Job Description

Summary

The team

Join our Trading and Market Risk Team at Kraken!

We're an agile team of globally distributed experts on trading, holding a unique blend of creativity, knowledge and ambition to build an easy-to-use experience for our clients.

The team embraces hyper-transparency, fostering an environment of open dialogue, candid discussions and constructive feedback, staying adaptable in the ever-evolving crypto industry.

This role is fully remote. We consider candidates in European and EST timezones.

The opportunity

  1. Partner with Engineering Managers and their teams to plan and execute initiatives
  2. Produce reports and extract insights from team data
  3. Lead mission-critical cross-domain projects from 0 to done
  4. Enable the team to achieve success, higher throughput and provide regular updates on project status, risks and dependencies
  5. Participate in division-wide initiatives to align teams and foster best-practices
  6. Ensuring alignment with organizational goals

Skills you should HODL

  1. Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
  2. 2+ years experience working as a technical project manager or similar role. Ideally within trading, finance or similar
  3. 2+ years of experience working as a software engineer, software engineer in test or similar technical roles
  4. Proficient in utilizing project and workstream management tools such as Confluence and Jira
  5. Embody a timing mindset, strategically allocating tasks to ensure the timely achievement of project milestones.
  6. Hands-on experience with BI tools such as Superset or equivalent. Knowledge of SQL basics is a nice to have!
  7. Serve as a Jira expert with a minimum of two years of experience in kanban project management or Agile methodologies , showcasing openness to experimenting and improving processes
  8. Proven experience working with engineering teams in a project manager role, capable of effectively communicating technical details to engineers of various disciplines and understanding the intricacies of their roles
  9. Exhibit excellent communication skills, displaying enthusiasm to ask questions and comprehend business and product objectives
  10. Innately curious about system workings, demonstrating the ability to self-educate as needed
  11. Exceptional organizational skills and determination to drive projects to completion, adapting seamlessly to shifting priorities and deadlines with a data driven mindset, with a primary focus on delivering value
  12. Tenacious self-starter able to comprehend the details of intricate, cross-functional projects and adept at distilling them into actionable project plans

Nice to haves

  1. Experience in Crypto or Finance is a huge plus

Skills
  • Communications Skills
  • Software Engineering
  • Strategic Thinking
  • Team Collaboration
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