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What they do

Kraken, founded in 2011, is one of the longest-standing crypto platforms. Over 10 million individuals and institutions use it. It offers several kinds of crypto trading and related services, with products for both individual investors and institutions. Its parent company, Payward, also runs NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, Payward Services, and CF Benchmarks.

What they value

• Mission: speed up financial freedom and inclusion through crypto.
• Build an open, global financial system that people everywhere can reach.
• Hire on merit: look for the right abilities, knowledge, and skills for the job.
• Celebrate the different talents, backgrounds, and views that people bring.
• Work remotely, with teams that work together across time zones.

Where they hire

All 74 Postings are remote. Most name several countries at once. The most common are Poland, the United Kingdom, Cyprus, Brazil, Canada, Ireland, the Czech Republic, Romania, and the United States. Many roles also list other European, Latin American, and Middle Eastern countries, and South Africa. No Posting mentions visa sponsorship.

Teams and roles

Engineering has the most Postings, 20 of 74, then product (12) and marketing (11). Many roles are posted twice, once for the UK and once for the US.

• Engineering: senior engineers who write server code in the Rust language, mobile and web app engineers, engineering managers, AI platform and AI computing engineers, a database administrator, and a network engineer.
• Product: senior product managers for new-user sign-up on Kraken Pro, for growth marketing, and for bringing onchain finance (financial services that run directly on a blockchain) into Kraken's apps, plus a head of exchange infrastructure.
• Marketing: community, social media, partner, and creative leads, many for Kraken Pro.
• Compliance: analysts who report suspicious activity, investigators who watch the markets for abuse, staff who answer court orders and other legal requests for records, and a UK officer who reports money laundering.
• Also business operations, corporate development, legal, data analysis, client support, security, and people roles.

What they look for

Senior Rust engineers need 7+ years, experience writing network code in Rust, and knowledge of systems that run across many computers. They should put security first when they design systems and own their systems from end to end. Mobile app engineers need apps they have shipped and product judgment backed by metrics. Product managers need products taken from idea to launch; the onchain role requires onchain experience. Regulatory data analysts need 5+ years, expert SQL and Python, and tools that organize data for reports, such as dbt. Suspicious activity analysts need 2+ years in financial services, and an anti-money-laundering certificate (CAMS) is a plus. Client experience specialists need 2+ years in customer service and must work a 24/7 rotating schedule. Kraken asks people to apply even if they do not meet every listed requirement, especially if they know or care about crypto. Kraken may ask for skills or work-style tests.