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Senior Software Engineer - Rust - Payward Services

Kraken· Engineering
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RemoteFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Senior Software Engineer in Payward Services building and scaling Rust-based services and libraries that power trading, payments, and crypto experiences within Kraken’s enterprise infrastructure platform.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement robust Rust services and libraries that power trading, payments, and crypto experiences with a focus on reliability, performance, and user impact.
  • Write reusable, testable, and highly efficient code that scales across teams and supports revenue-critical systems without compromising safety or security.
  • Collaborate on large-scale distributed systems architecture, translating evolving product requirements into resilient, low-latency solutions.
  • Work alongside hundreds of experienced Rust engineers, contributing to a high-performance, product-driven engineering culture.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience
  • Proficient in writing network services or asynchronous code in Rust
  • Have a security-first mindset during system design to ensure robustness
  • Demonstrate the ability to autonomously debug issues across the stack (OS, network, application)
  • Apply a solid understanding of distributed systems and technologies, including RPC protocols, Kafka, and Event-Driven Systems, to design scalable solutions
  • Collaborate effectively with product teams to gather requirements and constraints for designing appropriate systems
  • Take complete end-to-end ownership of systems and libraries
  • Provide mentorship to other engineers while contributing to defining the technical culture

Skills

Required:RustDistributed systemsRPC protocolsKafkaSecurity by designCollaboration with product teamsMentorship
Last updated Aug 12, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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