Kraken Digital Asset Exchange

Senior Software Engineer - Pro - Rust - Backend

Kraken Digital Asset Exchange

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

Distributed SystemsRust

About the role

  • Kraken is a fully remote company with Krakenites in 70+ countries who speak over 50 languages
  • Kraken is a mission-focused company rooted in crypto values, accelerating the global adoption of crypto for financial freedom and inclusion
  • Kraken culture, security, crypto education, and world-class client support through products like Kraken Pro, Desktop, Wallet, and Kraken Futures
  • The Pro team is responsible for trading backend services: matching engine, market data gateways, internal and external APIs, and various trading services; team codes in Rust and works agile; scaling Kraken's trading infrastructure
  • Express your crypto passion
  • Design and implement robust Rust services and libraries
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Product, Design, and Frontend Engineering to ensure seamless integration of new features and improvements
  • Write reusable, testable, and highly efficient code
  • Collaborate on large scale distributed systems architecture
  • Work side by side with hundreds of experienced Rust engineers

Requirements

  • 7+ years of software engineering experience
  • Proficiently 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)
  • Collaborate effectively with product teams to gather requirements and constraints for designing appropriate systems
  • Take complete end-to-end ownership of systems and libraries
  • 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