Senior Software Engineer – Rust

Kraken Digital Asset Exchange

. Set the technical direction for Kraken Consumer applications .

Posted 10/7/2026full-timeRemote • RomaniaSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive expertise in Rust backend development, architectural decision-making, and cross-team collaboration to drive product outcomes. Proficient in leveraging AI to enhance engineering practices and mentoring mid-level engineers for technical growth.

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Rust ProficiencyArchitectural Decision-MakingAI-First Development ApproachCross-Team CollaborationProduct Engineering Experience

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Hard Skills

Backend EngineeringNetwork ServicesAsynchronous CodeDistributed Systems DesignRPC ProtocolsKafkaEvent-Driven ArchitecturesTechnical WritingFull-Stack DevelopmentConsumer-Focused Product Development

Soft Skills

MentoringRelationship BuildingProblem-SolvingUnblocking TeammatesCollaboration

Tools & Technologies

AI ToolingReactTypeScript

Industry Keywords

CryptocurrencyBlockchainProduct MetricsTechnical Standards

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsKafkaReactRustTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Set the technical direction for Kraken Consumer applications
Own the architecture and delivery of customer-facing Rust backend services for trading, payments, and crypto experiences
Make architectural decisions for long-lived systems
Take ambiguous, multi-quarter problems from concept to shipped and measured outcomes
Break down complex work so teammates can work in parallel
Own features end-to-end, including customer experience, frontend impact, and product objectives
Partner with product leadership to shape roadmaps and product direction
Own product outcomes and metrics
Drive cross-team initiatives involving trading infrastructure, platform, and other product teams
Build relationships and technical alignment across teams
Mentor mid-level engineers
Review designs before implementation
Unblock teammates and establish reusable engineering patterns and standards
Use AI to amplify engineering scope and speed
Help define effective AI-assisted engineering practices

Requirements

What you’ll need

6+ years of backend engineering experience
Deep Rust proficiency across network services, asynchronous code, and distributed systems design
Experience with RPC protocols, Kafka, and event-driven architectures
Track record of owning production systems and making architectural decisions
Product engineering experience from problem through launch and user impact
Experience influencing product direction and metrics
Demonstrated impact through mentoring, design reviews, technical writing, or team standards
Experience driving work across teams or organizations
AI-first development approach with meaningful use of AI for coding, unfamiliar codebases, technical boundaries, and implementation validation
Ownership mindset and ability to work across backend/frontend boundaries
Full-stack experience including React/TypeScript or other frontend frameworks is a nice-to-have
Cryptocurrency or blockchain domain knowledge is a nice-to-have
Experience building and scaling consumer-focused products is a nice-to-have
Experience introducing AI tooling or workflows to an engineering team is a nice-to-have

Benefits

Comp & perks

Opportunity to work at Payward/Kraken, a globally accessible open-finance and crypto infrastructure company
Dogfooding Kraken products is required once employed
Equal opportunity employment and consideration of qualified applicants with criminal histories
Job-related skills or work-style assessments applied consistently across candidates
Ongoing applications unless a specific deadline is stated