Remote Jobs at Kraken Digital Asset Exchange

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Product Manager
 manager testing crypto Oct 22
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About Kraken

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

About the Role

This is a fully remote role, we will consider applicants based in North America, South America and Europe

Kraken is expanding its product team! This is an incredible opportunity to join a market leader in the hottest global industry. With growth rates and innovation opportunities not seen since the early internet days, Kraken is positioned to win. This role will be responsible for a critical aspect of the business and will play a significant role expanding Kraken’s business, while working alongside the brightest minds in the crypto industry. This position will be a cornerstone of the product team working with internal and external engineers and technologists, designers, business leadership, partners and customers.  We are building a product team of highly motivated self-starters who possess sound business acumen, make data-driven decisions, and clearly communicate their vision and plans to others. We are seeking people who are professional but know how to have fun too!

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Overview

The Product Manager will be responsible for core functional aspects such as trading, funding and onboarding workflows for the Kraken exchange. The ideal candidate is data-driven, process oriented, technically adept and has a proven track record of achievement.

Responsibilities include product expertise, the creation of product requirements, project schedules and supporting materials in partnership with design, content, technology and service teams. The product manager provides day-to-day cross-functional leadership to ensure the timely delivery of projects which meet established feature, usability, content and quality requirements.

The successful candidate should thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative, process-driven environment and be able to adapt and adjust plans on-the-fly. The position requires interaction with a wide variety of internal stakeholders at various levels of the organization. Candidates must possess the ability and willingness to balance consumer needs with business priorities and articulate the rationale behind decisions. They must also have exceptional project management skills.

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to the development of the overall product strategy, product roadmap, and business plan
  • Perform research to gain market insights across the industry
  • Work closely with customers and key stakeholders to define and develop detailed product and business requirements
  • Perform User Acceptance Testing and ensure requirements were understood and implemented as requested
  • Evaluate new product opportunities and bring forward proposals for products to engage traders, investors and institutions
  • Influence product and technology strategy and direction (roadmap), and product and user experience decision-making
  • Manage engagement with customers, internal and external parties
  • Evangelize the power of analytics and experimentation in building a data-driven organization
  • Actively prioritize product backlog , pre planning, prioritization and user story mapping sessions
  • Develop product documentation including specifications, wireframes, site-maps, and process flows. 
  • Facilitate communication across all project phases and proactively alert management of changes to scope, timelines and resources 
  • Ensure proper integration and scalability of shared systems, products and tools

Requirements

  • Intimate knowledge of the cryptocurrency exchange space
  • Experience in trading on cryptocurrency exchanges
  • 2-3 years of product management experience 
  • Expertise in data gathering and quantitative analysis
  • Solution oriented, highly-motivated and proactive self-starter 
  • Strong grasp of information architecture and user experience best practices 
  • Macro-to-micro versatility: strategic mindset coupled with a keen attention to detail 
  • Well-rounded interpersonal skills, and experience interacting with diverse personalities 
  • Outstanding organizational and communication skills and the ability to balance multiple priorities 
  • Deep understanding of project management principles and best practices 
  • Exceptional communication and presentation skills 
  • Prior crypto, trading, gaming or banking experience is required
We’re powered by people from around the world with their own unique backgrounds and experiences. We value all Krakenites and their talents, contributions, and perspectives.

Check out all our open roles at https://jobs.lever.co/kraken. We’re excited to see what you’re made of.  

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Client Engagement Specialist - United States
 api crypto Oct 20
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About Kraken

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

About the Role
 
Please be aware that we are currently accepting applications for this position, with the intent of building a candidate pool for future hiring.  Positions are currently not available.

This posting is only for people located in United States. Please ensure you apply to the correct regional posting, or your application may not be considered.
 
This is a fully remote role requiring English fluency. You must be willing to work evenings and weekends.
 
We’re accepting applicants for our Client Engagement team, which provides first rate customer support to our users and also handles most aspects of payments operations. Our team is one of the best in the industry, and we’re looking for people who can make us better.
 
Many of us work remotely, but we’re in touch with each other constantly. We collaborate to solve tough problems and meet regularly to stay up to date on what’s going on in the company and industry. We have a great community, and many of us have become close friends.

Responsibilities

  • Utilizing both e-mail and live chat, responding to 20 to 150 client requests regarding trading (explaining margin, answering questions about order execution), digital asset transfers (looking at block explorers, answering questions about bitcoin transactions), and other general questions on daily basis
  • Strive to make your work as efficient as possible by improving or creating processes, automating as much of your work as possible, and so on

Requirements

  • Strong written English communication skills (other languages are helpful)
  • Crypto trading experience, preferably on multiple platforms
  • High output -- metrics-based experience is helpful
  • Able to make quick decisions autonomously
  • Security and privacy focused
  • Detail oriented
  • Loves helping people
  • Technical background a major plus
  • Experience with Kraken’s API a major plus
  • Fluent in English on a professional level.  Fluent in one of the following languages:  Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Turkish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean.


We’re powered by people from around the world with their own unique backgrounds and experiences. We value all Krakenites and their talents, contributions, and perspectives.

Check out all our open roles at https://jobs.lever.co/kraken. We’re excited to see what you’re made of.  

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Client Engagement Specialist - North America
 api crypto Oct 20
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About Kraken

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

About the Role
 
Please be aware that we are currently accepting applications for this position, with the intent of building a candidate pool for future hiring.  Positions are currently not available.

This posting is only for people located in North America (non-US). Please ensure you apply to the correct regional posting, or your application may not be considered.
 
This is a fully remote role requiring English fluency. You must be willing to work evenings and weekends.
 
We’re accepting applicants for our Client Engagement team, which provides first rate customer support to our users and also handles most aspects of payments operations. Our team is one of the best in the industry, and we’re looking for people who can make us better.
 
Many of us work remotely, but we’re in touch with each other constantly. We collaborate to solve tough problems and meet regularly to stay up to date on what’s going on in the company and industry. We have a great community, and many of us have become close friends.

Responsibilities

  • Utilizing both e-mail and live chat, responding to 20 to 150 client requests regarding trading (explaining margin, answering questions about order execution), digital asset transfers (looking at block explorers, answering questions about bitcoin transactions), and other general questions on daily basis
  • Strive to make your work as efficient as possible by improving or creating processes, automating as much of your work as possible, and so on

Requirements

  • Strong written English communication skills (other languages are helpful)
  • Crypto trading experience, preferably on multiple platforms
  • High output -- metrics-based experience is helpful
  • Able to make quick decisions autonomously
  • Security and privacy focused
  • Detail oriented
  • Loves helping people
  • Technical background a major plus
  • Experience with Kraken’s API a major plus
  • Fluent in English on a professional level.  Fluent in one of the following languages:  Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Turkish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean.


We’re powered by people from around the world with their own unique backgrounds and experiences. We value all Krakenites and their talents, contributions, and perspectives.

Check out all our open roles at https://jobs.lever.co/kraken. We’re excited to see what you’re made of.  

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Client Engagement Specialist - Europe
 api crypto Oct 20
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About Kraken

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

About the Role
 
Please be aware that we are currently accepting applications for this position, with the intent of building a candidate pool for future hiring.  Positions are currently not available.

This posting is only for people located in Europe. Please ensure you apply to the correct regional posting, or your application may not be considered.
 
This is a fully remote role requiring English fluency. You must be willing to work evenings and weekends.
 
We’re accepting applicants for our Client Engagement team, which provides first rate customer support to our users and also handles most aspects of payments operations. Our team is one of the best in the industry, and we’re looking for people who can make us better.
 
Many of us work remotely, but we’re in touch with each other constantly. We collaborate to solve tough problems and meet regularly to stay up to date on what’s going on in the company and industry. We have a great community, and many of us have become close friends.

Responsibilities

  • Utilizing both e-mail and live chat, responding to 20 to 150 client requests regarding trading (explaining margin, answering questions about order execution), digital asset transfers (looking at block explorers, answering questions about bitcoin transactions), and other general questions on daily basis
  • Strive to make your work as efficient as possible by improving or creating processes, automating as much of your work as possible, and so on

Requirements

  • Strong written English communication skills (other languages are helpful)
  • Crypto trading experience, preferably on multiple platforms
  • High output -- metrics-based experience is helpful
  • Able to make quick decisions autonomously
  • Security and privacy focused
  • Detail oriented
  • Loves helping people
  • Technical background a major plus
  • Experience with Kraken’s API a major plus
  • Fluent in English on a professional level.  Fluent in one of the following languages:  Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Turkish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean.


We’re powered by people from around the world with their own unique backgrounds and experiences. We value all Krakenites and their talents, contributions, and perspectives.

Check out all our open roles at https://jobs.lever.co/kraken. We’re excited to see what you’re made of.  

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Client Engagement Specialist - Asia and Pacific
 api crypto Oct 20
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About Kraken

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

About the Role
 
Please be aware that we are currently accepting applications for this position, with the intent of building a candidate pool for future hiring.  Positions are currently not available.

This posting is only for people located in Asia and Pacific region. Please ensure you apply to the correct regional posting, or your application may not be considered.
 
This is a fully remote role requiring English fluency. You must be willing to work evenings and weekends.
 
We’re accepting applicants for our Client Engagement team, which provides first rate customer support to our users and also handles most aspects of payments operations. Our team is one of the best in the industry, and we’re looking for people who can make us better.
 
Many of us work remotely, but we’re in touch with each other constantly. We collaborate to solve tough problems and meet regularly to stay up to date on what’s going on in the company and industry. We have a great community, and many of us have become close friends.

Responsibilities

  • Utilizing both e-mail and live chat, responding to 20 to 150 client requests regarding trading (explaining margin, answering questions about order execution), digital asset transfers (looking at block explorers, answering questions about bitcoin transactions), and other general questions on daily basis
  • Strive to make your work as efficient as possible by improving or creating processes, automating as much of your work as possible, and so on

Requirements

  • Strong written English communication skills (other languages are helpful)
  • Crypto trading experience, preferably on multiple platforms
  • High output -- metrics-based experience is helpful
  • Able to make quick decisions autonomously
  • Security and privacy focused
  • Detail oriented
  • Loves helping people
  • Technical background a major plus
  • Experience with Kraken’s API a major plus
  • Fluent in English on a professional level.  Fluent in one of the following languages:  Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Turkish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean.


We’re powered by people from around the world with their own unique backgrounds and experiences. We value all Krakenites and their talents, contributions, and perspectives.

Check out all our open roles at https://jobs.lever.co/kraken. We’re excited to see what you’re made of.  

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Localization Specialist
 testing crypto Oct 16
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About Kraken

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

This is a fully remote role requiring Korean and English fluency. 

We’re accepting applicants for our Localization team, which helps bring our products and platforms to the world in multiple languages. We’re looking for a localization member who is fluent in Korean at a professional level.   

Our team is one of the best in the industry, and we’re looking for people who can make us better. We work remotely, but we’re in touch with each other constantly. We collaborate to solve tough problems and meet regularly to stay up to date on what’s going on in the company and industry.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with the Localization team, and other team members to ensure timely, high-quality Korean content
  • Follow testing procedures of translated content and ensure it’s applicable to how a specific culture speaks

Requirements

  • Fluent in English and Korean on a professional level
  • Computer literacy and ability to learn and navigate new software
  • High output -- metrics-based experience is helpful
  • Able to work autonomously and efficiently meet deadlines
  • Security and privacy focused
  • Detail oriented
  • Ability to monitor own work to ensure quality

Nice to Have

  • Experience as a Korean-English translator, linguist, copywriter, writer or editor.
  • Experience working across cross-functional teams and time-zones.
  • Crypto trading experience, preferably on multiple platforms.
  • Technical background is a plus.
We’re powered by people from around the world with their own unique backgrounds and experiences. We value all Krakenites and their talents, contributions, and perspectives.

We’re powered by people from around the world with their own unique backgrounds and experiences. We value all Krakenites and their talents, contributions, and perspectives.

Check out all our open roles at https://jobs.lever.co/kraken. We’re excited to see what you’re made of.  

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This Month

Designer, Marketing & Growth
 crypto Oct 14
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About Kraken

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

About the Role:

Kraken is looking for a Marketing Designer to be an integral part of the company's ambitious growth plans, partnering closely with Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Data Analytics teams to bring the core value of Kraken to new audiences across mobile and web.

What you will do:

  • An understanding of performance-based marketing strategies
  • Translate product marketing strategy into powerful and purposeful creative concepts
  • Own conceptual development and delivery of visuals across different media
  • Design and communicate your vision to the team using mock-ups, documentation, and prototypes
  • Establish partnerships with Engineering and Product to design meaningful, impactful metrics-driven solutions
  • Help launch marketing experiments and iterate on your designs. You’ll launch multiple A/B tests and measure their performance. You’ll then iterate and discover new ways to increase outcome metrics
  • Thinking in terms of design systems and making rational design decisions

Who you are:

  • 2-4+ years of experience designing products and marketing content on mobile and web
  • Understanding of acquisition and conversion, metrics-driven design, and A/B experimentation
  • Performance-focused design experience that shows an ability to hit key performance metrics (e.g. click-through rate, conversion rate, activation rate)
  • Great communication skills and the ability to clearly articulate your design decisions and how they relate to the problem you’re solving
  • Expertise in considering the technical difficulty of different designs, and in finding ways to test concepts as simply as possible
  • Has an advanced understanding of what makes content engaging and successful across digital channels and audiences
  • Ability to be flexible while juggling multiple projects and properly assess project prioritization
  • Proficient in Adobe CC, Premiere/After Effects, Figma, and Jira
We’re powered by people from around the world with their own unique backgrounds and experiences. We value all Krakenites and their talents, contributions, and perspectives.

