
About the role
Overview
Join the Institutional Engineering Team at Kraken, responsible for building secure, high-performance systems for institutional clients. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to design custody solutions, develop backend microservices in TypeScript and Node.js, and integrate with blockchain networks. Contribute to frontend applications and ensure operational visibility while maintaining high standards for performance and reliability.
Skills
Candidate requirements
These are the minimum requirements a candidate must meet to be considered for this role.
- 5+ years of professional experience in fullstack or backend engineering within high-scale, high-availability systems.
- Expert-level proficiency in Node.js and TypeScript, with hands-on experience using NestJS or similar frameworks.

Fullstack Engineer - Custody
Kraken is your bridge to the world of crypto.
Last updated 2025-11-11T23:09:42.307Z
Overview
Join the Institutional Engineering Team at Kraken, responsible for building secure, high-performance systems for institutional clients. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to design custody solutions, develop backend microservices in TypeScript and Node.js, and integrate with blockchain networks. Contribute to frontend applications and ensure operational visibility while maintaining high standards for performance and reliability.
Salary
$127,000 - $203,000
/yearLocation
United States
OnsiteDepartment
Engineering
Level
Senior
Skills
Overview
Join the Institutional Engineering Team at Kraken, responsible for building secure, high-performance systems for institutional clients. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to design custody solutions, develop backend microservices in TypeScript and Node.js, and integrate with blockchain networks. Contribute to frontend applications and ensure operational visibility while maintaining high standards for performance and reliability.
Skills
Candidate requirements
These are the minimum requirements a candidate must meet to be considered for this role.
- 5+ years of professional experience in fullstack or backend engineering within high-scale, high-availability systems.
- Expert-level proficiency in Node.js and TypeScript, with hands-on experience using NestJS or similar frameworks.
About Kraken
Kraken is one of the world’s longest-standing and most secure crypto platforms. Our mission is to accelerate the global adoption of crypto, so that everyone can achieve financial freedom and inclusion. Globally, Kraken clients trade more than 200 digital assets and 6 different national currencies, including GBP, EUR, USD, CAD, CHF, and AUD.
Kraken was founded in 2011 and was one of the first platforms to offer spot trading with margin, parachain auctions, staking, regulated derivatives and index services.
Trusted by over 10 million individuals, traders and institutions around the world, Kraken offers professional 24/7/365 client support along with one of the fastest, most performant trading platforms available. Kraken has set the industry standard for transparency and client trust, and was the first crypto platform to conduct Proof of Reserves audits.
In 2024, Kraken ranked 12th in Newsweek's Global Top 100 list of Most Loved Workplaces, recognizing how the platform offers one of the world's most compelling employment opportunities.
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