Full-Time

Backend Blockchain Developer

Posted on 3/29/2023

Kraken

Kraken

201-500 employees

Cryptocurrency exchange

Crypto & Web3
Financial Services

Junior, Mid, Senior

Remote

Required Skills
Kubernetes
Python
Data Structures & Algorithms
SQL
Docker
TypeScript
Blockchain
Go
Solidity
Data Analysis
Requirements
  • Experience working with at least two software systems on a professional team
  • Proficiency in one or more object oriented languages, such as typescript, golang or python with a flexibility to work in any language
  • Experience with numerical methods/algorithms in optimization software
  • Passion for performance-oriented, event-driven backend systems (Eg. trading technology, ad-tech, risk, finance, or distributed web-apps/systems)
  • Enough SQL skills to do basic analytics of time series data, and willing to learn more
  • Nice to haves include experience with event-driven systems, Docker, Kubernetes, solidity, and developing smart contracts
  • Smart and collaborative. These are hard problems with lots of potential solutions. We're looking for people that want to solve them as part of a team
  • Understanding of test-driven development and other techniques to make maintainable financial applications
Responsibilities
  • Drive software development through the development lifecycle, taking prototypes from idea to production
  • Contribute to thought-leadership and analytics that will inevitably change the roadmap and induce pivots
  • Develop the software stack responsible for watching mempool transactions and identifying profitable MEV opportunities. This might include searchers (algorithmic logic) for liquidation or arbitrage, the software stack we use to evaluate transactions in the mempool, and our custom clients designed to deliver the most profitable block
  • Evaluate third-party solutions like Flashbots to determine their suitability for inclusion in our strategy. As appropriate, design a solution that incorporates their technology
  • Use our data stack to determine the most profitable strategies and mimic them

Kraken's mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.

Company Stage

Series C

Total Funding

$146M

Headquarters

,

Founded

2011

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

-7%

2 year growth

-26%

Benefits

Competitive salary and equity plan

401k contribution plan

Vacation & Generous PTO

Paid Tranings

INACTIVE