Check out all our open roles at https://jobs.lever.co/kraken. We’re excited to see what you’re made of.  

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Product Manager - Finance
 finance manager product manager backend testing crypto Oct 12
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About Kraken

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

Overview

The Product Manager will be responsible for the financial backend systems at Kraken.  As we expand our global integrations and work with new payment partners, having the tooling to ensure total accountability and smooth financial operations becomes vital.  Responsibilities include owning systems that accurately log and control all backend financial activities, close collaboration with operations teams, detailing of product requirements and end-to-end execution together with the technology and service teams. 

The successful candidate should thrive in a security-focused, collaborative, process-driven environment and be able to easily adapt and adjust to change without sacrificing the product vision. The position requires interaction with a wide variety of internal stakeholders at various levels of the organization. Candidates must possess the ability to clearly articulate the rationale behind decisions to business, compliance, technology and client-facing stakeholders. They must also have exceptional project management skills.

Responsibilities

  • Own products that help teams build awareness and control over Kraken’s global financial landscape
  • Drive development of the overall financial support roadmap and implementation phases
  • Anticipate, describe, and implement controls to prevent risks
  • Partner with the technology teams on solution architecture, data flows and security models
  • Develop top-level financial awareness with monitoring metrics and analysis in collaboration with business and data teams
  • Work closely with finance, data, and key stakeholders for a comprehensive understanding and management of the needs of all teams
  • Plan relevant testing phases, rollout and product delivery
  • Develop product documentation including specifications, wireframes, and process flows
  • Facilitate communication across all project phases and proactively alert management of changes to scope, timelines and resources

Requirements

  • Thorough understanding of accounting principles, impact on company KPIs, and banking
  • Experience working with microtransactions or similar financial products
  • Familiarity with company financial audits and soc readiness requirements
  • Knowledge of the cryptocurrency exchange space
  • 3-5 years of relevant product management experience
  • Expertise in data gathering and quantitative analysis
  • Solution oriented, highly-motivated and proactive self-starter 
  • Macro-to-micro versatility: strategic mindset coupled with a keen attention to detail 
  • Well-rounded interpersonal skills, and experience interacting with diverse personalities 
  • Deep understanding of project management principles and best practices 
  • Exceptional communication and presentation skills 
  • Prior crypto, trading, gaming, banking or fintech relevant experience is required
We’re powered by people from around the world with their own unique backgrounds and experiences. We value all Krakenites and their talents, contributions, and perspectives.

Check out all our open roles at https://jobs.lever.co/kraken. We’re excited to see what you’re made of.  

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Technical Recruiter
 crypto Oct 08
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About Kraken

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

Kraken is changing the world. Like to join us?

In less than a decade Kraken has risen to become one of the best and most respected crypto exchanges in the world. We are changing the way the world thinks about money and finance. The crypto industry is experiencing unprecedented growth and Kraken is leading the charge. We’ve grown from 70 Krakenites in January 2018 to almost 1200 today and we have no intention of slowing down. 

Last year we raised capital at a $4 billion valuation and have been profitable since 2016. Not only that, Kraken has just become the first crypto company to be granted a banking license in the US. 

Our People team is called the Krakenite Experience (KX) team, and we aim to become a world leader in People Experience. We are now hiring a Technical Recruiter who will help us find the world's top talent to join our diverse and forward‐thinking global company.  The Technical Recruiter  will join a team working towards providing a best‐in‐class candidate experience.

This is a great opportunity for someone with a background in recruiting, who has already had experiences in a high‐growth organization and who wants to get involved in an industry that is changing the world!

This is not a ‘cookie cutter’ environment, where you are limited in scope of what you can do.  Be a visionary!  Challenge expectations. At Kraken, you will have top level support to build the talent acquisition experience and team of your dreams!  

Responsibilities

  • Provide full-cycle recruiting on a variety of non-technical and technical roles.  
  • Source candidates using online tools
  • Interview candidates combining various methods (e.g. structured interviews, technical assessments and behavioral questions)e tools.
  • Craft and send personalized recruiting emails with current job openings to passive candidates
  • Occasionally attend networking events, meetups, and conferences. Explore creative ways to establish new candidate pools.
  • Work closely with other Recruiters, our Recruiting Administrators, and Hiring Managers to develop in-depth understanding of assigned requisitions.
  • Partner with hiring managers and the recruiting team to build tailored sourcing strategies for each assigned role.
  • Composing creative and technical job descriptions
  • Provide regular updates to the recruiting team.

Requirements

  • 5+ yrs of experience in Full Cycle Recruiting.
  • Proven track record of recruiting in; Engineering, IT, Security.
  • Solid ability to evaluate candidates.  
  • Hands-on experience with online sourcing tools.  
  • Experience working at a tech startup and knowledge about cryptocurrencies preferred.
  • Familiarity with various Applicant Tracking Systems, preferably Workday and Lever.
  • Experience working with recruiting agencies preferred.
  • Excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills.
  • Strong decision-making skills.
We’re powered by people from around the world with their own unique backgrounds and experiences. We value all Krakenites and their talents, contributions, and perspectives.

Check out all our open roles at https://jobs.lever.co/kraken. We’re excited to see what you’re made of.  

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People Experience Operations Manager
 manager ops crypto finance Oct 08
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About Kraken

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

About the role:

Kraken is changing the world. Like to join us?

In less than a decade Kraken has risen to become one of the best and most respected crypto exchanges in the world. We are changing the way the world thinks about money and finance. The crypto industry is experiencing unprecedented growth and Kraken is leading the charge. We’ve grown from 70 Krakenites in January 2018 to almost 1200 today and we have no intention of slowing down. 

Last year we raised capital at a $4 billion valuation and have been profitable since 2016. Not only that, Kraken has just become the first crypto company to be granted a banking license in the US. 

Our People team is called the Krakenite Experience (KX) team, and we aim to become a world leader in People Experience. We are now hiring a KX Operations Manager to join our diverse and forward‐thinking global company.  The KX Operations Manager will add value to Kraken by ensuring that the Krakenite Experience is world class from their first days as a Krakenite all the way through their entire Kraken lifecycle. The KX Operations Manager will have top level support to iterate on or build from scratch awe inspiring, best-in-class people programs and initiatives.

This is a great opportunity for an HR professional who has already thrived in creating the best‐in‐class people experiences in high‐growth organizations and who wants to get involved in an industry that is changing the world!

The KX Operations Manager will oversee, build, and coach a globally distributed team on the following core areas:
Performance Management 
Offboarding & Exit Interviews
Global Mobility Program 
Career Pathing
HR Investigations and Conflict Resolution
HR General Requests (i.e. HR ticketing system)
Krakenite Engagement 
Additional programs/policies/processes relating to the mid and end of the Krakenite life cycle

Responsibilities

  • Lead the adoption, communication, and coaching of managers & teams on the above core areas
  • Supervise, coach, and develop a globally distributed HR operations team 
  • Assist in driving the development and maintenance of HR policy and procedural documents 
  • Drive the Ops team to create in-depth analyses of feedback and outcomes that demonstrate a forward thinking, action oriented, and flexible approach to iterations
  • Provide expert level support to our Visa/Immigration needs and drive the development of a Mobility policy and program
  • Research, implement, and promote new or creative processes and policies regarding the mid and end of the Krakenite lifecycle
  • Conduct and  oversee investigations to ensure the successful resolution of Krakenite Relations issues in a timely, well-documented manner 
  • Maintain the highest level of integrity, professionalism, fairness, and confidentiality regarding HR personnel matters and job performance
  • Foster productive relationships with other departments (especially Legal, Finance, and Business Operations & Strategy) 
  • Provide proactive thought leadership on best practices when it comes to people systems and operations that enhance the overall Krakenite experience 
  • Ensure that in all things the Krakenite Experience is at the forefront

Requirements

  • 5+ years of international HR experience with at least 2 of the 5 years in a leadership role
  • Thorough knowledge of international employment-related laws, regulations, and compliance requirements
  • Experience managing mobility programs and supporting Visa/Immigration requirements and processes 
  • Proven experience in HR policy and procedural documentation development, drafting, and maintenance
  • Understanding of HRIS systems design, HR reporting, workflow, and auditing requirements 
  • Ability to manage multiple critical priorities/projects without losing attention to detail or a positive attitude
  • Completely at ease in an ever changing fast paced ambiguous environment
  • Extremely flexible, open-minded, and creative when it comes to developing and maintaining HR protocols
  • Relentlessly devoted to the ‘people experience’ in all things 
  • Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills
  • Tech-savvy with an appreciation for privacy, security, “crypto values”, sound money, and can get along well with other Krakenites 

Nice to have

  • Experience with Workday strongly preferred
  • Has personally used cryptocurrency
We’re powered by people from around the world with their own unique backgrounds and experiences. We value all Krakenites and their talents, contributions, and perspectives.

Check out all our open roles at https://jobs.lever.co/kraken. We’re excited to see what you’re made of.  

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Talent Acquisition Manager
 manager crypto Oct 08
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About Kraken

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

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Kraken is changing the world. Like to join us?

In less than a decade Kraken has risen to become one of the best and most respected crypto exchanges in the world. We are changing the way the world thinks about money and finance. The crypto industry is experiencing unprecedented growth and Kraken is leading the charge. We’ve grown from 70 Krakenites in January 2018 to almost 1200 today and we have no intention of slowing down. 

Last year we raised capital at a $4 billion valuation and have been profitable since 2016. Not only that, Kraken has just become the first crypto company to be granted a banking license in the US. 

Our People team is called the Krakenite Experience (KX) team, and we aim to become a world leader in People Experience. We are now hiring a Talent Acquisition Manager to build awe-inspiring candidate experiences that will help us continue to secure the world's top talent and join our diverse and forward‐thinking global company.  The Talent Acquisition Manager will establish a best‐in‐class candidate experience and overcome the challenges of developing a talent acquisition strategy for a global remote company.

This is a great opportunity for someone with a substantial Talent Acquisition pedigree, who has already thrived in creating a best‐in‐class candidate experiences in high‐growth organizations and who wants to get involved in an industry that is changing the world

As a Talent Acquisition Manager, you are not going to simply oversee recruiters - you are going to create, execute, and refine a world class process for locating, evaluating and attracting top tier talent.  This is not a ‘cookie cutter’ environment, where you are limited in scope of what you can do.  Be a visionary!  Challenge expectations. At Kraken, you will have top level support to build the talent acquisition experience and team of your dreams! 

Responsibilities

  • Build a world class talent acquisition strategy, process, and team  
  • Help to make Kraken the destination for industry talent
  • Supervise, coach, and develop a globally distributed team of Recruiters, Sourcers, and Recruiting Admins 
  • Provide expert guidance and training to Hiring Managers and interviewing teams on interviewing techniques and best practices
  • Partnering with our Data Analytics team, build out robust methods for tracking and reporting on key performance metrics 
  • Guide your team with well researched initiatives and data-backed improvements
  • Proactively partnering with our Marketing and Product teams, you will develop and improve our employer brand strategies 
  • Coordinate with department heads, Business Operations & Strategy, and KX Leadership to forecast future hiring needs
  • Never settle for second best by continually seeking out optimization opportunities within our talent acquisition software, systems, and processes
  • Stay up to date on cutting edge trends or innovations in recruiting techniques and practices 

Requirements

  • 7 years in talent acquisition with at least 4 years in people management  
  • Experience managing a remote, globally distributed team in a fast-paced high-growth environment strongly preferred
  • Experience at a technology company or highly successful start-up strongly preferred
  • Expert level knowledge of recruiting media & software such as job postings, job site aggregators, ATS, and job distribution tools
  • Proven ability to successfully create and execute on world class sourcing and candidate attraction strategies 
  • Strong operational experience in reporting and data analysis to drive strategy and achieve quarterly hiring goals
  • Top notch communication skills with an ability to provide clear messaging to a variety of audiences
  • Thrives in an ambiguous environment with ever-changing priorities 
  • Passionate about creating a world class candidate and hiring manager experience
  • Appreciates privacy, security, “crypto values”, sound money, and can get along well with other Krakenites 
  • Passion for cryptocurrency adoption and personal experience with crypto strongly preferred
We’re powered by people from around the world with their own unique backgrounds and experiences. We value all Krakenites and their talents, contributions, and perspectives.

Check out all our open roles at https://jobs.lever.co/kraken. We’re excited to see what you’re made of.  

