Senior Software Engineer - Rust - Consumer

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to lead the technical direction of our Consumer applications at Kraken, building Rust backend services that power trading, payments, and crypto experiences for millions of users.

Key responsibilities

• Own the architecture and delivery of customer‑facing Rust backend services, making design decisions for long‑term systems.
• Take ambiguous, multi‑quarter problems from concept to shipped, measured outcomes.
• Deliver end‑to‑end features, influencing product roadmap and metrics.
• Partner with product leadership and cross‑team stakeholders to align technical solutions.
• Mentor mid‑level engineers, review designs, and establish patterns and standards.
• Leverage AI tools to accelerate development and define AI‑assisted engineering practices.

Required profile

• 6+ years of backend engineering experience with deep Rust expertise in network services, async code, and distributed systems.
• Proven track record of owning systems and making architectural decisions in production.
• Product‑engineering mindset with experience shipping features end‑to‑end and measuring user impact.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor others, conduct design reviews, and set technical standards.
• Experience driving cross‑team initiatives and aligning technical work across organizations.
• Comfortable using AI in the development workflow for coding, code comprehension, and validation.

Required skills

• Rust
• Network services
• Asynchronous programming
• Distributed systems design
• RPC protocols
• Kafka
• Event‑driven architectures