Engineering Manager - Frontend - Krak
Job description
An Engineering Manager role at Kraken leading a cross-functional Consumer pod of frontend (React/React Native) and backend (Rust) engineers building and scaling core Krak consumer experiences. The role focuses on delivering high-quality, performant consumer applications across mobile and client platforms.
At a glance
- Work mode
- Remote
What you'll do
- Lead a cross-functional team of frontend and backend engineers responsible for core Krak consumer experiences.
- Own the end-to-end UX 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 (e.g., DORA, cycle time).
What we're looking for
- 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, able to align frontend and backend efforts in a complex, multi-platform environment.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Empathy for the customer and a passion for building intuitive, performant consumer experiences.
- Experience building large-scale consumer or financial products.
Nice to have
- Background in systems design or distributed architectures.
- Working knowledge of Rust (or similar languages such as Go or C++), and familiarity with async architectures, APIs, and microservices.
- Experience in the payments and card domains.
Your team
Consumer pod
A cross-functional team of Frontend (React / React Native) and Backend (Rust) engineers focused on building and scaling core Krak experiences.
How to get hired
- 1We may ask candidates to complete job-related skills or work-style assessments as part of our hiring process.
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About Kraken
Building the Future of Open Finance
Founded in 2011, Kraken is one of the world's longest-standing crypto platforms, trusted by over 10 million individuals and institutions across the globe. It offers spot trading, margin, futures, staking, and OTC services, with products built for both individual investors and institutional clients.
Mission
Built to advance an open, global financial system
Key facts
- 2011
- crypto / financial infrastructure
- Payward is the parent company behind Kraken, NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, Payward Services and CF Benchmarks
- Has spent the last 15 years building one of the most modern and globally accessible financial infrastructure platforms in the industry
- Trusted by over 10 million individuals and institutions across the globe
- Offers spot trading, margin, futures, staking, and OTC services
What they value
- We hire based on merit, seeking out people with the right abilities, knowledge, and skills for the job
- We celebrate the diverse talents, backgrounds, contributions, and unique perspectives that everyone brings to the table