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Overview
As a backend engineer at Kraken, you will help expand the platform by building new backend capabilities and shared primitives. You will work in a fast-moving environment, collaborating with senior leadership and cross-functional partners to design and deliver new backend capabilities that interface with core platform infrastructure.
Skills
Candidate requirements
These are the minimum requirements a candidate must meet to be considered for this role.
- Strong expertise in Rust (preferred) or another systems-level language such as Go, C++, or similar.
- Deep experience designing and operating distributed systems in production environments.
Staff Software Engineer – Special Projects @ Chairman Office
Kraken is your bridge to the world of crypto.
Last updated 2026-02-24T23:02:46.36Z
Overview
As a backend engineer at Kraken, you will help expand the platform by building new backend capabilities and shared primitives. You will work in a fast-moving environment, collaborating with senior leadership and cross-functional partners to design and deliver new backend capabilities that interface with core platform infrastructure.
Salary
Competitive Salary
Location
Onsite
Department
Engineering
Level
Senior
Skills
Overview
As a backend engineer at Kraken, you will help expand the platform by building new backend capabilities and shared primitives. You will work in a fast-moving environment, collaborating with senior leadership and cross-functional partners to design and deliver new backend capabilities that interface with core platform infrastructure.
Skills
Candidate requirements
These are the minimum requirements a candidate must meet to be considered for this role.
- Strong expertise in Rust (preferred) or another systems-level language such as Go, C++, or similar.
- Deep experience designing and operating distributed systems in production environments.
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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