Romania•Brazil•Peru•Sweden•Colombia•Argentina•Cyprus•South Africa•Czech Republic•Hungary
Remote
Senior
Full Time
Rustdistributed systemscryptoseniorsoftware engineer
Requirements
- •7+ years of software engineering experience
- •Experience building and scaling shared systems, internal platforms, and supporting multiple product roadmaps
- •Proficient in writing network services or asynchronous code in Rust
- •Have a security-first mindset during system design to ensure robustness
- •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
- •Take complete end-to-end ownership of systems and libraries
What You'll Do
- •Design and implement robust Rust services and foundational libraries that power Kraken’s core infrastructure, prioritizing correctness, security, and long-term maintainability
- •Write reusable, testable, and highly efficient code built for scale, observability, and operational resilience in production environments
- •Collaborate on large-scale distributed systems architecture, shaping low-latency, fault-tolerant services that support global trading and internal platforms
- •Work alongside hundreds of experienced Rust engineers, contributing to a high-bar engineering culture grounded in ownership, rigor, and craftsmanship
About Kraken
Kraken is a cryptocurrency exchange platform that provides parachain auctions, staking, and index services.
San Francisco, CA
1000 - 5000
Finance