Summary

The team

Join our Core Backend Engineering community and have the opportunity to contribute to the ongoing transformation of the digital assets industry at Kraken. Our team plays a crucial role in developing the core systems that support the exchange.

As a Core Backend Engineering member you will have the chance to collaborate with highly skilled Rust Engineers from around the world. We are enthusiastic about open source projects and continuously strive to explore the potential of Rust. Our collaborative work environment allows us to stay ahead in the ever-changing crypto landscape.

The team has successfully completed the rewrite of core services from PHP to Rust, resulting in improved performance and security of our platform. By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to contribute towards shaping the future of digital assets at Kraken.

Find out more about Core Backend Engineering in our blogpost!

The opportunity

1. Design and implement robust Rust services and libraries
2. Write reusable, testable, and highly efficient code
3. Collaborate on large scale distributed systems architecture
4. Work side by side with hundreds of experienced Rust engineers

Skills you should HODL

1. 7+ years of software engineering experience 
2. Proficiently in writing network services or asynchronous code in Rust.
3. Have a security-first mindset during system design to ensure robustness.
4. Demonstrate the ability to autonomously debug issues across the stack (OS, network, application).
5. Apply a solid understanding of distributed systems and technologies, including RPC protocols, Kafka, and Event-Driven Systems, to design scalable solutions.
6. Collaborate effectively with product teams to gather requirements and constraints for designing appropriate systems.
7. Take complete end-to-end ownership of systems and libraries.
8. Provide mentorship to other engineers while contributing to defining the technical culture.
9. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience

Skills

• Development
• Rust
• Software Engineering
• Team Collaboration