Software Engineer - Rust - Product Engineering

Kraken

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.

Teams operate close to the metrics that matter conversion, retention, reliability, liquidity, and trader experience and make thoughtful tradeoffs across UX, performance, and business outcomes. Clear communication and tight collaboration with cross-functional partners are core to how we ship.

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

• 3+ years of experience in software engineering, ideally building consumer facing products

• Proficiency in writing network services or asynchronous code in Rust

• Demonstrated commitment to a security-first mindset when designing systems

• Capability to autonomously debug issues across the stack, including OS, network, and application layers

• Familiarity with distributed systems and technologies, including RPC protocols, Kafka, and Event Driven Systems