Job Title: Senior Software Engineer

Company Name: Kraken

Job Url: https://jobright.ai/jobs/info/696a1888db26b618950d4bf0

Job Description: Senior Software Engineer - Backend - Growth Platform

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

$110K/yr - $221K/yr

5+ years exp
80%
GOOD MATCH
100%
Exp. Level
62%
Skill
48%
Industry Exp.
Kraken is a mission-focused company dedicated to accelerating the global adoption of cryptocurrency. As a Senior Software Engineer within the Growth Platform team, you will design and maintain internal tooling and developer platforms that empower teams across the company to move faster and ship more reliably.
Crypto & Web3
Bitcoin
Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
Ethereum

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

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Responsibilities
Architect, build, and maintain SDKs, CLIs, APIs, and shared services that enable rapid experimentation and delivery across Growth engineering teams
Develop internal tools and frameworks that improve engineering workflows, automation, and deployment efficiency
Design and evolve scalable backend systems and databases, ensuring performance, security, and resilience
Write clear, maintainable technical documentation and onboarding materials for engineers using platform tools
Partner with other engineers to understand pain points and translate them into intuitive, reliable internal systems
Own reliability, observability, and performance improvements across core services
Collaborate with infrastructure and platform teams across the company to align on standards, tooling, and best practices
Mentor engineers and advocate for engineering excellence, automation, and maintainability

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Software Engineering
Backend Systems
Developer Tooling
TypeScript
Rust
Go
Python
Ruby
API Design
SDK Development
Distributed Systems
Scalability
Reliability Engineering
Secure Software Design
Docker
Kubernetes
Terraform
MySQL
MariaDB
Redis
GitLab CI/CD
Communication
Documentation
Required
5+ years of software engineering experience, including building and maintaining backend systems or developer-facing tools
Proficiency in building scalable applications and developer tooling using one of the following: TypeScript, Rust, Go, Python, or Ruby
Experience designing and maintaining APIs, SDKs, or internal services consumed by other engineering teams
Understanding of distributed systems, scalability, reliability, and secure software design
Experience with infrastructure and tooling such as Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, MySQL/MariaDB, Redis, or GitLab CI/CD
Strong communication and documentation skills — you can make complex systems approachable to other developers
Preferred
Familiarity with React or React Native, especially when building front-end SDKs or shared components
Experience building internal developer platforms or frameworks used across multiple teams
Background in observability, reliability engineering, or service instrumentation
Experience driving technical design across large codebases or multi-team environments