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Software Engine - Trading Technology
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About Kraken

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

About the Role
This is a fully remote role, we will consider applicants based in North America, South America and EMEA. Our Engineering team is having a blast while delivering the most sophisticated crypto-trading platform out there. Help us continue to define and lead the industry.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain core framework and key software components for the Kraken trading platform
  • Design and implementation of Micro-services in Rust
  • Build and design solutions that mitigate risk, implement security, and protect both systems and data
  • Improve performance by designing and implementing low-latency and high-availability applications
  • Construct dynamically scalable platforms capable of heavy transaction volume
  • Write reusable, testable, and efficient code
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams and contribute to product roadmap accomplishments

Requirements:

  • 3+ years of experience in software engineering
  • Experience writing network services or asynchronous code in Rust
  • Proficiency in C, C++ strongly preferred
  • Experience with distributed systems, SQL, Redis and Kafka is a plus
  • Proactive mindset with the ability to both prioritize tasks and adhere to aggressive deadlines
  • Work collaboratively on a distributed team leveraging soft skills to effectively communicate and engage with stakeholders

We’re powered by people from around the world with their own unique backgrounds and experiences. We value all Krakenites and their talents, contributions, and perspectives.

We’re powered by people from around the world with their own unique backgrounds and experiences. We value all Krakenites and their talents, contributions, and perspectives.

Check out all our open roles at https://jobs.lever.co/kraken. We’re excited to see what you’re made of.  

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KX Operations Manager
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About Kraken

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

Kraken is changing the world. Like to join us?

In less than a decade Kraken has risen to become one of the best and most respected crypto exchanges in the world. We are changing the way the world thinks about money and finance. The crypto industry is experiencing unprecedented growth and Kraken is leading the charge. We’ve grown from 70 Krakenites in January 2018 to almost 1200 today and we have no intention of slowing down. 

Last year we raised capital at a $4 billion valuation and have been profitable since 2016. Not only that, Kraken has just become the first crypto company to be granted a banking license in the US. 

About the role

Our People team is called the Krakenite Experience (KX) team, and we aim to become a world leader in People Experience. We are now hiring a KX Operations Manager to join our diverse and forward‐thinking global company.  The KX Operations Manager will add value to Kraken by ensuring that the Krakenite Experience is world class from their first days as a Krakenite all the way through their entire Kraken lifecycle. The KX Operations Manager will have top level support to iterate on or build from scratch awe inspiring, best-in-class people programs and initiatives.

This is a great opportunity for an HR professional who has already thrived in creating the best‐in‐class people experiences in high‐growth organizations and who wants to get involved in an industry that is changing the world!

The KX Operations Manager will oversee, build, and coach a globally distributed team on the following core areas:
Performance Management 
Offboarding & Exit Interviews
Global Mobility Program 
Career Pathing
HR Investigations and Conflict Resolution
HR General Requests (i.e. HR ticketing system)
Krakenite Engagement 
Additional programs/policies/processes relating to the mid and end of the Krakenite life cycle
 

Responsibilities

  • Lead the adoption, communication, and coaching of managers & teams on the above core areas
  • Supervise, coach, and develop a globally distributed HR operations team 
  • Assist in driving the development and maintenance of HR policy and procedural documents 
  • Drive the Ops team to create in-depth analyses of feedback and outcomes that demonstrate a forward thinking, action oriented, and flexible approach to iterations
  • Provide expert level support to our Visa/Immigration needs and drive the development of a Mobility policy and program
  • Research, implement, and promote new or creative processes and policies regarding the mid and end of the Krakenite lifecycle
  • Conduct and  oversee investigations to ensure the successful resolution of Krakenite Relations issues in a timely, well-documented manner 
  • Maintain the highest level of integrity, professionalism, fairness, and confidentiality regarding HR personnel matters and job performance
  • Foster productive relationships with other departments (especially Legal, Finance, and Business Operations & Strategy) 
  • Provide proactive thought leadership on best practices when it comes to people systems and operations that enhance the overall Krakenite experience 
  • Ensure that in all things the Krakenite Experience is at the forefront

Requirements

  • 5+ years of international HR experience with at least 2 of the 5 years in a leadership role
  • Thorough knowledge of international employment-related laws, regulations, and compliance requirements
  • Experience managing mobility programs and supporting Visa/Immigration requirements and processes 
  • Proven experience in HR policy and procedural documentation development, drafting, and maintenance
  • Understanding of HRIS systems design, HR reporting, workflow, and auditing requirements 
  • Ability to manage multiple critical priorities/projects without losing attention to detail or a positive attitude
  • Completely at ease in an ever changing fast paced ambiguous environment
  • Extremely flexible, open-minded, and creative when it comes to developing and maintaining HR protocols
  • Relentlessly devoted to the ‘people experience’ in all things 
  • Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills
  • Tech-savvy with an appreciation for privacy, security, “crypto values”, sound money, and can get along well with other Krakenites 

Nice to haves

  • Experience with Workday strongly preferred
  • Has personally used cryptocurrency
We’re powered by people from around the world with their own unique backgrounds and experiences. We value all Krakenites and their talents, contributions, and perspectives.

Check out all our open roles at https://jobs.lever.co/kraken. We’re excited to see what you’re made of.  

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Platform Accounting Manager
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About Kraken

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

About the role:

The Finance team at Kraken is a group of specialists charged with managing the firm’s liquidity, capital and risk, and providing the overall financial controls and reporting functions for executive decision making, compliance, and audit readiness. Our work contributes directly to Kraken’s success. The newly created Platform Data Analytics and Accounting office within the Finance organization will define our financial data requirements, systems, and processes across all Kraken products, services, geographies, and legal entities. 

As Kraken continues to expand the scope of services offered to our clients, the complexity of the exchange and the platform accounting function continues to evolve.  We are seeking a Platform Accounting Manager to partner with the existing Platform Accounting Manager to oversee all accounting and reporting activities related to the exchange platform, and develop sound accounting processes.  You will work closely with the leaders within Finance and other teams to plan, implement, improve, automate, test, and ensure the Platform Accounting team produces insightful data for management, improves the quality of our financial statements, and boosts our audit readiness.

What you'll do:

  • Join an elite Platform Accounting team to drive improvements and automation for all internal processes 
  • Refine the current processes, automate, strengthen controls for major and minor activities going through the exchange
  • Establish an exceptional Reconciliation team with strong internal controls to ensure all funding and trading transactions are accounted for and reconciled.
  • Contribute to the improvement of the real-time reconciliation tool and  maintain informative dashboards
  • Work with the Accounting team to prioritize projects and audit readiness tasks
  • Collaborate with the Data team to identify data and reporting needs for existing and new processes
  • Draft process documentations and policies related to platform accounting processes
  • Provide business requirements for new products and services (e.g. DeFi, new services, assets, geographies, or legal entities)
  • Provides specifications and mock-up reports to improve data completeness, usefulness and accuracy 
  • Oversee the accounting for the OTC activities
  • Communicate progress and challenges with management in a timeline manner and proactively suggest creative solutions and paths forward
  • Liaise with external auditors for platform accounting matters

Who you are:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or Management Information Systems; CPA in good standing status is required; 
  • 7+ years of relevant experience in an accounting manager role in the financial exchanges, financial services or fintech industries; or Big 4 advisory experience in audit readiness for similar industries 
  • Experience using SQL to set up queries in a data warehouse.
  • Strong passion for cryptocurrency, blockchain technology and DeFi.
  • Familiarity with the controls testing and other audit methodology
  • Ability to translate finance operational needs into technical data requirements
  • Expertise in leading or managing teams and change initiatives
  • Superior critical thinking, problem-solving and project management skills
  • Ability to communicate complex topics and influence others
  • Ability to establish strong working relationships across all functions and levels of management while managing competing priorities
  • Experience in global organizations is preferred

We’re powered by people from around the world with their own unique backgrounds and experiences. We value all Krakenites and their talents, contributions, and perspectives.

Check out all our open roles at https://jobs.lever.co/kraken. We’re excited to see what you’re made of.  

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Product Manager - Banking
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About Kraken

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

About the Role

This is a fully remote role, we will consider applicants based in North America, South America and Europe

Kraken is expanding its product team! This is an incredible opportunity to join a market leader in the hottest global industry. With growth rates and innovation opportunities not seen since the early internet days, Kraken is positioned to win. This role will be responsible for a critical aspect of the business and will play a significant role expanding Kraken’s business, while working alongside the brightest minds in the crypto industry. This position will be a cornerstone of the product team working with internal and external engineers and technologists, designers, business leadership, partners and customers.  We are building a product team of highly motivated self-starters who possess sound business acumen, make data-driven decisions, and clearly communicate their vision and plans to others. We are seeking people who are professional but know how to have fun too!

Overview

The Product Manager will be responsible for the implementation of banking capabilities under the SPDI banking charter issued to Kraken by the state of Wyoming. Work areas include bank transfers, on-boarding workflows, regulatory & compliance requirements, transaction monitoring, banking products, end-user experiences and of course cryptocurrencies. The ideal candidate is data-driven, process oriented, technically adept and has a proven track record of achievement in the Banking world.

Responsibilities include product expertise, the creation of product requirements, project schedules and supporting materials in partnership with design, content, technology and service teams. The product manager provides day-to-day cross-functional leadership to ensure the timely delivery of projects which meet established feature, usability, content and quality requirements.

The successful candidate should thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative, process-driven environment and be able to adapt and adjust plans on-the-fly. The position requires interaction with a wide variety of internal stakeholders at various levels of the organization. Candidates must possess the ability and willingness to balance consumer needs with business priorities and articulate the rationale behind decisions. They must also have exceptional project management skills.

Responsibilities

  • Drive development and integration Kraken’s Banking System components
  • Maintain market and competitor insights across the banking and crypto industries
  • Work closely with client-facing personnel, compliance, legal and key stakeholders 
  • Plan relevant testing, rollouts and execution stages
  • Definition and on-going monitoring of relevant KPIs
  • Evangelize the power of analytics and experimentation in building a data-driven organization
  • Evaluate new product opportunities and bring forward proposals for improvement
  • Develop product documentation including specifications, wireframes, and process flows. 
  • Facilitate communication across all project phases and proactively alert management of changes to scope, timelines and resources 

Requirements

  • Knowledge and/or experience with US banking & CBS (Core Banking Systems)
  • Understanding of the banking regulatory landscape
  • Knowledge of the technical aspects of large scale banking systems
  • 3-5 years of relevant product management experience
  • Understanding of the cryptocurrency space
  • Expertise in data gathering and quantitative analysis
  • Solution oriented, highly-motivated and proactive self-starter 
  • Strong grasp of information architecture and user experience best practices 
  • Macro-to-micro versatility: strategic mindset coupled with a keen attention to detail 
  • Well-rounded interpersonal skills, and experience interacting with diverse personalities 
  • Deep understanding of project management principles and best practices 
  • Exceptional communication and presentation skills 
  • Prior crypto, trading, gaming, banking or risk relevant experience is required
We’re powered by people from around the world with their own unique backgrounds and experiences. We value all Krakenites and their talents, contributions, and perspectives.

Check out all our open roles at https://jobs.lever.co/kraken. We’re excited to see what you’re made of.  

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Compliance Associate - Japanese Fluent
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About Kraken

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

About Kraken

Kraken is one of the largest and most successful bitcoin exchanges in the world and we’re growing faster than ever. We’re looking for people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers, we truly believe our success depends on having both in spades. Join us and the movement to change the way the world thinks about money.

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About the Role

Kraken is expanding our rapidly growing compliance team comprised of talented and motivated individuals. We are looking for a capable compliance associate to join the team of motivated financial/technology professionals and work with our teams worldwide, and be part of the expert global compliance group.

Kraken is looking for an experienced Compliance Associate with the demonstrated ability to conduct customer risk assessments and monitoring of high-risk customers. The ideal candidate will possess excellent oral and written communication skills. They should have experience with international know your customer (KYC) requirements, customer onboarding, and customer risk assessments.

The ideal candidate will be self-motivated with a strong background in international compliance standards. The candidate should be able to thrive in a fast-paced environment and be able to communicate effectively between multiple teams in the organization.
Committed to the values of teamwork, integrity, and innovation.

Responsibilites

  • Represent the company as a professional AML/CTF compliance expert with all parties, internal and external
  • Act as a subject matter expert (SME) and provide support for Client Engagement teams on Compliance related issues
  • Manage various inboxes and provide timely responses to all stakeholders
  • Consistently make appropriate decisions regarding potential sanctions and watchlist matches with accurate documentation of analysis and escalation to appropriate parties when necessary
  • Perform due diligence/enhanced due diligence on customers, partners, vendors as required
  • Develop and maintain periodic reports for various business functions
  • Communicate effectively to coordinate cross-functional projects
  • Identify and develop workflow efficiencies
  • Draft policies/procedure updates, when/if required
  • Respond to customer complaints, when/if required
  • Respond to 314(b) inquiries, when/if required

Requirements

  • Fully fluent in both English and Japanese
  • Four-year degree or equivalent experience
  • 1-3 years’ experience in a compliance role at a financial institution or equivalent
  • CAMS certification preferred
  • Extensive knowledge of AML high risk entity types and required documentation
  • Knowledge of international know your customer requirements
  • Familiar with international sanctions and/or various government watchlists
  • The ability to act independently in analyzing a customer’s risk and capably and effectively research compliance regulations
  • Excellent analytical/problem solving, verbal and written communication, and organization skills
  • The ability to balance competing priorities on a daily basis
  • Proficient in Microsoft excel
  • Attention to detail and exceptional organizational skills
  • Ability to take ownership of work product and consistently deliver results
  • Adaptability to global business needs
  • Ability to work in a rapidly changing regulatory environment
We’re powered by people from around the world with their own unique backgrounds and experiences. We value all Krakenites and their talents, contributions, and perspectives.

