Engineering Manager – Growth Platform at Kraken

You're a senior-level Engineering Manager with a strong backend technical foundation and proven experience leading teams to deliver high-impact features. You're

Work type: remote

Location: United States

Salary: $127,200 – $254,400/yr

Type: Full-time

Summary

You're a senior-level Engineering Manager with a strong backend technical foundation and proven experience leading teams to deliver high-impact features. You're adept at mentoring engineers, driving clear communication, and setting pragmatic technical direction, with a background as a strong individual contributor. **What makes it worth a look...** This is a full-time, fully remote role within the United States at Kraken, offering a salary range of $127,200 - $254,400 per year. You'll be joining a mission-focused crypto company aiming to accelerate global adoption. **You might be a good fit if you...** * Are highly proficient in modern AI-driven development, using AI daily for productivity. * Have experience with one or more modern programming languages like TypeScript, Rust, Go, or Python. * Possess a product mindset, understanding how your team's work affects users and key metrics. * Have experience working in distributed, remote-first teams.

Job Description

# 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](https://www.kraken.com/culture) page to learn more about our internal culture, values, and mission. We also expect candidates to familiarize themselves with the Kraken app. Learn how to create a Kraken account [here](https://support.kraken.com/hc/en-us/articles/226090548-How-to-create-an-account-on-Kraken).

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](https://blog.kraken.com/crypto-education/security-at-kraken), [crypto education](https://blog.kraken.com/category/crypto-education), and [world-class client support](https://blog.kraken.com/crypto-education/support-at-kraken) through our products like [Kraken Pro](https://pro.kraken.com/), [Desktop](https://www.kraken.com/desktop), [Wallet](https://www.kraken.com/wallet), and [Kraken Futures](https://www.kraken.com/features/futures).

Become a Krakenite and build the future of crypto!

# Proof of work

## The team

The Growth Platform team builds the experiences that connect people to our ecosystem for the first time — and keeps them coming back. We design and ship the systems behind our marketing funnels, signup and KYC flows, and the key engagement features that help new users fund their accounts and explore our products. It’s a team with direct influence on company growth, global reach, and user engagement at scale. Our products serve millions of users globally.

As an Engineering Manager within Growth Platform, you’ll lead and develop a team of engineers who deliver high-impact features, platforms, and tools that power our growth. You’ll ensure the team is aligned, supported, and set up to execute with excellence — turning complex challenges into simple, reliable solutions that reach users around the world.

This role is fully remote. We consider candidates in EU and EST US/LATAM timezones.

## The opportunity

• 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.

• 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.

• Experience with analytics, experimentation, or growth tooling.

• Background in developer experience, SDKs, or internal platforms.

• Exposure to scaling teams or processes during high-growth phases.

• You lead by setting context, not control — empowering engineers to make decisions with clarity and confidence.

• You coach through curiosity, helping others grow their judgment and autonomy.

• You communicate transparently, ensuring alignment across engineering, product, and design.

• You model accountability and empathy, creating an environment of trust and shared purpose.

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 knowledgable 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. 

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