Staff React Native Engineer - Pro 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. Before you apply, please read the Kraken Culture page to learn more about our internal culture, values, and mission. We also expect candidates to familiarize themselves with the Kraken app.

As a fully remote company, we have Krakenites in 70+ countries who speak over 50 languages. Krakenites are industry pioneers who develop premium crypto products for experienced traders, institutions, and newcomers to the space. Kraken is committed to industry-leading security, crypto education, and world-class client support through our products like Kraken Pro, Desktop, Wallet, and Kraken Futures.

Become a Krakenite and build the future of crypto!

The team is currently seeking an experienced Staff Software Engineer (React Native) to join our Pro Trading team. The Pro team is responsible for Kraken Pro’s web and mobile trading experiences across spot and futures markets. Distributed globally, the team builds and scales high-performance trading interfaces using Typescript and React, delivering fast, reliable, and intuitive experiences for advanced traders.

Join the Pro team and help build the internet of money. You’ll lead and grow a distributed team of engineers responsible for the frontend and mobile experience powering Kraken Pro. In this role, you’ll drive technical direction, product execution, and engineering excellence across Kraken’s next generation trading platform.

The opportunity:

• Own and drive the technical vision and architecture of Kraken’s Pro mobile application.
• Build and maintain high-performance mobile applications using React Native and TypeScript.
• Lead initiatives to improve app performance, reliability, and scalability (e.g. startup time, responsiveness, resource efficiency).
• Act as a technical leader across multiple teams, ensuring consistency and quality across a shared codebase.
• Partner with Product, Design, and Backend teams to deliver impactful, user-facing features.
• Take the lead during critical production issues, diagnosing problems and driving solutions.
• Define and evolve engineering standards, best practices, and tooling for mobile development.
• Mentor engineers and elevate the overall technical capability of the team.
• Stay close to the code while operating at a strategic, platform level.

Skills you should HODL:

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with a strong focus on mobile development.
• Deep expertise in React Native and TypeScript.
• Proven experience owning or leading large-scale, production mobile applications.
• Strong understanding of mobile performance optimisation, architecture, and debugging.
• Experience delivering measurable improvements to app performance (e.g. load time, stability, efficiency).
• Solid knowledge of iOS and Android platforms.
• Experience working across multiple teams or shared platforms.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to influence technical direction across teams.
• A proactive, ownership-driven mindset with a bias for action.

Nice to haves:

• Significant experience of developing micro interactions and animations in React Native.
• Experience building high-performance consumer or fintech applications.
• Familiarity with native mobile development (Swift, Kotlin, etc.).
• Experience defining or scaling mobile platforms across multiple teams.
• Background in fast-growing or highly technical product environments.
• Contributions to open-source or the broader engineering community.

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.