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Engineering Manager – Growth Foundations

Kraken· Marketing
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RemoteFull-timePosted 4w ago

About the role

Engineering Manager within Growth Foundations leading and developing a team of engineers delivering AI-native growth systems, platforms and tooling to power growth across Kraken.

Responsibilities

  • Lead, mentor, and support a cross-functional team of engineers delivering growth-critical systems and features
  • Collaborate daily with Product and Design to define scope, set priorities, and ensure seamless execution
  • Keep projects moving forward — maintaining clear expectations, realistic estimates, and transparent communication with stakeholders
  • Provide technical guidance and context to help engineers make sound architectural and implementation decisions
  • Foster a culture of accountability, trust, and learning — helping the team grow their impact and autonomy
  • Improve team processes, communication, and collaboration across time zones
  • Partner with other engineering leaders to ensure consistency and best practices across the broader Growth organization
  • Leverage AI tooling daily to boost personal and team productivity
  • Stay hands-on in the codebase, writing production-grade code and setting the bar for quality, reliability, and speed

Qualifications

  • Experience leading engineering teams and delivering high-quality results in a collaborative environment
  • Strong people leadership skills — you invest in coaching, clarity, and empowerment
  • Solid technical foundation, especially on the backend; you can engage in design discussions, code reviews, and help engineers make pragmatic decisions
  • Strong individual contributor background — you write production-grade code and lead by example
  • High proficiency in modern AI-driven development — you use AI daily to boost personal and team performance through automation
  • Familiarity with one or more modern programming languages (e.g. TypeScript, Rust, Go, Python, or similar)
  • A product mindset — you care about how your team’s work impacts users and moves key metrics
  • Clear communication and organizational skills, with the ability to align engineering efforts with business goals
  • Experience working in distributed, remote-first teams

Skills

Required:Engineering leadershipBackend developmentProduction-grade codingAI-driven developmentProgramming languages

Benefits

  • Not specified in the description
Last updated Sep 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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