Senior Software Engineer - Blockchain Platform - Crypto & Onchain

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.

Before you apply, please read the Kraken Culture page to learn more about our internal culture, values, and mission.

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, Kraken NFT, and Kraken Futures.

Become a Krakenite and build the future of crypto!

The Team 

Join our Blockchain Platform team to be part of the fundamental platform that powers all Kraken’s systems that touch Blockchain Nodes and data. This team is at the center of everything we do.

Our Blockchain Platform enables other teams to do their work efficiently. Multiple teams need blockchain transactions, balances, interactions with nodes and other blockchain data in order to do their work. We are the team which makes this easily possible. We provide standardized data and standardized ways of interacting with nodes. It is difficult to handle all different blockchain protocols, that’s why we are making it easy. Not everybody in the organization needs to understand all the intricacies of every different chain. In this role, you will be at the center of our business. Our Blockchain Platform gives you the opportunity to work together with many different teams within Kraken.

The Opportunity

• Integrate our existing systems with exciting new blockchains

• Design and implement low-latency, high-availability, super secure applications and data protection systems

• Write highly scalable, high volume services

• Write reusable, testable, and efficient code

• Own, develop and maintain existing crypto services

• Work together with other teams to support their needs

Skills you should HODL

• 8+ years of experience as a backend developer

• Experience with languages such as: Rust and Typescript

• Experience multiple different blockchain …