About the company
Kraken, the trusted and secure digital asset exchange, is on a mission to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion. Our 2,350+ Krakenites are a world-class team ranging from the crypto-curious to industry experts, united by our desire to discover and unlock the potential of crypto and blockchain technology. As a fully remote company, we already have Krakenites in 70+ countries (speaking 50+ languages). We're one of the most diverse organizations on the planet and this remains key to our values. We continue to lead the industry with new product advancements like Kraken NFT, on- and off-chain staking and instant bitcoin transfers via the Lightning Network.
Job Summary
The opportunity
📍Collaborate with product managers to understand business needs 📍Work jointly with frontend and devOps all along the software development lifecycle from the writeup of technical specifications in the form of RFCs, to feature development and testing. 📍Develop and maintain services that power onchain experiences. 📍Integrate 3rd party APIs and multiple blockchain networks into our products. 📍Design and engineer efficient and secure solidity contracts 📍Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability scalable applications 📍Write reusable, testable, and efficient code 📍Create optimized database schemas 📍Mentoring of engineers and contribution to hiring
Skills you should HODL
📍5+ years of full-time engineering experience within a large technology organization or fast growing startup 📍5+ years of solidity familiarity and development experience 📍Experience working with blockchain technology and DeFi 📍Experience building backend services with Node.js, Typescript 📍Experience building and maintaining high volume production quality applications using familiar solidity frameworks such as Foundry, OpenZeppelin, etc. with good knowledge of state management and client side systems design
The future of finance is here — whether you’re interested in blockchain, cryptocurrency, or remote web3 jobs, there’s a perfect role waiting for you.