Check out all our open roles at https://jobs.lever.co/kraken. We’re excited to see what you’re made of.  

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Senior Mobile Software Engineer - Cryptowatch
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About Kraken

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

About the role (Fully remote) 

Help us scale Cryptowatch, Kraken's professional charting and trading platform into the mobile app ecosystem. Cryptowatch has grown organically from a tiny weekend project to a popular real-time cryptocurrency charting and trading platform which people rely on all over the world. We are looking for mobile engineers interested in building a performant iOS and Android app. You will be responsible for building these applications whilst ensuring the code written is scalable, reusable and works well across multiple applications inside our repository, as well as coordinating with teams responsible for other layers of the product infrastructure. Building a product is a highly collaborative effort, and as such, a strong team player with a commitment to perfection is required. 

Requirements:

  • 5+ years shipping mobile applications
  • 1+ years of professional experience working with Flutter & Dart
  • Swift, Kotlin, Objective-C or Java
  • Meaningful experience greenfielding a product from start to finish
  • Translating designs and wireframes into high quality code
  • Experience both with REST and Websocket based web services
  • Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array mobile devices
  • Building reusable components and libraries for future use

Skills (beneficial)

  • Background developing data-viz experiences
  • HTML, CSS, JSX and TSX
  • Passion for cryptocurrency

We’re powered by people from around the world with their own unique backgrounds and experiences. We value all Krakenites and their talents, contributions, and perspectives.

Check out all our open roles at https://jobs.lever.co/kraken. We’re excited to see what you’re made of.  

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Client Engagement Training Lead
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About Kraken

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

The Kraken Client Engagement team continues to grow at an astounding rate and we continue to hire as many talented specialists as we can find. With this relentless growth, we must scale our department infrastructure in order to provide all specialists with the support they need and deserve.

We are looking for a quality- and results-driven candidate to hire as our Training Lead. As a Training Lead, you would be responsible for the development and implementation of the Client Engagement’s e-learning and instructor-led training plans for all teams within the Client Engagement department. You’ll need a passion for education in a remote environment and a deep understanding of the opportunities it affords people. In this role you would partner with Client Engagement’s functional leadership, quality assurance team members, and other team leads in order to construct and modify training, identify learning and development opportunities within the team, and add easily digestible content to our learning management system as necessary.

This is a fully remote role requiring English fluency. You must be willing to work evenings and weekends.

Responsibilities

  • Construct e-learning modules within our LMS environment
  • Coordinate and deliver instructor-led training to Client Engagement Specialists
  • Ensure complex and technical aspects of our workflows are easily understandable
  • Conduct in depth assessments of our operational procedures in order to identify opportunities and knowledge gaps that will upskill the team’s performance
  • Work with functional management team to streamline and improve training processes to address inefficiencies for constantly evolving products
  • Create and maintain knowledge management materials, training content, and process change logs for the entire Client Engagement Department
  • Define metrics that measure training effectiveness and work with functional management to analyze and review
  • Edit and redesign existing curriculum as needed to ensure all training experiences meet Kraken’s level of quality
  • Develop a thorough understanding and ability to address the client issues the team resolves with a high degree of accuracy

Requirements

  • Motivated by Kraken’s mission and creating a seamless support experience for our global client base
  • Strong knowledge of the cryptocurrency industry and passion for crypto
  • 3-5 years experience developing and delivering educational content in crypto, financial services, or other relevant industry preferably for client facing roles
  • Experience training and facilitating groups of at least 20 people in physical or remote learning environments
  • Passion for creating learning modules and delivering training curriculum
  • Excellent critical thinking, problem solving, and organizational skills
We’re powered by people from around the world with their own unique backgrounds and experiences. We value all Krakenites and their talents, contributions, and perspectives.

Check out all our open roles at https://jobs.lever.co/kraken. We’re excited to see what you’re made of.  

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Head of Corporate Development
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About Kraken

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

About the Role

Are you ready to lead? Kraken is a market leader in one of the most innovative and fastest growing industries in the world. We are expanding in multiple dimensions, not least of which is through M&A and strategic investments around the world. With our current Head of Corporate Development taking on an exciting new opportunity internally, we’re now looking to fill this leadership role. This position is core and critical to Kraken’s growth as we look to remain nimble and opportunistic, seeking out innovative, leap-frog deals and new sources of competitive advantage.

As the Head of Corporate Development, you will have the opportunity to help architect and execute on our overall growth strategy, and lead our M&A and strategic investments activities globally. You bring a strong understanding of the crypto industry, significant experience developing and completing deals, and a desire to drive accelerated growth. You’ll have at your disposal a range of resources that you can leverage as you build a top-tier operation and see through the corporate development vision. You’ll work closely with the Chief Commercial Officer, CEO and other key leaders as you source, evaluate and negotiate deals that take Kraken to the next level of expansion, growth and performance.

Responsibilities

  • Define and drive Kraken’s global M&A and strategic investment strategy
  • Actively identify potential acquisition targets, JV and/or investment opportunities to accelerate Kraken’s growth plans
  • Own the entire deal process including sourcing, due diligence, contract negotiation, and closing
  • Work with leaders across functions, including product management, engineering, legal and marketing throughout the diligence and analysis process
  • Negotiate purchase price and deal terms; build financial models to support valuation and establish key benchmarks for post-integration planning
  • Work directly with the leadership team to frame and make sound acquisition and investment decisions
  • Lead and manage a team of M&A and investment specialists

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in corporate development or a related field such as venture capital, investment banking, or strategy consulting
  • Strong knowledge of the cryptocurrency industry
  • Experience driving multiple business deals through all phases; ability to manage complex negotiations from start to finish
  • Excellent analytical skills; experience building DCFs, financial growth models, revenue projections, market data models, etc.
  • Technical background or knowledge of software/internet products and services
  • Strong problem solving skills and ability to find creative solutions / deal structures
  • Strong network in crypto and traditional financial services markets
  • Knowledge of global financial regulations; international business experience a plus
We’re powered by people from around the world with their own unique backgrounds and experiences. We value all Krakenites and their talents, contributions, and perspectives.

Check out all our open roles at https://jobs.lever.co/kraken. We’re excited to see what you’re made of.  

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Rust Engineer, Desktop GUI - Cryptowatch
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About Kraken

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

About the role

Help us scale Cryptowatch, Kraken's professional charting and trading platform. Cryptowatch has grown organically from a tiny weekend project to a popular real-time cryptocurrency charting and trading platform which people rely on all over the world. We are seeking talented individuals to help us expand the product in new directions. There's rarely a boring day in crypto, and we're looking for people who want to be part of this exciting ecosystem!

Requirements

  • Develop features for our native desktop application
  • Build efficient GUIs using Rust and iced (https://github.com/hecrj/iced)
  • Integrate with existing back end systems
  • Maintain a well organized codebase
  • Write code that works across current versions of Windows, MacOS, and Linux
  • Think through edge cases and unexpected user interactions to develop a robust UX
  • Structure application code to optimize for both CPU and memory performance
  • Collaborate with backend engineers to implement backend requirements for new interfaces

Responsibilities:

  • Expertise using Rust for substantial projects
  • Experience working with both REST and websocket APIs
  • Ability to independently navigate a large codebase to find logic and debug problems
  • Ability to collaborate with remote employees (developers and designers)
  • Understand functional programming concepts like immutability, opaque types, iterators, the Elm Architecture, pure functions, etc.

A strong candidate will also:

  • Have experience shipping native desktop applications
  • Have experience with native platform APIs (windowing, notifications, menus) for multiple operating systems (Windows, MacOS, Linux)
  • Be familiar with graphics pipelines and GPUs
  • Have experience profiling and optimizing Rust code
  • Have an eye for visual balance and harmony
  • Have experience with protocol buffers
  • Have experience with Elm
  • Be obsessed with writing fast software
  • Understand trading and market microstructure

We’re powered by people from around the world with their own unique backgrounds and experiences. We value all Krakenites and their talents, contributions, and perspectives.

Check out all our open roles at https://jobs.lever.co/kraken. We’re excited to see what you’re made of.  

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Senior QA Analyst - Cryptowatch
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About Kraken

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!


About the Role
 
This role is remote and can be based in North America and Europe

Help us scale Cryptowatch, Kraken's professional charting and trading platform. Cryptowatch has grown organically from a tiny weekend project to a popular real-time cryptocurrency charting and trading platform which people rely on all over the world. We are seeking talented individuals to help us expand the product in new directions. There's rarely a boring day in crypto, and we're looking for people who want to be part of this exciting ecosystem!

Responsibilities:

  • Manually test a complicated software application
  • Pay attention to minor details and find subtle regressions in functionality
  • Document bugs in a thorough, consistent format
  • Interact with developers to help them identify the source of issues
  • Repeat the same testing procedure on a weekly scheduled basis
  • Develop and document new testing procedures

Requirements:

  • At least 5 years’ experience as a QA tester
  • Proficiency with multiple web browsers
  • Familiarity with Google Chrome developer tools
  • Ability to write in a clear, concise, and structured manner
  • A patient temperament

Nice to Have

  • Web security knowledge and be able to identify possible security flaws
  • Good visual intuition and be able to spot aesthetic mistakes/regressions
  • Trading experience
  • Interest or experience in the crypto industry
  • Automation experience
  • Mobile testing experience 

We’re powered by people from around the world with their own unique backgrounds and experiences. We value all Krakenites and their talents, contributions, and perspectives.

Check out all our open roles at https://jobs.lever.co/kraken. We’re excited to see what you’re made of.  

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Data Analyst, Finance
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About Kraken

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

About the role 

This is a fully remote role, we will consider applicants based in North America, South America and Europe 

We are looking for Data Analysts who will play a key role in driving decision making and work closely with the Finance team at Kraken. You will transform large datasets from complex systems, generate actionable insights and share the results with stakeholders at all levels of the company. You will partner and lead projects with finance teams, product management, engineering, and other enterprise level teams.  

You are a self-starter, results driven and passionate to drive success of products at Kraken using the power of data analytics.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct data analysis and generate actionable insights and make recommendations for improving, developing and launching products
  • Communicate key results with self-serve tools (dashboards, analytics tools) for your product teams and key stakeholders
  • Develop and automate reporting of key performance indicators of various Kraken’s products and services at scale, solving for business priorities
  • Partner with product managers to design experiments to test hypothesis and help with idea generation and refinement
  • Collaborate with engineering teams and stakeholders to build key datasets and data pipelines using Python/ETL frameworks
  • Be a data evangelist and help Kraken improve its products and services

Requirements

  • 3+ years industry experience in data analytics field solving problems in a finance related field
  • Advanced knowledge of SQL, scripting languages and database concepts
  • A consistent track record of performing data analysis using scripting language (Python, Javascript, etc) and/or experience with a programming language (Java, Scala, Golang, etc)
  • Strong understanding of statistical concepts
  • Experience with BI Software (Superset / Tableau / etc)
  • Familiarity with data warehouse development and best practices
  • The versatility and willingness to learn new technologies on the job
  • The ability to clearly communicate complex results to technical and non-technical audiences

Nice to have

  • Familiarity with cryptocurrency ecosystem
  • BA/BS or MA/MS degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Analytics, Data Science or related technical field
We’re powered by people from around the world with their own unique backgrounds and experiences. We value all Krakenites and their talents, contributions, and perspectives.

Check out all our open roles at https://jobs.lever.co/kraken. We’re excited to see what you’re made of.  

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Data Analyst, Fraud
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About Kraken

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

About the role 

This is a fully remote role, we will consider applicants based in North America, South America and Europe 

We are looking for Data Analysts who will play a key role in improving risk management for core risk products at Kraken. You will transform large datasets from complex systems, generate actionable insights and share the results with stakeholders at all levels of the company. You will partner and lead projects with product management, engineering, risk, compliance and finance teams to influence global risk roadmap and processes.

You are a self-starter, results driven and passionate to drive success of products at Kraken using the power of data analytics.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct data analysis and generate actionable insights and make recommendations for improving risk metrics for Kraken’s products
  • Identify and investigate anomalies, escalate requests of risk related questions
  • Communicate key results with self-serve tools (dashboards, analytics tools) for your product teams and key stakeholders
  • Develop and automate reporting of key performance indicators of various Kraken’s products and services at scale, solving for business priorities
  • Partner with product managers to design experiments to test hypothesis and help with idea generation and refinement
  • Collaborate with engineering teams and stakeholders to build key datasets and data pipelines using Python/ETL frameworks
  • Be a data evangelist and help Kraken improve its products and services

Requirements

  • 3+ years industry experience in data analytics solving problems in risk related fields such as fraud, security, compliance
  • Advanced knowledge of SQL, scripting languages and database concepts
  • A consistent track record of performing data analysis using scripting language (Python, Javascript, etc) and/or experience with a programming language (Java, Scala, Golang, etc)
  • Experience with big data tools (Hadoop, Presto, Spark, Druid, etc)
  • Strong understanding of statistical concepts
  • Experience with BI Software (Superset / Tableau / etc)
  • Familiarity with data warehouse development and best practices
  • The versatility and willingness to learn new technologies on the job
  • The ability to clearly communicate complex results to technical and non-technical audiences

Nice to have

  • Familiarity with cryptocurrency ecosystem
  • BA/BS or MA/MS degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Analytics, Data Science or related technical field
We’re powered by people from around the world with their own unique backgrounds and experiences. We value all Krakenites and their talents, contributions, and perspectives.

