Software Engineer - Product Engineering

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!

About the Role

Our Product Engineering teams sit at the intersection of crypto, markets, and customer experience — where every technical decision directly impacts traders, revenue, and the evolution of the crypto ecosystem. Engineers don’t just execute on requirements; they co-create them alongside Product and Design, bringing strong product intuition and a sharp focus on user impact.

Teams operate close to the metrics that matter — conversion, retention, reliability, liquidity, and trader experience — and make thoughtful tradeoffs across UX, performance, and business outcomes. Clear communication and tight collaboration with cross-functional partners are core to how we ship.

Interested in building products like Kraken, Kraken Pro, Desktop, and Krak? We’re looking for builders who thrive in ambiguity, move quickly with ownership, and care deeply about the customer.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implement robust Rust services and libraries that power trading, payments, and crypto experiences with a focus on reliability, performance, and user impact.
• Write reusable, testable, and highly efficient code that scales across teams and supports revenue-critical systems without compromising safety or security.
• Collaborate on large-scale distributed systems architecture, translating evolving product requirements into resilient, low-latency solutions.
• Work alongside hundreds of experienced Rust engineers, contributing to a high-performance, product-driven engineering culture.

Requirements:

• 3+ years of experience in software engineering, ideally building consumer facing products
• Proficiency in writing network services or asynchronous code in Rust
• Demonstrated commitment to a security-first mindset when designing systems
• Capability to autonomously debug issues across the stack, including OS, network, and application layers
• Familiarity with distributed systems and technologies, including RPC protocols, Kafka, and Event Driven Systems

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.