Kraken Digital Asset Exchange

Account Executive

• Build and manage a high-quality pipeline across financial institutions, broker-dealers, fintechs, consumer platforms, exchanges, and trading applications.
• Drive new partnerships focused on crypto trading, tokenized equities, derivatives/futures, embedded brokerage, and multi-asset trading infrastructure.
• Own the full sales cycle from outbound origination and discovery through commercial negotiation, signed agreement, and launch.
• Lead commercial discussions with C-level, product, engineering, and business stakeholders across prospective partner organizations.
• Position Payward Services as the partner of choice for companies seeking to launch or scale modern trading and investing experiences.
• Help partners bring investing and trading capabilities directly into their products through Payward Services’ API-first infrastructure stack.
• Partner closely with Product, Compliance, Legal, Engineering, and Client Success teams to structure and launch scalable commercial partnerships.
• Identify new market opportunities across digital assets, tokenized finance, embedded investing, and next-generation trading applications.
• Represent Payward Services at key industry conferences, client meetings, and ecosystem events globally.
• Provide ongoing market feedback and competitive intelligence to help shape product roadmap, positioning, and go-to-market strategy.
• Maintain accurate pipeline forecasting, stakeholder mapping, and CRM hygiene across all commercial activities.

Account Executive, Trading-as-a-Service

LLM Engineer

• Design and build the infrastructure layer powering AI agent systems in production
• Develop high-performance Rust services that handle model inference, orchestration, and execution
• Architect scalable systems capable of supporting millions of users and high request throughput
• Build reliable ML infrastructure and MLOps patterns for model deployment, evaluation, and monitoring
• Define guardrails, observability, and failure handling for agent-driven workflows
• Optimize latency, throughput, and cost across inference and orchestration layers
• Partner closely with the Agent Systems team to translate experimental prototypes into hardened production systems
• Contribute to foundational infrastructure decisions in a high-scale, high-impact environment

Senior Software Engineer – AI Infrastructure

Account Manager

• Deliver consistent, high-quality service to HNWI clients worldwide, building and nurturing trusted relationships through exceptional account management.
• Drive KPIs across revenue, trading volume and assets on platform through rigorous, data-driven analysis and proactive strategy execution.
• Bring Kraken's private client and VIP offerings to market to ensure benefits remain impactful and competitive.
• Serve as the trusted point of contact for Kraken's top private clients, building deep relationships and trust.
• Execute programmes and initiatives that increase client activity, trading and assets on platform.
• Leverage blockchain analytics, trading data and client insights to inform revenue-generating efforts and strategic decision-making.
• Partner with product, marketing and client service teams to champion new efforts that drive private client growth and loyalty.

Senior VIP Relationship Manager

Compliance

• Own the preparation, quality control, and timely submission of all outbound sanctions regulatory reports, including OFAC reports
• Maintain a filing calendar and proactively escalate risks of late or incomplete submissions to sanctions leadership
• Identify and drive automation opportunities across the sanctions reporting workflow
• Work with AI and engineering teams to scope and test connectors between sanctions tooling and downstream reporting systems
• Partner with Regional Compliance Officers across non-US jurisdictions to solicit and incorporate local regulatory feedback
• Serve as a trained backup for sanctions investigations and account closure decisions
• Document current-state processes and propose improvements that reduce manual effort without compromising regulatory accuracy or accountability

Senior Compliance Associate, Sanctions

Developer Relations

• Own developer activation end-to-end across APIs, SDKs, CLIs, MCP servers, wallets, and emerging agent interfaces
• Drive adoption metrics that matter: API usage, SDK installs, production integrations, GitHub engagement, and agent retrievals
• Build quickstarts, reference implementations, SDKs, CLIs, MCP servers, and developer tooling that make Payward easy to integrate with
• Partner directly with Product and Engineering to ensure every launch is developer-ready and agent-friendly on day one
• Help define how developers and AI agents discover, understand, and interact with Payward infrastructure
• Create technical narratives, launch content, demos, and documentation that establish Payward as a leading developer platform
• Carry keynotes, live demos, and technical presentations at industry events and developer conferences
• Represent developers internally by identifying friction, surfacing ecosystem needs, and influencing product direction
• Help build the long-term DNA, processes, and culture of a world-class Developer & Agent Interface organization