Check out all our open roles at https://jobs.lever.co/kraken. We’re excited to see what you’re made of.  

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Data Analyst
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About Kraken

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

About the role 

This is a fully remote role, we will consider applicants based in North America, South America and Europe 

We are looking for Data Analysts who will play a key role in driving decision making in building cutting-edge products at Kraken. You will transform large datasets from complex systems, generate actionable insights and share the results with stakeholders at all levels of the company. You will partner and lead projects with product management, engineering, client engagement, finance and other enterprise level teams.  

You are a self-starter, results driven and passionate to drive success of products at Kraken using the power of data analytics.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct data analysis and generate actionable insights and make recommendations for improving, developing and launching products
  • Communicate key results with self-serve tools (dashboards, analytics tools) for your product teams and key stakeholders
  • Develop and automate reporting of key performance indicators of various Kraken’s products and services at scale, solving for business priorities
  • Partner with product managers to design experiments to test hypothesis and help with idea generation and refinement
  • Collaborate with engineering teams and relevant stakeholders to build key datasets and data pipelines using Python/ETL frameworks
  • Be a data evangelist and help Kraken improve its products and services

Requirements

  • 3+ years industry experience in data analytics field
  • Advanced knowledge of SQL, scripting languages and database concepts
  • A consistent track record of performing data analysis using scripting language (Python, Javascript, etc) and/or experience with a programming language (Java, Scala, Golang, etc)
  • Strong understanding of statistical conceptsExperience with BI Software (Superset / Tableau / etc)
  • Experience with big data tools (Hadoop, Presto, Spark, Druid, etc)
  • Familiarity with data warehouse development and best practices
  • The versatility and willingness to learn new technologies on the job
  • The ability to clearly communicate complex results to technical and non-technical audiences

Nice to have

  • Familiarity with cryptocurrency ecosystem
  • BA/BS or MA/MS degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Analytics, Data Science or related technical field
We’re powered by people from around the world with their own unique backgrounds and experiences. We value all Krakenites and their talents, contributions, and perspectives.

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Tax Planning & Controversy Senior Manager
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About Kraken

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

About the role:

The Tax Planning Senior Manager is responsible for managing tax research projects and tax controversy matters. This role will report to the Head of Tax and have broad involvement in company global planning strategies, geographic expansion, product analysis and transfer pricing.  

What you'll do:

  • Carry out deep and detailed technical tax research in all areas of tax planning, including income taxes, indirect taxes and other taxes, as matters arise
  • Interpret and analyze existing income tax guidance and apply to complex tax matters in the developing cryptocurrency arena
  • Remain current with the latest tax news and proactively identify areas of tax risk and opportunities
  • Take ownership/accountability of the planning process to see changes through until final implementation
  • Bring greater efficiency to the execution of projects, processes, as well as in coordinating and managing cross-team collaborations
  • Ensure and evolve research methods and bring uniformity to research documentation
  • Collaborate closely with all key stakeholders, including Corporate Development, Legal, Accounting, FP&A, Product, and Regulatory Compliance to enhance internal customer satisfaction
  • Participate in other tax projects as necessary to assure that tax reporting and compliance is accurate and technically correct
  • Manage tax component of M&A transactions, partnerships, product development and other company initiatives

Who you are:

  • Strong tax technical knowledge of US corporate income tax (federal and state),  and US international tax (e.g. GILTI, subpart F, foreign tax credits, FDII etc.)
  • Exposure to local income taxes and non-income taxes (e.g., VAT, GST, etc.) in Europe, APAC and Canada
  • 8-10+ years of experience in income tax planning, compliance and hands on experience in implementation of tax strategies
  • Experience with tax controversy matters, including income tax examinations, audits and appeals
  • Lead and provide technical support for quantitative modeling of anticipated tax consequences of various business initiatives
  • Passionate about tax and willingness to “dive deep” on new global tax developments to determine impact to the Company
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Bachelor’s degree and either CPA (or equivalent) or law degree; Masters in Tax or LL.M. preferred

We’re powered by people from around the world with their own unique backgrounds and experiences. We value all Krakenites and their talents, contributions, and perspectives.

Check out all our open roles at https://jobs.lever.co/kraken. We’re excited to see what you’re made of.  

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Tax Operations Senior Manager
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About Kraken

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

The Tax Operations Senior Manager is responsible for directing and managing Kraken’s worldwide tax provision and tax reporting  processes. Reporting into the Head of Tax, this role will also  support tax examinations and audits, planning and special projects.

What you'll do

  • Be an integral part of building and executing a road map for the future of the tax operations function
  • Work with the accounting and FP&A in developing effective processes and technologies to support continued growth and scalability of the tax operations function
  • Design and maintain work papers to support tax provisioning and compliance
  • Establish, document and maintain SOX controls for income tax processes
  • Prepare/review tax calculations
  • Manage external consultants  
  • Identify process enhancement opportunities and help manage their implementation
  • Collaborate with broader Finance team  and other departments to obtain data for tax reporting and to assess tax implications  of strategic business decisions and transactions
  • Develop and mentor team members 
  • Monitor developments in tax accounting under ASC 740 and keep Tax and other interested parties abreast of significant changes that may impact Kraken

Who you are:

  • Deep technical knowledge of income tax accounting (ASC 740) gained through 12+ years experience preparing and reviewing income tax provisions
  • Significant experience with US corporate international tax reporting post-TCJA (e.g., GILTI, FDII, FTCs, etc.)
  • Process-oriented, with the ability to create and enhance process improvements, and manage their implementation
  • Experience with evaluating and adopting technology to improve the tax operations process
  • Ability to be a people influencer across the finance and larger Kraken team to drive initiatives
  • Flexibility and understanding of the challenges of being in a developing industry, with large volume of information and many challenges (not being “set in one’s ways”)

We’re powered by people from around the world with their own unique backgrounds and experiences. We value all Krakenites and their talents, contributions, and perspectives.

Check out all our open roles at https://jobs.lever.co/kraken. We’re excited to see what you’re made of.  

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Director of Product Marketing
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About Kraken

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

About the Role

Kraken is looking for a Director of Product Marketing that will lead the team’s efforts in developing our product positioning, creating powerful messaging, supporting development of our go-to-market strategy, and leading the execution of key launches and campaigns that push our products forward. This role is cross-functional in nature and will require tight partnerships with Product, Growth marketing, Customer Success, Business Development and various other teams across the company.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a growing team of product marketers by aligning their efforts to clear objectives and measuring success against well-defined metrics
  • Craft and own messaging and positioning to convey the value of Kraken’s products
  • Define the content strategy to ensure comprehensive and updated marketing and support integrated marketing campaigns
  • Drive product launches, ensuring the playbook is executed and other GTM teams can implement their launch plans
  • Work closely with the Growth Marketing team to permeate product messaging across web and other customer-facing communication vehicles
  • Create and manage research projects to better understand current market trends, the broader competitive landscape and existing user needs

Requirements

  • 5+ years of overall experience in product marketing function with 2-3 years of proven success both building and leading product marketing teams
  • Excellent communication skills (written, verbal, visual) with demonstrated success building company and product narratives that have resulted in category disruption and measurable impact
  • An excellent leader that will play an instrumental role in marketing leadership and contribute to the overall marketing momentum and culture.
  • Strong ability to plan and execute on multiple projects simultaneously.
  • Team player and strong collaborator who knows how to drive success working with diverse teams.
  • Someone well versed in product marketing frameworks, but knows that instinct is what truly drives success
We’re powered by people from around the world with their own unique backgrounds and experiences. We value all Krakenites and their talents, contributions, and perspectives.

Check out all our open roles at https://jobs.lever.co/kraken. We’re excited to see what you’re made of.  

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UX Writer
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About Kraken

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

About the Role

As a UX writer, you’re an advocate for Kraken design principles, influencing product experiences across platforms by creating useful, meaningful copy that helps our clients achieve their goals. You help define the vision and narratives across multiple trading platforms and applications. You collaborate with people in a variety of UX design-related roles including product managers, developers, marketing and customer experience teams to establish a unified voice across all of our products. You consistently use empathy, logic and data to inform content choices and thrive when challenged to solve the new and unknown.You’re also a content strategist, defining product vision and narratives across multiple platforms and products you will co-own with designers as the content subject matter expert. You will drive guidelines and document best practices, oversee complex omnichannel projects, and work with leadership to establish product goals.User experience is at the core of how we create intuitive, innovative trading experiences for Kraken clients. We strive to learn and understand their unique needs, behaviors, and emotions to gather insights that inform product strategy and design. We work together on collaborative teams, all unified under a single goal to make cryptocurrency easy and accessible to everyone.


Responsibilities

  • Use writing and editing skills to write UX microcopy that facilitates user navigation, onboarding, error messages, instructional materials, and other pieces of the complete user experience.
  • Drive vision for product and content across a product or subject-matter domain, and ensure cohesive product narratives by documenting your strategies with guidelines and best practices.
  • Collaborate with designers, legal, marketing, product managers, and engineers. Influence and adapt to stakeholders and their feedback.
  • Provide UX writing and content strategy leadership to the team throughout the product development process.
  • Collaborate closely with designers, product managers, engineers and stakeholders to deliver end-to-end product experiences
  • Apply business objectives into concepts creating mood boards, visual design concepts, and mockups of intuitive user experiences
  • Distill and visualize complex data sets and attributes into summarizing views
  • Define, create, and improve the tools and processes that accelerate workflows for other designers and developers
  • Help define and expand on our existing design system
  • Translate mockups into reusable components within a Figma design system
  • Prototype and iterate designs to connect and optimize user flows
  • Demonstrate proficiency communicating throughout the design process from formulating high-level strategy to executing pixel-perfect mockups
  • What skills, experiences, knowledge are a must?

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in English, Communications, Journalism, Technical Writing, UX or equivalent practical experience.
  • 3 years of experience in user-centered product writing such as software, web or app based products.
  • Experience creating content for multi-disciplinary projects.
  • A portfolio of UX writing samples and pattern library documentation.Preferred• Experience with finance, cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies.
  • Experience with localization tools and accessibility best practices.
  • Knowledge of online technology and related products, including web and mobile UI and tools.
  • Familiarity with UX research principles, best practices and how to use data to drive informed user insights.
We’re powered by people from around the world with their own unique backgrounds and experiences. We value all Krakenites and their talents, contributions, and perspectives.

Check out all our open roles at https://jobs.lever.co/kraken. We’re excited to see what you’re made of.  

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Client Onboarding Supervisor - Europe & Canada Only
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About Kraken

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

About the Role

The Kraken Client Engagement team continues to grow at an astounding rate. We continue to hire as many talented agents as we can find. This relentless growth means we need to scale our department structure simultaneously. 

We are accepting applicants for a Client Onboarding Supervisor, as we scale our onboarding team to meet the demands of the industry.  Through coaching and mentoring, Client Onboarding Supervisors help develop the talent and expertise within the team to ensure high net worth and business clients are onboarded with expediency and security.  

The client onboarding team is the first point of contact for new clients.  This team is focused on serving individual and institutional traders.  Our mission is to provide outstanding support that begins and fosters lasting relationships with them, and thus pave the way to greater crypto adoption.  

This is a fully remote role requiring English fluency. You must be willing to work evenings and weekends.

Responsibilities

  • Set performance goals that align with the company’s larger plans
  • Coach, mentor and develop your direct reports
  • Delegate work to employees, track progress and provide constructive feedback
  • Help to maintain or increase quality of the Onboarding team, ensuring a quick and seamless onboarding and account opening experience for our clients while conducting client due diligence (KYC/CDD).
  • Think holistically about Kraken’s success, how your team can contribute to it, and then drive that success
  • Address problems with work quality, issues between employees and other concerns in an effective, timely manner
  • Ensure reports adhere to company and department policies
  • Serve as a link between direct reports and CE Managers
  • Conduct performance reviews, motivate team members and create strategies to boost productivity
  • Work weekends on a rotating schedule
  • Have regular voice or video 1 on 1s with all your direct reports at least once per month
  • Attend company meet-ups to meet your team members
  • Assist in the hiring process for new team members as requested by the recruiting team or your manager

Requirements

  •  Strong knowledge of the cryptocurrency industry and passion for crypto!
  • 2+ years experience managing a team.
  • Experience researching and conducting individual and institutional client due diligence e.g., deep understanding of business models, industries, corporate structures and beneficial ownership.
  • Experience in organizing work groups, coaching employees, monitoring progress, enforcing rules and ensuring quality compliance
  • Strong communication and leaderships skills as well as the ability to resolve workplace issues effectively
  • Ability and readiness to guide, train and support team members
  • Highly self-motivated to help our company fulfil its larger mission
  • People-centred, supportive and flexible in order to get the most of his/her team
  • A natural leader who is focused on inspiring employees to own their work and deliver better results 
We’re powered by people from around the world with their own unique backgrounds and experiences. We value all Krakenites and their talents, contributions, and perspectives.

