Software Engineer - Rust - Crypto Back Office
Kraken
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Description
Join Kraken as a Software Engineer to design and implement high-throughput services in Rust for the Crypto Back Office team, ensuring liquidity and compliance across blockchains.
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.
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.
## What you'll do
- •Design and implement high-throughput, low-latency services and libraries in Rust and TypeScript
- •Manage the full lifecycle of on-chain wallets across blockchains
- •Build and maintain systems ensuring liquidity and regulatory compliance
- •Design and implement integrations with third-party providers
- •Collaborate closely with stakeholders to deliver treasury management tools
- •Contribute to internal tooling, documentation, and standards
Requirements
- •5+ years of backend engineering experience
- •Strong proficiency in asynchronous Rust
- •Experience with high-volume, distributed systems
- •Familiarity with API design and gRPC
- •Experience with Kafka or similar event streaming platforms
- •Comfortable with core DevOps tooling such as Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines
- •Hands-on experience with multiple blockchain ecosystems
- •Experience with open-source blockchain clients
- •Familiarity with relational databases, logging & monitoring systems, and cloud-based infrastructure
- •Passionate about security, reliability, and performance
- •Pragmatic approach to problem-solving