Kraken · 6 days ago
Sr. Staff Core Infrastructure Engineer - Core Platform
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$134K/yr - $299K/yr
7+ years expKraken is a mission-focused company rooted in crypto values, seeking to accelerate the global adoption of crypto. The role involves leading the design and deployment of Kraken's OpenStack-based compute platform while ensuring reliable and scalable infrastructure for all workloads.
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Responsibilities
Help design and architect Kraken’s OpenStack-based compute platform
Lead the deployment, configuration, and scaling of OpenStack across multiple datacenters
Manage, optimize, and maintain Kraken’s OpenStack environments and lifecycle workflows
Build and evolve bare-metal and Virtual Machines provisioning using OpenStack components
Help integrate our Kubernetes platform with OpenStack to provide a unified compute foundation
Partner with networking, security, engineering, platform and SRE teams to define long-term datacenter strategy
Mentor engineers and contribute to roadmaps for private-cloud and datacenter evolution
Participate in an on-call rotation to ensure the reliability of the core infrastructure platform
Qualification
Required
7+ years of hands-on OpenStack experience (deployment, configuration, troubleshooting), at scale
Expert-level proficiency of OpenStack architecture, reliability, optimization, and operations
Proficient with Openstack's Nova, Ironic, Neutron for host provisioning, networking and virtual machines management at scale in on-premises datacenters
Strong background in Linux, networking fundamentals, and distributed systems
Experience with automation tools (Salt, Terraform) and infrastructure-as-code practices
Strong security mindset with experience enforcing best practices in complex environments
Proficiency in two or more languages: Python, Go, Bash
Excellent communication and leadership skills, with ability to influence technical direction
Comfortable working independently in a highly distributed, remote-first team
Self-starter able to navigate multiple projects, domains, and problems
Preferred
Experience building and maintaining Kubernetes clusters running on top of Openstack
Experience orchestrating multiple regional datacenters at scale
Company
Kraken
Kraken is a global cryptocurrency exchange platform that allows users to buy, sell, and trade digital assets securely.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
David Ripley
CEO
Trevor Rutar, MBA
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Kraken Bank
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