Check out all our open roles at https://jobs.lever.co/kraken. We’re excited to see what you’re made of.  

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Client Engagement Supervisor - Europe & Canada Only
 crypto Sep 21
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About Kraken

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

About the Role
 
This is a fully remote role requiring English fluency. You must be willing to work evenings and weekends. Strong knowledge of the cryptocurrency industry is required.
 
The Kraken Client Engagement team continues to grow at an astounding rate. We continue to hire as many talented agents as we can find. This relentless growth means we need to scale our department structure simultaneously. In order to provide all agents with the amount of support they need and deserve, we are growing our CE Supervisors team in the EMEA area. We are looking for a talented and results-driven candidate to help lead our growing number of agents.

Responsibilities

  • Set performance goals that align with the company’s larger plans
  • Coach, mentor and develop your direct reports
  • Delegate work to employees, track progress and provide constructive feedback
  • Help to maintain or increase quality of the CE team (relative to market constraints) while ensuring a satisfactory Client Experience
  • Think holistically about Kraken’s success, how your team can contribute to it, and then drive that success
  • Address problems with work quality, issues between employees and other concerns in an effective, timely manner
  • Ensure reports adhere to company and department policies
  • Serve as a link between direct reports and CE Managers
  • Conduct performance reviews, motivate team members and create strategies to boost productivity
  • Work weekends on a rotating schedule
  • Have regular voice or video 1 on 1s with all your direct reports bi-weekly
  • Attend company meet-ups to meet your team members
  • Assist in the hiring process for new team members as requested by the recruiting team or your manager

Requirements

  • Strong knowledge of the cryptocurrency industry and passion for crypto!
  • 2+ years experience managing a team of 10+ employees.
  • Experience in organizing work groups, coaching employees, monitoring progress, enforcing rules and ensuring quality compliance
  • Strong communication and leaderships skills as well as the ability to resolve workplace issues effectively
  • Ability and readiness to guide, train and support the team members
  • Highly self-motivated to help our company fulfil its larger mission
  • People-centred, supportive and flexible in order to get the most of his/her team
  • A natural leader that’s focused on inspiring employees to own their work and deliver better results.
  • Experience streamlining processes and always driving efficiency based projects.
We’re powered by people from around the world with their own unique backgrounds and experiences. We value all Krakenites and their talents, contributions, and perspectives.

Check out all our open roles at https://jobs.lever.co/kraken. We’re excited to see what you’re made of.  

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CDD Manager
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About Kraken

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

About the Role 

As the CDD Manager you will work to ensure that Kraken creates the most seamless customer onboarding experience possible while complying with varying international requirements and managing KYC and regulatory risk  You will be supporting the Global Head of Compliance and will have high visibility on the statuses on all the latest projects. You will always be seeking to thoroughly inform and positively influence the organization with your actions.

Responsibilities

  • Be the subject matter expert (SME) for Compliance on KYC, CDD, and verifications standards globally
  • Identify industry leading technology and develop business requirements, processes, and operations to ensure Kraken customers have the best-in-class onboarding experience
  • Architect state of the art customer risk rating methodology allowing for automated onboarding workflow decisions and dynamic customer transaction limits across products/services
  • Ensure the company and relevant teams have up-to-date competitor analysis and benchmarking of customer experience, systems, and techniques used in onboarding and customer due diligence processes
  • Deep collaboration with Product teams to ensure that all compliance requirements are met while developing seamless user journey
  • Coordinate with client onboarding teams to ensure systems, processes, and procedures are in alignment and consistent with Corporate AML Policy
  • Collaborate with internal Compliance Operations functions to ensure consistency and alignment within department
  • Interact with Compliance Officers and executive management in all subsidiaries to ensure regional regulations and expectations are met
  • Manage and address regulatory inquiries, examination deliverables, audit requests, and remediation needs, as necessary

Requirements

  • 10 years management experience in anti-money laundering, financial crimes, KYC, or CDD roles
  • Bachelor’s degree in a related field, Advanced degree a plus
  • CAMS Certification or equivalent
  • Deep experience with customer onboarding, KYC, CDD and customer risk rating and technologies and systems utilized
  • Executive level communication and organizational skills
  • Experience managing regulatory exams and audits
  • Proven track record and experience working with, and technical implementations of, multiple KYC vendors
  • Deep familiarity with regulatory requirements and regulatory bodies in Europe and US, and other jurisdictions, including banking, capital markets, and money transmission
  • Demonstrated ability to author detailed business requirements and effectively communicate with engineering/technology teams
  • Prior success in project management and driving cross functional teams to execute and deliver on strategically important initiatives.
  • Quantitative analysis and decision making
We’re powered by people from around the world with their own unique backgrounds and experiences. We value all Krakenites and their talents, contributions, and perspectives.

Check out all our open roles at https://jobs.lever.co/kraken. We’re excited to see what you’re made of.  

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Senior API QA Automation Developer
 api senior qa php testing crypto Aug 13
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About Kraken

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

At Kraken we provide people with the means to explore the world of cryptocurrency trading.  We are passionate about delivering the best possible user experience possible while maintaining our impeccable track record of security.  If you too enjoy bringing excellence to the table then we have a place for you at Kraken.
We are looking for a highly experienced developer that will drive quality on our internal and external APIs through expansion of our automation framework. As a senior API QA Automation developer you would drive efforts both by producing high quality tests and through mentoring more junior members.  Your critical thinking and data reporting will shape the future of our product.

What you will do

  • Deliver automated test cases in our Rust & PHP Cucumber frameworks from feature stories and bug reports
  • Create highly reusable test steps that can be easily used by others to write test cases
  • Advocate for quality in all aspects of our product
  • Write tickets for failed test cases
  • Reporting and documentation of test resultsDevelop and monitor KPIs for the automation team
  • Some limited manual testing as assigned and to better understand new features
  • Review MRs and coach more junior members on best practices
  • Collaborate with other automation engineers across the Kraken family of products to crosstrain and create a uniform look and feel to our testing infrastructure.

Who you are

  • Passionate about the Kraken mission of accelerating the adoption of cryptocurrency so that the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.
  • An API test developer with a passion for Quality AssuranceExperienced in JS, Rust, PHP
  • Experience with React native based applications and communications protocols.
  • Experienced with the Atlassian family of products (Jira, Confluence).
  • Experience using Git.
  • Direct QA Experience in either equities or cryptocurrency exchanges.  Must understand the difference between buy/sell at market vs limit, must understand long and short positions as well as margin trades.
  • Bachelor's degree in relevant fields (computer science or finance) and 5 years QA automation experience or equivalent industry experience.
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Recruiter - Philippines
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About Kraken

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

About the Role

By joining Kraken, you’ll work on the bleeding edge of bitcoin and other digital currencies, and play an important role in helping shape the future of how the world sees and uses money. At Kraken, we constantly push ourselves to think differently and forge new paths in a rapidly growing industry fraught with unexplored territory, which is why Kraken has grown to be among the largest and most successful bitcoin exchanges in the world. If you’re truly interested in pushing the envelope by disrupting an industry that some say cannot be disrupted, then we just might have the job meant for you. Kraken is a place for dreamers and doers - to succeed here, we firmly believe you must possess each in spades. Check out all of our job postings here https://jobs.lever.co/kraken. 

Our Recruiting team is having a blast while helping build the most sophisticated crypto-trading platform out there. We work in a remote environment, and will be looking for a recruiter who is self-motivated, personable, professional, and positive!  We are committed to building our company, and providing ‘best in class’ experiences to our candidates. Help us continue to define and lead the industry!

This role is remote (work from home) based in the Philippines. 

Responsibilities

  • Provide full-cycle recruiting on a variety of non-technical and technical roles
  • Source candidates using online tools
  • Explore creative ways to establish new candidate pools
  • Work closely with other Recruiters, our Recruiting Administrators, and Hiring Managers to develop in-depth understanding of assigned requisitions
  • Partner with Hiring Managers and the recruiting team to build tailored recruitment strategies for each assigned role
  • Provide regular reports to the recruiting and HR teams
  • Perform onboarding and offboarding tasks as required
  • Provide appropriate support to our global HR team and complete ad-hoc HR projects

Requirements

  • Superb English language skills
  • 3+ yrs of experience in Full Lifecycle Recruiting, additional experience in an HR or Generalist role is a major asset
  • Demonstrated experience using ATS and HRIS systems
  • Solid ability to evaluate candidates, specifically those located in the APAC region
  • Hands-on experience with online sourcing tools
  • Experience working at a tech startup and knowledge about cryptocurrencies preferred
  • Experience working with recruiting agencies preferred
  • Excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills
  • Strong decision-making skills
  • Located and authorized to work in the Philippines, with no plans to relocate  
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Frontend Engineer
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About Kraken

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

About the role

We are looking for an experienced Frontend developer interested in working on a greenfield internal Admin interface project built using Next.js and React. You will be responsible for replacing and improving our legacy admin feature set whilst ensuring the code written is scalable, reusable, maintainable and most importantly has a very low barrier to entry for contribution from other teams who might not be familiar with the codebase. You will be coordinating with the teams responsible for other layers of the product infrastructure. Building a product is a highly collaborative effort, and as such, a strong team player with a commitment to perfection is required.

Requirements:

  • 2+ years of professional experience working with React
  • 4+ years of professional software development experience
  • Meaningful experience working on either large complex enterprise level systems or proven ability to build a greenfield product from start to finish
  • Ability to take extreme ownership over your work
  • Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
  • Forensic attention to detail
  •  A positive mindset and can-do attitude
  • You’re passionate about software development... it’s not just your career, it’s your hobby. You’re constantly striving to learn new things and improve. You follow industry news, regularly tinker with new technologies, and read books and blogs to keep your skills current

Skills (required)

  • Firm grasp of the JavaScript language and its nuances, including ES6+ syntax and the TypeScript superset
  • Knowledge of both reactive, functional and object-oriented programming
  • Excellent knowledge of React and Next.js
  • Excellent knowledge of modern state management libraries
  • An understanding of React best practices and a commitment to following them
  • Excellent knowledge of HTML, CSS and SCSS
  • Experience both with REST and Websocket based web services
  • Experience with various methods of asynchronous code development

Skills (beneficial)

  • Knowledge of and passion for cryptocurrency
  • Knowledge/experience in building automation scripts / bots
  • Knowledge/experience in using PHP
  • Knowledge/experience in using Node
  • Knowledge/experience in using Rust

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Director of Finance Transformation & Platform Operations
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About Kraken

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

About the role:

The Finance team at Kraken is a group of specialists charged with managing the firm’s liquidity, capital and risk, and providing the overall financial controls and reporting functions for executive decision making, compliance, and audit readiness. Our work contributes directly to Kraken’s success. The newly created Finance Transformation and Platform Operations office within Finance will define our financial data requirements, systems, and processes across all Kraken products, services, geographies, and legal entities. 
We are seeking a Director,Finance Transformation and Platform Operations (FTPO) to join our Finance organization. The Director, FTPO will build and lead a 10-15 person team consisting of the Finance Transformation, Platform Operations, and the Reconciliation teams. As part of the Finance leadership team at Kraken, you will work closely with the CFO and the rest of the Finance leaders to plan, implement, continuously improve, automate, test, and ensure that platform accounting is ready for an audit. You will liaise with our Product, IT and Data teams to drive automation and implement technology-driven projects for the Finance team. 

What you'll do:

  • Together with the leadership team in Finance, holistically assess the long term technology needs to provide scalable solutions and support the growth in all Finance functions (Accounting, FP&A, Treasury, and Tax)
  • Build and grow the Finance Transformation and Platform Operations (FTPO) team and be the go-to person for leading and driving all technology-driven and automation initiatives for the Finance team
  • Oversee and continue to strengthen the Platform Accounting function
  • Establish an exceptional Reconciliation team to establish stronger internal controls and to ensure all transactions are properly accounted for in the banking/crypto gateways and in the exchange
  • Liaise with the Product, IT and Data teams to build and maintain a real-time  reconciliation tool as well as maintain informative dashboards
  • Liaise with external auditors for platform accounting matters 
  • Work with the CFO to set the immediate and longer-term strategic direction of the FTPO office by prioritising projects and resources accordingly 
  • Communicate progress and challenges with the CFO and COO in a timeline manner and proactively suggest creative solutions and paths forward 
  • Provide business requirements to improve data completeness and accuracy, as well as for new products, services, assets, geographies, or legal entities
  • Develop key metrics to measure progress and performance for Finance Transformation, Platform Accounting, and the Reconciliation Office team.

