Senior Full-stack Engineer - Growth Product Backend

About the Role

Join Kraken's Growth Product team as a Senior Full-stack Engineer to design, build, and scale critical backend systems that directly impact user acquisition and engagement globally.

Responsibilities

• Architect, develop, and deploy highly performant and scalable backend services primarily using modern languages and frameworks.
• Own the full development lifecycle for features, from technical design through deployment and monitoring.
• Collaborate closely with Product Managers and Designers to translate business needs into robust technical solutions.
• Optimize existing services for latency, throughput, and reliability in a high-volume, distributed environment.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to improving team engineering standards and best practices.

Requirements

• Proven experience (5+ years) as a Software Engineer, with significant focus on backend development.
• Expertise in building and maintaining complex, high-throughput backend systems.
• Strong proficiency in at least one major backend language relevant to high-scale systems (e.g., Go, Python, Java, or similar).
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Solid understanding of database technologies, including relational (e.g., PostgreSQL) and NoSQL solutions.
• Excellent communication skills and experience working effectively in cross-functional teams.

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience working within the FinTech or cryptocurrency industries.
• Familiarity with frontend frameworks (e.g., React, Vue) for full-stack contribution.
• Background in A/B testing frameworks or growth experimentation platforms.
• Experience with event-driven architectures and message queues (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ).