Senior Software Engineer - Rust - Core Services
Kraken· Engineering
RemoteFull-timePosted 1mo ago
About the role
Design and implement robust Rust services and foundational libraries powering Kraken’s core infrastructure, prioritizing correctness, security, and long-term maintainability; collaborate on large-scale distributed systems and contribute to a high-bar engineering culture.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement robust Rust services and foundational libraries that power Kraken’s core infrastructure, prioritizing correctness, security, and long-term maintainability.
- Write reusable, testable, and highly efficient code built for scale, observability, and operational resilience in production environments.
- Collaborate on large-scale distributed systems architecture, shaping low-latency, fault-tolerant services that support global trading and internal platforms.
- Work alongside hundreds of experienced Rust engineers, contributing to a high-bar engineering culture grounded in ownership, rigor, and craftsmanship.
Qualifications
- 7+ years of software engineering experience
- Experience building and scaling shared systems, internal platforms, and supporting multiple product roadmaps
- 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)
- Understand distributed systems and technologies, including RPC protocols, Kafka, and Event-Driven Systems
- Collaborate effectively with product teams to gather requirements and constraints for designing appropriate systems
- Take complete end-to-end ownership of systems and libraries
Skills
Required:RustDistributed systemsSecurityDebugging across stackCollaboration with product teams
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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