Founding Developer Relations Lead

Auditor

• Lead the execution of independent controls testing across business process areas including revenue, financial close, and treasury.
• Evaluate the design and operating effectiveness of key controls, document testing procedures and results, and ensure workpapers meet Internal Audit and external auditor quality standards.
• Validate the completeness and accuracy of Information Used in Controls (IUC) and Information Produced by the Entity (IPE), ensuring the reliability of data underpinning control performance.
• Build and maintain testing programs, templates, and workpapers that create a repeatable, scalable foundation for business process SOX testing.
• Identify opportunities to leverage AI-enabled workflows and data analytics to improve testing coverage and efficiency.
• Independently validate the remediation of open SOX findings, including material weaknesses and significant deficiencies, across business process control areas.
• Evaluate control deficiencies by performing root cause analysis and assessing the severity and pervasiveness of exceptions to inform deficiency classification.
• Assess whether management’s remediation actions are adequately designed and operating effectively before closing findings.
• Track remediation progress, escalate delays or gaps, and report status to Internal Audit leadership and the Audit Committee as required.
• Serve as a trusted Internal Audit point of contact for business process control owners across Finance, Accounting, and Treasury.
• Contribute to Internal Audit reporting to the Audit Committee, external auditor, and senior leadership on business process SOX testing coverage, findings, and remediation status.

Senior SOX Auditor – Business Process Controls

Frontend Engineer

• Leverage LLM's to accelerate development while still producing production-ready code.
• Design, develop and maintain features in a large, multi-product React web application used by professional traders globally.
• Own performance end to end: profile, measure and optimise real-time UI updates.
• Build and evolve the WebSocket and Web Worker layer that powers live market data.
• Set the standard for high-quality code through reviews, mentorship and constructive feedback.
• Contribute to technical strategy: architecture, data flow, state management.
• Safeguard performance improvements with regression-resistant patterns, instrumentation, dashboards and alerts.
• Own observability for the features you ship: meaningful Sentry instrumentation and actionable alerts.
• Write integration and component tests.
• Drive process improvements and lead by example.

Software Engineer II – Frontend

• Design, develop and maintain features in a large, multi-product React web application used by professional traders globally.
• Own performance end to end: profile, measure and optimise real-time UI updates.
• Build and evolve the WebSocket and Web Worker layer that powers live market data.
• Set the standard for high-quality code through reviews, mentorship and constructive feedback.
• Contribute to technical strategy: architecture, data flow, state management, component design and shared libraries.
• Safeguard performance improvements with regression-resistant patterns, instrumentation, dashboards and alerts.
• Own observability for the features you ship: meaningful Sentry instrumentation, Mixpanel events, structured logs and actionable alerts.
• Write integration and component tests.
• Drive process improvements (engineering practices, tooling, build pipeline, AI-assisted workflows).

Software Engineer

• Own and drive the technical vision and architecture of Kraken’s Pro mobile application
• Build and maintain high-performance mobile applications using React Native and TypeScript
• Lead initiatives to improve app performance, reliability, and scalability (e.g. startup time, responsiveness, resource efficiency)
• Act as a technical leader across multiple teams, ensuring consistency and quality across a shared codebase
• Partner with Product, Design, and Backend teams to deliver impactful, user-facing features
• Take the lead during critical production issues, diagnosing problems and driving solutions
• Define and evolve engineering standards, best practices, and tooling for mobile development
• Mentor engineers and elevate the overall technical capability of the team
• Stay close to the code while operating at a strategic, platform level

