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Kraken · 2 months ago

Senior Software Engineer - Backend - Growth Platform

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

$127K/yr - $203K/yr

5+ years exp

Kraken is a mission-focused company rooted in crypto values, seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their Growth Platform team. In this role, you will design and maintain internal tooling and services that empower teams to move faster and ship reliably, contributing to the company's growth and user engagement.

BitcoinBlockchainCryptocurrencyEthereum

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Architect, build, and maintain SDKs, CLIs, APIs, and shared services that enable rapid experimentation and delivery across Growth engineering teams

Develop internal tools and frameworks that improve engineering workflows, automation, and deployment efficiency

Design and evolve scalable backend systems and databases, ensuring performance, security, and resilience

Write clear, maintainable technical documentation and onboarding materials for engineers using platform tools

Partner with other engineers to understand pain points and translate them into intuitive, reliable internal systems

Own reliability, observability, and performance improvements across core services

Collaborate with infrastructure and platform teams across the company to align on standards, tooling, and best practices

Mentor engineers and advocate for engineering excellence, automation, and maintainability

Qualification

Backend systemsAPIsScalable applicationsDeveloper toolingTypeScriptRustGoPythonRubyDistributed systemsDockerKubernetesTerraformMySQL/MariaDBRedisGitLab CI/CDReliability engineeringCommunicationDocumentation skillsMentoringObservability

Required

5+ years of software engineering experience, including building and maintaining backend systems or developer-facing tools

Proficiency in building scalable applications and developer tooling using one of the following: TypeScript, Rust, Go, Python, or Ruby

Experience designing and maintaining APIs, SDKs, or internal services consumed by other engineering teams

Understanding of distributed systems, scalability, reliability, and secure software design

Experience with infrastructure and tooling such as Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, MySQL/MariaDB, Redis, or GitLab CI/CD

Strong communication and documentation skills — you can make complex systems approachable to other developers

Ability to operate autonomously in a globally distributed, remote-first environment

Preferred

Familiarity with React or React Native, especially when building front-end SDKs or shared components

Experience building internal developer platforms or frameworks used across multiple teams

Background in observability, reliability engineering, or service instrumentation

Experience driving technical design across large codebases or multi-team environments

Company

Kraken

Glassdoor4.5

Kraken is a global cryptocurrency exchange platform that allows users to buy, sell, and trade digital assets securely.

Founded in 1911

Remote First, US

1001-5000 employees

https://www.kraken.com/

H1B Sponsorship

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