoind, Litecoind). - Strong foundation in cryptographic concepts and security compliance. - Working knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, and GNU/Linux. - Familiarity with asynchronous programming patterns, distributed systems, and messaging platforms such as Kafka. **Key Responsibilities:** - Integrate existing systems with new blockchain networks. - Architect and implement high‑availability, secure applications and data‑protection mechanisms. - Develop and maintain integrations with hardware security modules (HSMs). - Build and optimize highly scalable, high‑volume services. - Write reusable, testable, and efficient code. - Own, evolve, and support current crypto services within the Custody platform. **Required Skills:** - Backend development (Rust, C++, Go). - Blockchain daemon interaction (Bitcoind, Litecoind, etc.). - Cryptographic fundamentals (ciphers, key management, signing). - Docker, Kubernetes, GNU/Linux system administration. - Asynchronous programming (event loops, non‑blocking I/O). - Distributed systems design and implementation (Kafka, message queues). - Authentication, authorization, and security compliance best practices. - Scalable application architecture (partitioning, caching, load balancing). **Required Education & Certifications:** - No specific educational or certification requirements stated. ---

Company Name: Kraken Digital Asset Exchange
Job Title: Data Analyst, Product
Job Description: **Job title**: Data Analyst, Product **Role Summary** Lead end‑to‑end data management for product performance: build datasets, design dashboards, and drive insight for growth. Act as a trusted business partner, translating large, complex data into actionable metrics and stories that shape product strategy and drive measurable growth. **Expactations** - Deliver accurate, timely data insights to product and leadership teams. - Own the data pipeline lifecycle from extraction to visualization. - Communicate complex findings clearly to technical and non‑technical stakeholders. - Contribute to experimentation infrastructure and A/B testing initiatives. **Key Responsibilities** - Design, build, and maintain data pipelines using Airflow, Python, dbt, and modern ETL tools. - Develop scalable data models and dashboards for product performance and growth metrics. - Automate reporting of key performance indicators across Kraken products. - Lead cross‑functional projects with engineers, scientists, and product managers. - Support experimentation initiatives: launch A/B testing systems and analyse results. - Translate analytical insights into clear narratives that guide business decisions. **Required Skills** - 3+ years in data analysis and data management in financial services or high‑growth tech. - Expertise with SQL and Python (pandas, matplotlib, plotly). - Hands‑on experience with dbt for model building and data organization. - Proven ability to orchestrate data workflows and pipelines. - Strong visualization skills and dashboard design (Tableau, Power BI, or similar). - Excellent verbal and written communication with cross‑functional teams. - Interest or background in trading, equities, or crypto products. **Required Education & Certifications** - Bachelor’s degree in software engineering, economics, hard science, or a similarly analytical discipline. ---

Company Name: Kraken Digital Asset Exchange
Job Title: Site Reliability Engineer - Data Platform
Job Description: Job Title: Site Reliability Engineer – Data Platform Role Summary Senior SRE responsible for designing, deploying, and maintaining the data platform that supports crypto trading analytics, BI tools, and real‑time streaming services. The role ensures reliability, scalability, performance, and security across hybrid on‑premise and AWS cloud environments. Expectations - Deliver highly available and cost‑effective data infrastructure. - Apply IaC best practices and automation to accelerate provisioning and reduce errors. - Enforce data governance, compliance, and secure access controls. - Resolve incidents proactively and support on‑call rotations. Key Responsibilities - Design and implement data lake governance, security, and compliance frameworks. - Build and manage data ingestion pipelines, cataloging, and lineage tracking. - Provision and maintain AWS and on‑prem infrastructure using Terraform, Terragrunt, and Atlantis. - Develop shell and Python scripts for automation of deployments and operational tasks. - Extend and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and data services. - Configure monitoring, alerting, and log aggregation for real‑time data streams. - Implement RBAC and credential management across environments. - Operate and optimize Kafka, Debezium, Flink, and Spark clusters for streaming analytics. - Manage containerized workloads with Kubernetes (and Docker/Nomad as needed). - Document architecture, processes, and best practices. - Collaborate with data analysts, engineers, and AI/ML teams on infra requirements. Required Skills - 5+ years as Site Reliability, Infrastructure, or Data SRE. - Hands‑on experience with Kafka, Debezium, Flink, Apache Airflow, Apache Spark, and BI tooling. - Proficiency in AWS multi‑tenant environments and hybrid deployment models. - Strong IaC expertise: Terraform, Terragrunt, Atlantis. - Containerization & orchestration: Kubernetes, Docker, Nomad. - Scripting: Bash/Shell; programming: Python or JVM languages. - Expertise in data access management, RBAC, and certificate handling. Required Education & Certifications - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field. - Relevant certifications preferred: AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Kubernetes Certified Administrator, Terraform Associate.

Company Name: Kraken Digital Asset Exchange
Job Title: Sr Group Product Manager - Growth Platform
Job Description: Job Title: Sr Group Product Manager – Growth Platform Role Summary: Lead a multi‑disciplinary product group focused on communications, marketing technology, content management, and affiliate platforms. Own product strategy, deliver high‑impact initiatives, and mentor a team of PMs while also executing as a senior individual contributor on key v0/v1 bets. Expectations: 7+ years PM experience; proven ability to drive end‑to‑end product cycles in a fast‑paced, remote‑first environment. Deliver measurable business outcomes (engagement, retention, revenue) through data‑driven decision making and risk‑aware experimentation. Key Responsibilities: - Develop and maintain the vision and roadmap for the Growth Platform, covering CommTech, MarTech, CMS, content orchestration, and Affiliate/KOL solutions. - Mentor and manage a squad of PMs; set OKRs, provide PRD guidance, and ensure timely delivery of high‑impact features. - Own AI‑driven personalization features (content, send time, upsell) ensuring compliance, auditability, and guardrails. - Design and launch end‑to‑end communication and content platforms (push, email, in‑app) with segmentation, templates, experimentation, localization, and governance. - Build and scale the Affiliate/KOL platform: attribution, payouts, dashboards, libraries, APIs, and fraud controls. - Partner with Lifecycle, Marketing, Brand, Client Engagement, Data, and Engineering to align on product bets, unblock dependencies, and drive cross‑functional adoption. - Define and monitor key metrics (experiment volume, cycle time, self‑serve adoption, uptime, NTU/TU/retention lifts) to quantify platform impact. Required Skills: - Product management expertise in CommTech, MarTech, CMS, or experimentation ecosystems. - Experience building affiliate or partner platforms with accurate tracking, attribution, and payouts. - Strong analytical capability; translate data into decisions and actionable outcomes. - Excellent written communication and principled leadership across complex, cross‑functional initiatives. - Practical experience with AI/ML for personalization, including at least one shipped use case. - Proven bias to action: comfortable leading discovery, drafting clear PRDs, and launching v0/v1 releases quickly in a remote setting. Required Education & Certifications: - Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience). - Product certifications (e.g., Certified Scrum Product Owner, Pragmatic Marketing) are a plus.

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