Staff React Native Engineer

Operations

• Partner with the License Operations & Entity leadership team to define and execute Kraken’s license operations strategy — balancing operational excellence with commercial outcomes and product launches.
• Build business and operational models that support and maintain new product launches, market entries, and licensing pathways.
• Translate regulatory milestones into tangible business opportunities (e.g., new services, expanded client offerings, or passporting advantages).
• Identify and evaluate strategic partnerships and outsourcing arrangements that enhance scalability or regulatory efficiency.
• Execute operational model across EU MiCAR, and other Payward/Kraken Legal Entities including product launches, regulatory examinations, MI generation and commercial initiatives.
• Drive end-to-end execution of EU MiCAR, and other entities regulatory projects and Product Launches, coordinating across Product, Legal, Risk, Compliance, and Finance.
• Identify, deploy, and leverage generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude) to streamline workflows, automate operational processes, and enhance efficiency, decision-making, and scalability across regulatory and commercial initiatives.
• Analyze and research developing regulatory regimes and provide strategic recommendations with cross-functional input.
• Support regulatory deliverables, submissions, and communications with supervisors.
• Support the preparation of Board and Committee materials, including regulatory updates, operational MI, outsourcing oversight reporting, and strategic initiatives for regulated entities.
• Coordinate governance cycles across large CBI-regulated entities, ensuring timely escalation, approvals, action tracking, and alignment with Board, Risk, Compliance, and Audit Committee requirements.
• Drive effective governance and stakeholder engagement by maintaining governance calendars, supporting Board reporting processes, and ensuring regulatory obligations and decision-making forums operate efficiently across multiple jurisdictions.
• Prepare executive and Board-level reporting that translates regulatory, operational, and commercial developments into clear risk, performance, and strategic insights for senior leadership and non-executive directors.
• Oversee, advise and support all parties in the performance of all ongoing monitoring and periodic reviews of Outsourcing arrangements to include Third Party engagements.
• Measure performance of outsourced service providers to agreed SLA, key performance indicators and track on a regular basis and maintain records of these outsourcing oversight activities.
• Ensure accurate and timely assessment reports, trend analysis and feedback is provided to the Compliance and Risk Committee.
• Assist in ensuring third-party risk management and outsourcing policies and procedures adhere to regulatory standards. Responsible for keeping up to date with changing regulations in relevant jurisdictions and application of knowledge to the role. Coordinate with Compliance, Operational Risk and internal /external audit to meet group and regulatory requirements.
• Act as point of contact for outsourcing related queries and provide guidance and training in line with third party management and outsourcing policy, procedures and regulations to the internal clients and stakeholders.
• Assess proposed new engagements and maintain records of these outsourcing oversight activities, and participate in client due diligence, RFPs or external third-party provider assessments as required.
• Act as the central point of integration between regulatory strategy and operational execution.
• Lead cross-functional working groups, manage dependencies, and drive visibility across leadership on progress, risks, and opportunities.
• Support commercial and product teams in understanding MiCAR constraints and opportunities when designing new offerings.
• Deliver strategic updates and performance insights to executives and the board, linking regulatory progress to market positioning.

License Operations & Strategy Manager

Video Editor

• Develop, edit, and produce 35+ performance marketing videos monthly, tailored to specific platforms, audiences, and languages.
• Collaborate with Growth Marketing, Affiliate, Brand, and Regional Marketing teams to ideate and execute localized campaigns.
• Own the end-to-end video production pipeline from concept to post-production leveraging both Adobe Creative Suite and the latest AI-powered video tools.
• Ensure brand consistency and compliance across all regions and platforms.
• Continuously test and optimize video creative based on data-driven performance insights.
• Act as a trailblazer within the team: eagerly learn and master new AI video technologies before anyone else, show what’s possible, and train others on tools and workflows they didn’t even know existed.

AI Video Editor – Performance Marketing

Security Engineer

• Design, review & verify robust security architecture in a heterogeneous environment
• Conduct thorough security assessments and audits of existing architectures, recommending practical improvements
• Stay updated with latest (blockchain) security trends, threats and mitigation techniques
• Provide expertise to our blockchain teams, ensuring secure operational practices

Staff Security Architect

• Proactively identify, target, and engage prospective institutional clients across broker-dealers, prime brokers, hedge funds, asset managers, RIAs, multi-family offices, and proprietary trading firms.
• Build and maintain a robust, qualified pipeline with consistent coverage across EMEA, North America, LatAm and APAC, with a focus on EU.
• Lead discovery conversations that uncover client pain points across execution, settlement, custody, embedded digital asset trading, and on and off ramps.
• Own and manage the full sales cycle from first contact to signed agreement, coordinating internal stakeholders as needed.

Product Manager

• Drive the Trade product strategy, roadmap, and execution
• Build and externalize our Crypto-as-a-Service API suite
• Extend the API suite to support more trade types
• Broaden access beyond B2B partners to every Kraken account holder
• Design systems across order management and compliance workflows
• Drive partner-led product development
• Lead the full product lifecycle from discovery to iteration
• Influence cross-functional teams to deliver globally scalable capabilities
• Drive key metrics including partner adoption and revenue impact

Senior Staff Product Manager – Trade, Payward Services

• Drive the Trade product strategy, roadmap, and execution
• Build and externalize our Crypto-as-a-Service API suite
• Extend the API suite to support more trade types and manage trading workflows
• Broaden access beyond B2B partners to every Kraken account holder
• Design systems across order management, execution, custody integration, compliance workflows, and trading UX/API patterns
• Drive partner-led product development
• Treat the product as the GTM
• Lead the full product lifecycle from discovery and scoping through build, launch, and iteration
• Influence cross-functional teams across Engineering, Design, Compliance, Legal, Risk, Payments, and Custody