Senior Software Engineer - Rust - Onchain

Location

United Kingdom, Canada, Portugal, Spain, Poland, Ireland, Germany, United Arab Emirates, Australia, Brazil, Romania, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Lithuania, Switzerland, Mexico, Singapore

Full time

Remote

Engineering Backend

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.

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.

• Design and implement robust Rust services
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams, including Product, Smart Contract, Dev Ops, and Frontend Engineering to ensure seamless integration of new features and improvements
• Write reusable, testable, and highly efficient code
• Write technical specifications in the form of RFCs, own feature development through to deployment.
• Collaborate on large scale distributed systems architecture
• Integrate 3rd party APIs and multiple blockchain networks into our products.
• Opportunities to work with onchain data

• 5+ years of full‑time engineering experience within a large technology organization or fast‑growing startup
• 5+ years of Rust familiarity and development experience
• Experience working with blockchain technology and De Fi
• Have a security‑first mindset during system design
• 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
• Collaborate effectively with product teams to gather requirements and constraints for designing appropriate systems
• Experience working with Graph
  
  QL, SQL, RESTful APIs and Web Sockets
• Provide mentorship to other engineers while contributing to defining the technical culture
• Deep knowledge in one or more blockchain ecosystems such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana
• Pragmatic and solution‑oriented, stoic in the face of many obstacles
• Proactively adapt to rapidly evolving technologies and apply innovative solutions to dynamic challenges, demonstrating flexibility and resilience in a fast‑paced development environment
• Demonstrates a receptive mindset, adept at engaging in constructive dialogue on complex subjects with colleagues, while remaining adaptable and open to alternative perspectives

This job is accepting ongoing applications and there is no Final date to receive applications.

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…