Who you are:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or related field; CPA required; MBA preferred
  • 15+ years experience and proven track record in finance transformation, finance operations roles in the financial exchanges, financial services or fintech industries; or Big 4 advisory experience in Finance Transformation or similar 
  • Knowledge of trading platforms, financial markets and strong passion in cryptocurrency 
  • Expertise in Finance Service Delivery, Exchange / Finance Operations, Audit readiness preferred
  • Experience in leading a financial services or a tech company complete financial audits
  • Ability to translate finance operations needs to technical data requirements 
  • Familiarity with databases, EPM, ERP, BI, middle and back office Finance systems / tools 
  • Expertise in leading or managing teams and change initiatives 
  • Superior critical thinking, problem-solving and project management skills
  • Ability to communicate complex topics and influence others 
  • Ability to establish strong working relationships across all functions and levels of management while managing competing priorities
  • Experience in global organizations 

We’re powered by people from around the world with their own unique backgrounds and experiences. We value all Krakenites and their talents, contributions, and perspectives.

Check out all our open roles at https://jobs.lever.co/kraken. We’re excited to see what you’re made of.  

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Legal Team Assistant
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Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

Duties

  • Support and organize the Kraken Legal Team, shepherding and caring for lawyers pulled in many directions at once
  • Organize calendar appointments with regulators and counterparties, managing recurring meetings and conflicts
  • Schedule travel and plan lodging, meals, meeting venues and other accommodations
  • Ensure reliable contract execution and assist with records management
  • Manage expense request submissions, legal team contact lists
  • Support special projects by conducting in-depth factual and light legal research
  • Support litigation by assisting in and organizing e-discovery

Requirements

  • Experience providing administrative support to fast-paced technology companies, using cloud-based communications and document production/management tools
  • Experience supporting lawyer in a detail-orientated environment for lawyer
  • Demonstrated passion for crypto
  • A proactive, entrepreneurial mindset
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Director of Global Compensation and Benefits
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Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

Kraken’s mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion. One of our top 5 internal strategic imperatives to “be the most committed and desirable organization in the space”. We call our team members “Krakenites”, and the HR/People team is called “Krakenite Experience” or KX.
As the Director of Compensation & Benefits (C&B), you will add strategic value across the business by partnering with HR Leadership and the Executive Compensation Committee to proactively design C&B programs that align with the needs and culture of our company. You will be tasked with building a small but mighty team of C&B professionals who will assist in the implementation of strategic compensation and benefits programs. You will be leading programs at scale, from need identification to implementation, while considering the unique needs of our company and cryptocurrency industry. 
If you are an experienced Total Rewards expert who is passionate about creating strategic people focused programs at a rapidly growing fast paced organization, apply today!

Requirements:

  • The ability to and preferably experience having led the Total Rewards or Human Resources function in a rapidly scaling company through IPO and beyond
  • 10+ years of professional Total Rewards or Human Resources experience
  • 7+ of the 10 years as a compensation and benefits director, manager, or sr. analyst with proven success in managing international compensation and benefits programs
  • 3+ of the 10  years was spent at a technology company, startup, or high growth company that had globally distributed, work-from-home teams, as well as international offices
  • Confidence and ability to consult with and advise senior leaders
  • Must have in-depth and hands-on experience successfully driving various variable pay structures, stock option buy-back programs, and wellness initiatives outside of standard healthcare benefits. 

Responsibilities:

  • Expertly tackle the analysis, proposal, and execution of programs such as variable pay, health/wellness/finance, and stock option-buy back
  • Evaluate the C&B needs at the company and propose a strategic staffing plan for the Total Rewards team
  • Relentlessly analyze, propose, and execute on complex and/or innovative compensation and benefits programs for our globally distributed workforce
  • Provide expert level assistance to the CFO and the Finance team in stock options planning and stock option grant proposals for Board approval 
  • Advise the HR Leadership team and the Executive Compensation Committee on all matters related to compensation philosophy, bonuses, benefits, and the Total Rewards strategy. 
  • Effectively create proposals for employment strategy (employee/contractor/BPO) and benefits to all relevant stakeholders for the company’s continued global expansion
  • Oversee and ensure proper ongoing analysis of changing regulations in compensation and benefits globally, factoring in the impact to Kraken in order to effectively propose strategic changes
  • Lead all mandatory compensation and benefits reporting in accordance with compliance standards
  • Work with the HR Leadership team and other stakeholders to develop objectives, set priorities and plans for the division and contribute to company HR monitoring and reporting
  • Participate as a member of the HR Leadership team in the development of Company policies, guidelines, processes, and strategies
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Stock Plan Administrator
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Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

Primarily responsible for developing and analyzing the Company’s employee stock plan and the maintenance of the related records 

What you'll do:

  • Administer the Company’s stock plan.
  • Prepare and provide information to employees about vesting schedules, exercise process and eligibility.
  • Maintain and update the Company’s equity software such as Equity Edge, Carta or Solium
  • Prepares new hire and other stock grants. 
  • Processes employee transactions to exercise options.
  • Collaborate with legal, finance and HR teams to communicate materials, compliance, grant process and management reports.
  • Develop quarterly organizational disqualified disposition reports along with year-end tax statements.

Who you are:

  • Certified Equity Professional (CEP) designation. 
  • Minimum 4 years of related experience.
  • Strong technical skills especially MS Excel
  • Good communicator
  • Independent worker
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Product Manager - Crypto Assets
 crypto manager product manager blockchain testing Jul 20
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Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

The Product Manager will be responsible for the research, evaluation, listing and product management of crypto assets at Kraken. Responsibilities include building a comprehensive view of the cryptocurrency ecosystem, close collaboration with our business teams on crypto assets of interest, detailing of product requirements and end-to-end execution together with the technology and service teams. 
The successful candidate should thrive in a security-focused, collaborative, process-driven environment and be able to easily adapt and adjust to change without sacrificing the product vision. The position requires interaction with a wide variety of internal stakeholders at various levels of the organization. Candidates must possess the ability to clearly articulate the rationale behind decisions to business, compliance, technology and client-facing stakeholders. They must also have exceptional project management skills.

Responsibilities

  • Manage all client facing aspect of crypto assets on the exchange - communication, launch, funding and relevant trading experience
  • Work with the technology, legal and compliance teams on the planning, launch and maintenance of crypto asset integration
  • Performance tracking, KPI management and analysis in collaboration with business teams
  • Explore new product and business opportunities for crypto assets on Kraken
  • Plan relevant testing phases, rollout and product delivery
  • Facilitate communication across all project phases and proactively alert management of changes to scope, timelines and resources 

Requirements

  • Deep understanding of crypto projects, their lifecycle, roadmap, community and the potential impact of listing the project on Kraken
  • Deep understanding of existing and upcoming blockchain protocols plus overview of the ongoing research in the area
  • Ability to gauge the business and technology impact of a crypto project (ex. Whitepaper analysis) 
  • Understanding of the compliance and regulatory requirements around crypto assets
  • 3-5 years of relevant product management experience
  • Knowledge of the cryptocurrency exchange space
  • Expertise in data gathering and quantitative analysis
  • Solution oriented, highly-motivated and proactive self-starter 
  • Macro-to-micro versatility: strategic mindset coupled with a keen attention to detail 
  • Well-rounded interpersonal skills, and experience interacting with diverse personalities 
  • Deep understanding of project management principles and best practices 
  • Exceptional communication and presentation skills 
  • Prior crypto, trading, gaming, banking or fintech relevant experience is required
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Blue Team Engineer
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Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

The Blue Team Engineer will take lead in the build out and maintenance of the Blue Team infrastructure as well as help develop new detections that keeps us at pace with the latest threats and attacker techniques.  This position reports to our Blue Team leader and is a member of the 24x7 security team responsible for triaging and escalating security events across the Kraken digital asset exchange.

Requirements

  • Experience as an engineer working with security tooling traditionally found in a SOC (Security Operations Centre).
  • Proven record of infrastructure design, creating mature maintenance workflows and documenting backup/restore procedures.
  • Understanding of detection and alerting technologies, their benefits and trade-off considerations.
  • Previous experience of managing SIEM products is a plus
  • Knowledge of scripting and query languages used to develop detection signatures is a plus
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Offensive Security Engineer
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Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!


Responsibilities

  • Conduct realistic adversary simulations from conception through reporting.
  • Perform world-class testing of systems, networks, applications, people and processes.
  • Research cutting-edge offensive security techniques.
  • Develop tools and exploits.
  • Communicate clearly and effectively, both written and orally, the risks that exist and remediations required.
  • Work collaboratively and independently on unique or special assignments which may require specialized knowledge and/or experience.
  • Comply with Company, Division and Professional ethical standards.

Requirements

  • 2+ years of offensive security experience.
  • 4+ years of experience in system administration, application development or network administration.
  • Scripting or programming experience.
  • Direct experience with the techniques of the MITRE ATT&CK framework and the ability to leverage the framework for adversary simulations.
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Senior Platform Operations Analyst
 senior testing crypto finance Jul 10
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Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

The Senior Platform Operations Analyst will be an integral part of the Finance team.  You will work closely with your Finance and Accounting leadership cohorts as well as business partners and other internal and external stakeholders.  This role reports to the Platform Accounting Manager.

This role is located in San Francisco, CA - On-site Full-time

Responsibilities:

  • Interface daily with internal systems and our proprietary exchange platform to assist with fiat and digital asset position reconciliations across our various banks and wallets.
  • Promptly researching and correcting discrepancies and communicating actions to the appropriate stakeholders
  • Reconcile a variety of products and transactions including fiat, digital assets, futures, and margin
  • Independently manage and develop current reconciliation processes for greater efficiency and transparency and analyzing data against business drivers to identify issues and trends.
  • Communicate and facilitate break resolution between our OTC desks, Treasury, Developers, Data Scientists, and Finance, including making journal entries as necessary.
  • Maintain and review daily, monthly and yearly middle office reconciliations for financial and accounting issues and reporting
  • Provide support for internal and external audits
  • Participate in Ad Hoc reporting requests

Skills and Experience:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or closely related field
  • CPA in good standing strongly preferred
  • 5+ years of accounting/audit experience
  • Industry experience in financial services, fintech, broker-dealer, banking, or exchange strongly preferred
  • Experience or knowledge with cryptocurrency is strongly preferred
  • Knowledge of US GAAP and experience with SOX
  • Collaborative, innovative, flexible, and adept at building relationships across the organization
  • Ability to handle multiple projects and deliverables in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
  • Microsoft Excel proficiency including pivot tables, H & V-Lookup
  • Experience and knowledge with SQL
  • Experience with high volume transactions
  • Extensive experience testing and designing internal controls is a plus 
  • Experience using an ERP system such Netsuite or SAP is a plus
  • Audit experience from the Big 4 or national accounting firms is a plus
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Front End Quality Assurance Lead
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About Kraken

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

AboutAt Kraken we provide people with the means to explore the world of cryptocurrency trading.  We are passionate about delivering the best possible user experience possible while maintaining our impeccable track record of security.  If you too enjoy bringing excellence to the table then we have a place for you at Kraken.

We are looking for exceptional people with top leadership skills and depth of experience in quality assurance.  As a Front End QA Lead you will be sharing your passion for quality with a team of manual testers, while setting direction and coaching the team.

What you will do

  • Serve as a coach and mentor for a team of QA Analysts, assisting them in the resolution of complex issues, while growing their skills and knowledge
  • Develop and build relationships with senior members of the development and product teams through feature planning, data reporting, and test management
  • Propose, provide, and drive solutions to impediments and inefficiencies with minimal supervision from senior leadership
  • Collaborate with other leads to drive a uniform QA leadership
  • Understand past iterations and use that knowledge to better inform future testing
  • Drive release testing for both regressions and features on a regular release cycle
  • Coordinate hotfix testing when required
  • Provide guidance, direction and, feedback on performance for team members

Who you are

  • Passionate about the Kraken mission of accelerating the adoption of cryptocurrency so that the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion
  • Knowledge of the crypto space and how to use cryptocurrencies
  • Have experience bringing features to market in a QA leadership role
  • Direct exchange QA experience (either equities or crypto).  Can explain a long vs short position / market versus limit order types / maker and taker fees and when such fees are appropriate; advanced order types and/or conditional close orders
  • Either certification from an accredited source of QA training or a BS degree in a relevant field (computer science or Finance) AND 5+ years of experience in a senior QA role related to user interfaces and web and/or mobile applications OR equivalent industry experience

    • Pluses
  • Active trading account in cryptocurrency
  • Direct QA experience with finance mobile apps
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Product Manager - Back Office
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About Kraken

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

The Product Manager will be responsible for the mission-critical back office systems at Kraken, used by hundreds of people every day to provide a smooth and reliable client service. Responsibilities include building a comprehensive vision and roadmap for these security-first services, close collaboration with client-facing teams, detailing of product requirements and end-to-end execution together with the technology and service teams. 
The successful candidate should thrive in a security-focused, collaborative, process-driven environment and be able to easily adapt and adjust to change without sacrificing the product vision. The position requires interaction with a wide variety of internal stakeholders at various levels of the organization. Candidates must possess the ability to clearly articulate the rationale behind decisions to business, compliance, technology and client-facing stakeholders. They must also have exceptional project management skills.

