KrakenEngineering Manager - Earn
Lead backend or platform engineering teams, owning distributed systems, asynchronous architectures, and blockchain integrations for crypto products.
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.
Before you apply, 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!
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The team
The Earn Core Pod is responsible for the shared backend and blockchain systems that power all Earn products across the ecosystem. The team owns the core earnings service, staking and blockchain integrations, and the asynchronous infrastructure that calculates, distributes, and reconciles rewards at global scale. This pod operates at the center of Earn, partnering closely with other Earn squads as well as Blockchain, Funding, and Infrastructure teams to ensure correctness, reliability, and operational excellence across mission-critical financial systems.
The opportunity
Own the core earnings service that drives reward calculation, rate setting, and distribution across all Earn products
Lead development and operation of asynchronous systems that power earnings pipelines, including background jobs, event processing, and reward distribution flows
Own all blockchain and staking services, including on-chain integrations and off-chain coordination for staking flows
Drive correctness, scalability, resiliency, and recovery of reward pipelines, including reconciliation and monitoring
Own the Earn Control Center (Admin/ECC) surface used to safely configure, operate, and audit earnings systems
Partner with other Earn squads and platform teams to define ownership boundaries and ensure reliable system integration
Set and uphold engineering standards for distributed systems, asynchronous architectures, and blockchain integrations
Lead incident response, postmortems, and long-term reliability improvements for core earnings infrastructure
Coordinate necessary changes across Krak, Consumer, and Pro applications to support Core Pod initiatives
Skills you should HODL
Proven experience leading backend or platform-focused engineering teams
Deep experience owning and operating mission-critical distributed systems in production
Strong understanding of asynchronous architectures, event-driven systems, and background processing
Experience designing and running high-throughput, fault-tolerant pipelines with strong correctness guarantees
Hands-on experience with blockchain integrations and on-chain/off-chain coordination
Strong understanding of staking mechanisms, reward calculation, and yield-generating systems
Experience managing services interacting with smart contracts and blockchain nodes
Fluency in Rust, Go, or similar systems-level languages
Strong operational mindset, including incident response, monitoring, reconciliation, and failure recovery
Ability to collaborate across multiple teams and surface risks, tradeoffs, and decisions clearly
Nice to haves
Experience operating financial or crypto-native systems at global scale
Familiarity with security considerations in blockchain and financial infrastructure
Working knowledge of frontend systems to support cross-surface changes when required
Unless a specific application deadline is stated in the job posting, applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.
Please note, applicants are permitted to redact or remove information on their resume that identifies age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution.
We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, assessing candidates in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
Kraken is powered by people from around the world and we celebrate all Krakenites for their diverse talents, backgrounds, contributions and unique perspectives. We hire strictly based on merit, meaning we seek out the candidates with the right abilities, knowledge, and skills considered the most suitable for the job. We encourage you to apply for roles where you don't fully meet the listed requirements, especially if you're passionate or knowledgable about crypto!
We may ask candidates to complete job-related skills or work-style assessments as part of our hiring process. These assessments are designed to evaluate competencies relevant to the role and are applied consistently across candidates for similar positions. Assessment results are considered alongside other relevant information, such as experience and interviews, and are not the sole basis for any employment decision.
As an equal opportunity employer, we don’t tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind. Whether that’s based on race, ethnicity, age, gender identity, citizenship, religion, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, veteran status or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state or local laws.
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