Engineering Manager - Frontend, Krak
About the job
- Proven experience leading engineering teams delivering customer-facing products at scale.
- Experience managing combined frontend and backend engineering teams.
- Deep technical background in React Native with a solid understanding of modern frontend architectures.
- Strong cross-functional leadership to align frontend and backend efforts in a complex, multi-platform environment.
- Experience building large-scale consumer or financial products.
- Lead a cross-functional team of frontend and backend engineers responsible for core Krak consumer experiences.
- Own the end-to-end user experience for key Krak features across mobile and client platforms.
- Guide the delivery of high-quality consumer applications, with a focus on usability, performance, and scale.
- Partner with Product Managers and Designers to define and deliver high-impact features with measurable business and customer value.
- Collaborate with other Engineering Managers and Tech Leads to maintain consistent engineering standards across services and client platforms.
- Champion engineering excellence, maintainable architectures, and code quality.
- Mentor engineers and foster a culture of technical growth, collaboration, and inclusivity.
- Strengthen team organization and delivery using agile processes, project tracking, and engineering metrics such as DORA and cycle time.
- Background in systems design or distributed architectures.
- Working knowledge of Rust or similar languages such as Go or C++, and familiarity with asynchronous architectures, APIs, and microservices.
- Experience in the payments and card domains.
About the company
Kraken is a cryptocurrency exchange that lets people buy, sell, and trade digital assets. It runs a global market where users can place orders to trade various crypto pairs, and the platform matches buyers and sellers to complete transactions. Transactions are processed with high liquidity for fast execution, and users can use advanced charting tools and indicators to analyze prices. Fees are competitive and can be very low, which helps traders keep more of their returns. Kraken emphasizes security with multiple protections to safeguard funds, and it offers around-the-clock support for users worldwide. The company serves individuals as well as institutional traders, and it continually adds new trading pairs to expand its offerings. Its goal is to provide a reliable, low-cost, high-liquidity market where people can access a wide range of digital assets securely and with helpful support.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
Private
Total Funding
$1.4B
Headquarters
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Founded
2011
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- September 2026: X Cashtags should funnel social-trading demand directly into Kraken accounts.
- September 2026: Kraken Borrow US expands leverage revenue across 48 states.
- Nasdaq, Ledger, and LSEG partnerships position Kraken for tokenized equities leadership.
What critics are saying
- May 15, 2026: Payward cut 150 jobs, signaling execution pressure before a delayed IPO.
- September 8, 2026: withdrawal and deposit outages damaged trust in Kraken's core infrastructure.
- 2026 SEC and Mazars disputes show regulatory scrutiny and audit fragility still threaten listing plans.
What makes Kraken unique
- September 16, 2026: X chose Kraken as a launch Cashtag partner.
- September 10, 2026: Nasdaq invested $100 million in Payward for tokenized equities.
- September 2026: Kraken bundled spot, futures, custody, and DeFi across nearly 2,500 assets.
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Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity plan
- 401k contribution plan
- Vacation & Generous PTO
- Paid Tranings