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    Engineering Manager – Growth Foundations

    Kraken
    United Kingdom•Brazil•United Arab Emirates•Ireland•Peru•Sweden•Colombia•Argentina•Romania•Cyprus
    Remote
    Senior
    Full Time
    engineering managergrowthAI-driven developmentremote-firstcrypto

    Requirements

    • •Experience leading engineering teams and delivering high-quality results in a collaborative environment
    • •Strong people leadership skills — you invest in coaching, clarity, and empowerment
    • •Solid technical foundation, especially on the backend; you can engage in design discussions, code reviews, and help engineers make pragmatic decisions
    • •Strong individual contributor background — you write production-grade code and lead by example
    • •High proficiency in modern AI-driven development — you use AI daily to boost personal and team performance through automation
    • •Familiarity with one or more modern programming languages (e.g. TypeScript, Rust, Go, Python, or similar)
    • •A product mindset — you care about how your team’s work impacts users and moves key metrics
    • •Clear communication and organizational skills, with the ability to align engineering efforts with business goals
    • •Experience working in distributed, remote-first teams

    What You'll Do

    • •Lead, mentor, and support a cross-functional team of engineers delivering growth-critical systems and features
    • •Collaborate daily with Product and Design to define scope, set priorities, and ensure seamless execution
    • •Keep projects moving forward — maintaining clear expectations, realistic estimates, and transparent communication with stakeholders
    • •Provide technical guidance and context to help engineers make sound architectural and implementation decisions
    • •Foster a culture of accountability, trust, and learning — helping the team grow their impact and autonomy
    • •Improve team processes, communication, and collaboration across time zones
    • •Partner with other engineering leaders to ensure consistency and best practices across the broader Growth organization
    • •Leverage AI tooling daily to boost personal and team productivity
    • •Stay hands-on in the codebase, writing production-grade code and setting the bar for quality, reliability, and speed

    Nice to Have

    • •Experience with analytics, performance/paid marketing, experimentation, or growth tooling
    • •Background in developer experience, SDKs, or internal platforms
    • •Exposure to scaling teams or processes during high-growth phases

    About Kraken

    Kraken is a cryptocurrency exchange platform that provides parachain auctions, staking, and index services.

    San Francisco, CA
    1000 - 5000
    Finance