Engineering Manager – Growth Foundations
Job description
Engineering Manager in the Growth Foundations team, leading and developing a team of engineers building AI-driven growth systems, tools and automations while staying hands-on in the codebase.
At a glance
- Work mode
- Remote
What you'll do
- Lead, mentor, and support a cross-functional team of engineers delivering growth-critical systems and features
- Collaborate daily with Product and Design to define scope, set priorities, and ensure seamless execution
- Keep projects moving forward — maintaining clear expectations, realistic estimates, and transparent communication with stakeholders
- Provide technical guidance and context to help engineers make sound architectural and implementation decisions
- Foster a culture of accountability, trust, and learning — helping the team grow their impact and autonomy
- Improve team processes, communication, and collaboration across time zones
- Partner with other engineering leaders to ensure consistency and best practices across the broader Growth organization
- Leverage AI tooling daily to boost personal and team productivity
- Stay hands-on in the codebase, writing production-grade code and setting the bar for quality, reliability, and speed
What we're looking for
- Experience leading engineering teams and delivering high-quality results in a collaborative environment
- Strong people leadership skills — you invest in coaching, clarity, and empowerment
- Solid technical foundation, especially on the backend; you can engage in design discussions, code reviews, and help engineers make pragmatic decisions
- Strong individual contributor background — you write production-grade code and lead by example
- High proficiency in modern AI-driven development — you use AI daily to boost personal and team performance through automation
- Familiarity with one or more modern programming languages (e.g. TypeScript, Rust, Go, Python, or similar)
- A product mindset — you care about how your team's work impacts users and moves key metrics
- Clear communication and organizational skills, with the ability to align engineering efforts with business goals
- Experience working in distributed, remote-first teams
Nice to have
- Experience with analytics, performance/paid marketing, experimentation, or growth tooling
- Background in developer experience, SDKs, or internal platforms
- Exposure to scaling teams or processes during high-growth phases
Your team
Growth Foundations
Builds the AI-native Growth Engine, enabling Growth teams across the company; designs and ships AI-driven systems, tools and automations, and owns core infrastructure of Growth tools such as the website, user communications and martech.
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
- Founded in 2011
- Trusted by over 10 million individuals and institutions across the globe
- Offers spot trading, margin, futures, staking, and OTC services
- 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
What they value
- Accountability
- Trust
- Learning
- Empathy