Summary

The team

The Crypto and Onchain domain is the Kraken exchange’s interface to the crypto world. We build products, both internal and external, that directly interface with blockchains.

The Node Operations Team is responsible for ensuring the reliability and uptime of the blockchain nodes that power these products. This is your opportunity to be at the heart of Kraken, supporting multiple teams to continue to provide first class stability to the exchange.

The opportunity

1. Develop systems for automatic backup, monitoring and remediation of blockchain nodes;
2. Code Kubernetes Operators and leverage Helm charts to deploy blockchain nodes in the K8S platform developed by the Crypto SRE team
3. Implement and roll out SLO-based monitoring and alerting for blockchain nodes
4. Develop internal tooling and processes to provide abstraction over blockchain nodes
5. Troubleshoot debug and profile blockchains, finding performance issues and informing mitigation decisions
6. Write good quality policies, procedures and technical documentation on blockchain node operations
7. Be on call for issues with blockchain nodes, and work towards automatic remediation whenever possible

Skills you should HODL

1. 3+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps Engineering, Software Engineering, Platform Engineering, Systems Engineering or similar roles
2. Code in at least one modern application development or utility language
3. An analytical mind, with an understanding of how to tackle complex problems
4. Knowledge of Software Development best practices and workflows, with focus on testing and delivery methodologies
5. In depth knowledge of GNU/Linux systems, their administration, and low level systems debugging, especially when applied to containers and OS-level virtualization
6. Experience with cloud platform services and tooling (GCP, AWS, Azure)
7. Experience with metrics-based monitoring systems, and crafting SLOs for services
8. Understanding of the TCP/IP network stack, DNS, SSL/ TLS, and how traffic on IP networks establishes end-to-end security and trust
9. Understanding of security best practices and how to build security into systems from their inception
10. Online availability for unforeseen remotely-fixable issues
11. Self-motivated & self-organized
12. Being able to communicate technical requirements to non-technical stakeholders
13. Desire to make the best trading platform out there
14. Strong passion for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies
15. Fluent English language skills are required

Nice to haves

1. Experience operating blockchain infrastructure, either in the cloud, in a datacenter or in a server in your basement. Including:
2. Bitcoin
3. Ethereum
4. Solana
5. Cardano
6. and many more
7. Experience operating container orchestration tooling, such as Kubernetes or Hashicorp Nomad, including implementing GitOps Workflows;
8. Understanding of how Software Development is impacted by regulatory concerns and experience navigating them;
9. Experience with hybrid environments (cloud and datacenter) is a plus;
10. Experience with one or more of the following languages:
11. Go
12. Rust
13. NodeJs
14. Python
15. One or more of the following certifications:
16. CKA
17. CKS
18. OSCP
19. CCNA

20. Passion for Open Source Software with previous contributions in the space;

Skills

• App Development
• AWS
• Communications Skills
• Development
• Software Engineering