Senior Software Engineer – Rust

Kraken Digital Asset Exchange

full-time

Posted on: 2/20/2026

Location Type: Remote

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About the role

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.

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

Benefits

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Hard Skills & Tools

Rustnetwork servicesasynchronous codedistributed systemsRPC protocolsKafkaEvent-Driven Systemsdebuggingscalable solutionscode efficiency

Soft Skills

collaborationownershiprigorcraftsmanshipsecurity-first mindsetautonomycommunicationproblem-solvingadaptabilityteamwork