Responsibilities

  • Drive development of the overall back office product roadmap and implementation phases
  • Partner with the technology teams on solution architecture, data flows and security models
  • Work closely with client-facing personnel and key stakeholders for a comprehensive understanding and management of the needs of all teams
  • Plan relevant testing phases, rollout and product delivery
  • Develop product documentation including specifications, wireframes, and process flows. 
  • Facilitate communication across all project phases and proactively alert management of changes to scope, timelines and resources 

Requirements

  • Deep knowledge of back office systems and the relevant architecture patterns
  • Experience delivering large scale software projectsUnderstanding of crypto/blockchain technologies and their implication on client servicesUnderstanding of the compliance and legal requirements for fintech/crypto
  • 3-5 years of relevant product management experienceKnowledge of the cryptocurrency exchange space
  • Expertise in data gathering and quantitative analysis
  • Solution oriented, highly-motivated and proactive self-starter 
  • Macro-to-micro versatility: strategic mindset coupled with a keen attention to detail Well-rounded interpersonal skills, and experience interacting with diverse personalities 
  • Deep understanding of project management principles and best practices 
  • Exceptional communication and presentation skills Prior crypto, trading, gaming, banking or fintech relevant experience is required
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Devops Engineer
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About Kraken

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

This role is fully remote, EMEA or APAC time zones preferred

The DevOps Engineer is critical to the Kraken platform and infrastructure. You are smart, highly skilled, and self-motivated, with a penchant for out-of-the-box thinking. You are a developer who is interested in deployment and network operations, or you're already somewhere on the journey to being a fully fledged DevOps practitioner.

You'll be joining the production engineering team to provide software engineering and cloud infrastructure support and advice across the public-facing businesses, as well as becoming part of the wider DevSecOps team, and the global (and world-class) Security, IT and DevOps team.

You'll be a member of a 10-12 FTE global team, and will be expected to contribute and learn across the full cloud engineering stack. You will be (or will become) a "T-shaped" individual with enormous potential to further your career in the burgeoning DevSecOps domain, with the guidance of industry leaders in Security and DevOps, and alongside a mature team of true polyglots and talented microservices developers.

At Kraken, our culture and our people are at the core of our strategy, and the future growth and health of our company rests on our ability to attract and retain the very best talent in the industry.

Responsibilities

  • Building tooling to manage and deploy cloud infrastructure including high integrity Kubernetes clusters in an idempotent / declarative manner;
  • Working with development and QA teams to improve test automation strategy;
  • Building application security processes and pipelines to contribute to the development teams' move to true Continuous Delivery and Continuous Improvement;
  • Implementing "SAST" and "DAST" systems with the wider IT, Security and DevOps team;
  • Implementing secrets management for cloud applications;
  • Configuring monitoring and alerting systems and processes to optimize and improve systems reliability;
  • Relating business processes and requirements to controls and policies;
  • Becoming an active part of the on call and disaster recovery structures, including some work at nights and weekends as needed.

Requirements

  • Work highly independently, with multiple stakeholders outside of the formal management structure;
  • Write good quality policies, procedures and technical documentation;
  • Champion security awareness in the organization, produce material to support this, and relate this to the current threat landscape;
  • Be familiar with risks introduced to organization by third parties, and processes to mitigate these;
  • Take a risk-based approach to all facets of information security;
  • Have a "finger on the pulse" of current challenges and exploits in the ecosystem;
  • Be an active participant in a truly world class global security organization.

Qualifications

  • Degree from an accredited institution, or equivalent relevant experience alongside a good level of general education;
  • Optional: relevant and well-regarded certifications in cloud computing such as CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator), AWS Professional or Specialty levels, Google Professional level;
  • Optional: advanced security accreditation such as CISSP, OSCP, CASP, Security+.
We’re powered by people from around the world with their own unique backgrounds and experiences. We value all Krakenites and their talents, contributions, and perspectives.

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Business Systems Analyst
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About Kraken

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

We are looking for an applications Business Systems Analyst who will play a crucial role in building the next generation of Kraken’s applications and data platforms.  This strategic position will be part of a strong team that will play a pivotal role in Kraken’s ERP, financial applications and the integrations connecting them.  This role will work within a small workgroup to design, build/implement, iterate, support, maintain and enhance a set of financial platforms.  You should be a talented and experienced business systems analyst with a strong background in selecting and implementing leading finance SaaS applications. As a Business Systems Analyst within the Enterprise Solutions team, you will have a variety of responsibilities, including advising on our long-term roadmap to ensure scalable and innovative solutions, while “keeping the lights on” by configuring existing applications and automations.

Responsibilities

  • Partner closely with the finance organization to turn short- and long-term business needs into high quality, scalable, secure systems to enable Kraken’s dynamic growth in a strategic manner
  • Drive partnership with the finance organization through a deep understanding of underlying finance processes to drive system strategy/vision, design and implementation
  • Work closely with management and business partners to prioritize and build our team’s long-term planning
  • Manage system enhancement projects from design through implementation and support: expect to get your hands into the details - this role will be working directly with users to gather requirements, implementing, testing and deploying new features on a regular basis
  • Work in our best-of-breed finance applications infrastructure

Requirements

  • Proven track record of having implemented, enhanced and supported enterprise class financial systems - which includes planning, analysis and design, configuration, development, data migrations, system testing, cutover plan, and production support
  • Demonstrable ability to work autonomously, manage and lead small to medium projects or parts of larger programs requiring program management involvement
  • Solid understanding of current market trends in SaaS financial applications from process, vendor and end user perspective
  • Advanced knowledge of overall finance business processes, with in-depth knowledge of Order-to-Cash processes preferred
  • Excellent understanding of IT processes, including SDLC and change management
  • High level of intellectual curiosity to understand current state, identify issues and provide solutions, while advising on potential positive and negative implications of decisions
  • SaaS ERP application experience is a nice to haveExperience with Agile Scrum methodologies and working collaboratively with a scrum teamExperience with SOX compliance processes a plus
  • BS/BA or equivalent work experience
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HRIS Analyst
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Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

The Enterprise Solutions team, serving People Operations/Kraken Experience, will work to deliver outstanding employee experiences through projects and processes that seek to improve the employee’s lifecycle.  This position will join our team during a very exciting time, as we implement a new Human Capital Management System (HCM/HRIS).  Your role will be to drive workforce adoption, simplify people processes, and deliver people data and insights to business management. The ideal candidate is highly motivated with a positive attitude, and exhibits patience, teamwork, critical thinking, and emotional intelligence.  This is a full-time work from home position.

What you’ll do:

  • Demonstrate good judgement and discretion with dealing with highly sensitive data
  • Serves as functional technical support for people operation projects; assists in gathering requirements, writing business process procedures and working on system integrations
  • Quickly learn new technologies, think out-of-the-box to find creative solutions, and communicate to both technical and non-technical audiences
  • Architect application iterations; collect requirements, configure systems in sandbox, test and deploy
  • Develop reporting, dashboards and analytics based on organization needs and driving insights for management utilising HCM data, performance management and employee surveys
  • Monitor and respond to feature and support requests from users
  • Be comfortable and confident with gathering configuration requirements and problem-solving with business stakeholders

Requirements:

  • Minimum of two (2) years of in-depth, hands-on, systems support, design, and/or implementation experience required
  • Minimum of two (2) years of HR analytics including building, configuring, customizing, and implementing reports and dashboards
  • Experience in High-growth international organization across multiple geographies preferred
  • Excellent understanding of HR policies and processes and awareness of legislative requirements (including Data Privacy Regulations)
  • Minimum of one (1) year of Project Management Experience
  • Demonstrated ability to work on projects requiring organizational and great time-management skills
  • BA/BS degree required
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Sr Front End QA Analyst
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About Kraken

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

We are looking for highly experienced Analysts that have a passion for ensuring the highest quality.  As a Senior Front End QA Analyst you will be involved in new features from the very beginning of their creation.  Your critical assessments will shape our new features and drive excellence in customer experience.

What you will do

  • You will own features from the moment the product discussion starts.  As the feature matures you will:
  • Develop and execute tests on new features from their stories.
  • Provide continuous feedback into the development cycle
  • Mentor more junior analysts in execution of tests
  • Lead release and regression testing as part of a rotation

    • Additional roles:

  • Collaborate with other senior analysts to develop and report on KPIs.
  • Collaborate across teams to create test cases that provide a uniform look and feel to improve onboarding of junior analysts.
  • Score test cases for automation adoption.
  • Provide introduction of new features to the wider team.

Who you are

  • Passionate about the Kraken mission of accelerating the adoption of cryptocurrency so that the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.
  • Knowledge of the crypto space and how to use cryptocurrencies
  • Have experience bringing features to market in a senior or leadership role.
  • Direct exchange QA experience (either equities or crypto).  Can explain a long vs short position / market versus limit order types / maker and taker fees and when such fees are appropriate; advanced order types and/or conditional close orders.
  • Either certification from an accredited source of QA training or a degree in computer science AND 5+ years of experience in a senior QA role related to user interfaces and web and/or mobile applications  OR equivalent industry experience.

    • Pluses

  • Active trading account in cryptocurrency.
  • Direct QA experience with finance mobile apps.
We’re powered by people from around the world with their own unique backgrounds and experiences. We value all Krakenites and their talents, contributions, and perspectives.

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QA Analyst
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About Kraken

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

We are looking for highly experienced Analysts that have a passion for ensuring the highest quality.  As a Front End Quality Assurance Analyst you will be involved in bringing exciting new features to market.  Your critical assessments will shape our new features and drive excellence in customer experience.

What you will do

  • Execute tests from a test plan and report results on all customer facing interfaces
  • Provide feedback on overall application and usability with a customer centric mindset
  • Assist senior analysts with testing new features

Who you are

  • Passionate about the Kraken mission of accelerating the adoption of cryptocurrency so that the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion
  • Knowledge of the crypto space and how to use cryptocurrencies
  • Have experience in mobile and/or web front end product testing as part of a team
  • Exchange experience (either equities or crypto).  You can explain a long vs short position as well as market versus limit order types.  Desirable that you can explain maker and taker fees and when such fees are appropriate; advanced order types and conditional close orders
  • Either certification from an accredited source of QA training OR a degree in computer science OR 3 years of experience in QA related to user interfaces and web and/or mobile applications

    • Pluses

  • Active trading account in cryptocurrency
  • Direct QA experience in exchange markets
  • Direct experience with finance mobile apps
We’re powered by people from around the world with their own unique backgrounds and experiences. We value all Krakenites and their talents, contributions, and perspectives.

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UI Designer - Mobile Apps
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About Kraken

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.  Founded in 2011 and with over 4 million clients, Kraken is one of the world's largest, most successful bitcoin exchanges and we're growing faster than ever. Our range of successful products are playing an important role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.  We attract people who constantly push themselves to think differently and chart exciting new paths in a rapidly growing industry. Kraken is a diverse group of dreamers and doers who see value in being radically transparent. Let's change the way the world thinks about money! Join the revolution!

Kraken is expanding our Product Design team.  The company is comprised of experienced and motivated veterans of the technology, design, and finance industries.  We are building sophisticated crypto-trading products while having fun along the way.  Come help us continue to define and lead this exciting industry.We are looking for a creative and motivated self-starter with attention to detail and an eye for beautiful, clean user interfaces.  A UI designer who can produce end-to-end intuitive interfaces that connect the design workflow with product goals. From mapping user journeys into flow diagrams, creating moodboards, designing visual concepts to high fidelity mockups and static prototypes, and providing clear direction for development teams implementing designs into front-end code.  You consider the user experience first and support design decisions with understanding of Gestalt design principles, sensitivity to typography, guided by best practices and data from usability tests and site metrics. You'll be a key member of the design team, collaborating closely with the very best engineers, designers, business leadership, partners and customers in the industry. You will take a leading role defining key desktop app features while applying best practices throughout the product.(Amazing perks, remote teams, stock incentives, flexible hours and open PTO policy make Kraken a great place to work.)

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate closely with designers, product managers, engineers and stakeholders to deliver end-to-end product experiences
  • Apply business objectives into concepts creating mood boards, visual design concepts, and mockups of intuitive user experiences
  • Distill and visualize complex data sets and attributes into summarizing views
  • Incorporate pattern-based solutions across iOS and Android devices
  • Define, create, and improve the tools and processes that accelerate workflows for other designers and developers
  • Help define and expand on our existing design system
  • Translate mockups into reusable components within a Figma design system
  • Prototype and iterate designs to connect and optimize user flows
  • Demonstrate proficiency communicating throughout the design process from formulating high-level strategy to executing pixel-perfect mockups
  • What skills, experiences, knowledge are a must?

Requirements

  • At least 4 years of product design experience
  • Strong portfolio of latest relevant work
  • Understand Gestalt design principles, ability to recognize design challenges, and formulate a variety of creative problem solving solutions
  • Sensitivity to composition, negative space, and typography
  • Solid understanding of user-centered design and UX principles
  • Expert-level creation of user interface across modern and deprecated iOS and Android devices
  • Experience with component-based design tools such as Sketch or Figma
  • Creative idea generator with a problem solving mindset
  • Ability to receive constructive criticism to ultimately improve the end result
  • Willing to take initiative and ownership of tasks and deliverablesUnderstanding of Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency movement
  • Proficiency designing for finance, charting, trading, or data dense applications
  • Desire to make the best trading platform in the world
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