Senior Software Engineer - Rust - Product Engineering in London

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.

What makes us different? 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.

The team: Our Product Engineering teams sit at the intersection of crypto, markets, and customer experience — where every technical decision directly impacts traders, revenue, and the evolution of the crypto ecosystem. Engineers don’t just execute on requirements; they co‐create them alongside Product and Design, bringing strong product intuition and a sharp focus on user impact.

Interested in building products like Kraken, Kraken Pro, Desktop, and Kraken Futures? We’re looking for builders who thrive in ambiguity, move quickly with ownership, and care deeply about the customer.

The opportunity:

• Design and implement robust Rust services and libraries that power trading, payments, and crypto experiences with a focus on reliability, performance, and user impact.
• Write reusable, testable, and highly efficient code that scales across teams and supports revenue‐critical systems without compromising safety or security.
• Collaborate on large‐scale distributed systems architecture, translating evolving product requirements into resilient, low‐latency solutions.
• Work alongside hundreds of experienced Rust engineers, contributing to a high‐performance, product‐driven engineering culture.

Skills You Should HODL:

• 7+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience building customer‐focused products, ideally in the fintech or crypto space.
• Proficient in writing network services or asynchronous code in Rust.
• Have a security‐first mindset during system design to ensure robustness.
• Demonstrate the ability to autonomously debug issues across the stack (OS, network, application).
• Apply a solid understanding of distributed systems and technologies, including RPC protocols, Kafka, and Event‐Driven Systems, to design scalable solutions.
• Collaborate effectively with product teams to gather requirements and constraints for designing appropriate systems.
• Take complete end‐to‐end ownership of systems and libraries.
• Provide mentorship to other engineers while contributing to defining the technical culture.

Unless a specific application deadline is stated in the job posting, applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.

Please note, applicants are permitted to redact or remove information on their resume that identifies age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution.

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, assessing candidates in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

Kraken is powered by people from around the world and we celebrate all Krakenites for their diverse talents, backgrounds, contributions and unique perspectives. We hire strictly based on merit, meaning we seek out the candidates with the right abilities, knowledge, and skills considered the most suitable for the job. We encourage you to apply for roles where you don’t fully meet the listed requirements, especially if you’re passionate or knowledgeable about crypto!

We may ask candidates to complete job‐related skills or work‐style assessments as part of our hiring process. These assessments are designed to evaluate competencies relevant to the role and are applied consistently across candidates for similar positions. Assessment results are considered alongside other relevant information, such as experience and interviews, and are not the sole basis for any employment decision.

As an equal opportunity employer, we don’t tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind. Whether that’s based on race, ethnicity, age, gender identity, citizenship, religion, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, veteran status or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state or local laws.