Software Engineer, Blockchain ​/ Web3, DevOps

Building the Future of Crypto

Our Krakenites are a world-class team with crypto conviction, united by our desire to discover and unlock the potential of crypto and blockchain technology.

What makes us different?

Kraken is a mission-focused company rooted in crypto values. As a Krakenite, you’ll join us on our mission to accelerate the global adoption of crypto, so that everyone can achieve financial freedom and inclusion. For over a decade, Kraken’s focus on our mission and crypto ethos has attracted many of the most talented crypto experts in the world.

Please read the Kraken Culture page to learn more about our internal culture, values, and mission. We also expect candidates to familiarize themselves with the Kraken app. Learn how to create a Kraken account here.

As a fully remote company, we have Krakenites in 70+ countries who speak over 50 languages. Krakenites are industry pioneers who develop premium crypto products for experienced traders, institutions, and newcomers to the space. Kraken is committed to industry-leading security, crypto education, and world-class client support through our products like Kraken Pro, Desktop, Wallet, and Kraken Futures.

Become a Krakenite and build the future of crypto!

The Growth Engineering team builds the experiences that connect people to our ecosystem for the first time — and keep them coming back. We design and ship the systems behind our marketing funnels, signup and KYC flows, and the key engagement features that help new users fund their accounts and explore our products. It’s a team with direct influence on company growth, global reach, and user engagement  products serve millions of users globally.

• We give engineers ownership and trust them to ship high-impact work with craftsmanship and accountability.
• We move quickly, experiment often, and learn fast from data and feedback.
• We work asynchronously across time zones, supporting each other with open communication and shared goals.

Every decision you make will shape how people discover, trust, and engage with our products globally. As a Staff Engineer on the Growth team, you’ll set technical direction through context and clarity empowering others to execute with confidence. You’ll mentor through example and collaboration, raising the technical bar across teams and ensuring our systems scale with performance, reliability, and purpose.

This role sits at the intersection of product, marketing, and infrastructure turning ideas into measurable results. You’ll lead with accountability and empathy, aligning teams around shared goals and building sustainable systems that drive growth through engineering excellence.

As a Staff Engineer on the Growth team, you’ll lead complex, cross-cutting technical initiatives that directly impact user acquisition, activation, and retention. You’ll drive architectural direction, mentor engineers, and ensure the systems we build are reliable, scalable, and measurable in their impact.

This is a high-impact, hands‑on technical leadership role for engineers who excel at translating business goals into systems that drive growth — balancing product velocity with long‑term technical excellence.

• Design and evolve distributed, high‑scale systems that power user acquisition and retention.
• Partner with Product, Design, and Data teams to identify growth opportunities and translate them into reliable, measurable engineering solutions.
• Mentor engineers across Product and Platform teams — guiding architecture, design, and execution.
• Ensure high engineering standards across the stack: reliability, performance, security, and maintainability.
• Collaborate across teams to align on architecture, tooling, and technical strategy.
• Contribute to and influence the broader engineering culture by advocating for craftsmanship, impact, and accountability.

• Proven experience leading large‑scale technical projects or owning critical systems end to end.
• Deep expertise in Type Script or Rust, our core languages — and the versatility to work confidently across the full stack. Experience with other languages such as Go, Python, or…