3 months ago
Bucharest, RomaniaSenior
Responsibilities
- Design and implement reliable, performant Rust services and libraries for trading, payments, and crypto experiences.
- Write reusable, testable, efficient code for scalable, revenue-critical systems.
- Contribute to distributed systems architecture and develop resilient, low-latency solutions.
- Debug issues across the OS, network, and application layers.
- Collaborate with product teams to translate requirements and constraints into appropriate system designs.
- Own systems and libraries end to end.
- Mentor engineers and help define the technical culture.
Requirements
- 5+ years of software engineering experience.
- Proficiency writing network services or asynchronous code in Rust.
- A security-first approach to system design.
- Understanding of distributed systems, RPC protocols, Kafka, and event-driven systems.
- Ability to work autonomously, collaborate with product teams, and take end-to-end ownership.
- Preferred: experience building B2B products, ideally in fintech or crypto.
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About Kraken
Kraken builds a global digital asset trading platform for individuals and institutions, offering spot, margin, futures, staking, OTC, and related infrastructure. The company generates revenue primarily from trading and financing fees and institutional services. Founded in 2011 and operated by privately held Payward, it is remote-first and serves customers worldwide; it has published cryptographic Proof of Reserves since 2014 to verify client asset holdings.