Chief Architect, Global Exchange Infrastructure

Kraken; Argentina; On-site; ARS 271,641,000 - 452,735,000; Full time

Job summary

Kraken is seeking a Head of Exchange Infrastructure to own the core platform that powers all Kraken products. You will consolidate multiple matching engines, own the vision and roadmap for the exchange layer, and lead a team of four to five product managers alongside an engineering manager.

The role requires senior leadership, deep knowledge of high-performance systems, and the ability to align product strategy with risk, compliance, and operations.

Qualifications

• Senior product leader with experience in exchange, trading, or high-performance platforms.
• Experience managing and developing product managers, on a team senior enough to run without you in the room.
• Happy to be a player-coach. This team is independent, so you will own roadmaps and write specs yourself at times, not only review them.
• Proven ability to set product vision and translate it into a long-term roadmap.
• Strong understanding of matching engine and market data architecture, and the tradeoffs low latency forces.
• Experience building platforms for internal customers, with the judgment to tell a platform from a series of bespoke builds.
• Excellent communication skills — can influence technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• A passion for crypto markets, market structure, and building the next generation of infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Own the product vision and roadmap for the exchange layer: matching engine, core infrastructure, third-party custody, algo engine and API engine.
• Lead and grow a team of four to five product managers, and set the bar for product craft across the layer.
• Lead the consolidation of multiple matching engines into one, starting with US derivatives, then international derivatives, then spot.
• Build interface-agnostic, so every product team and every interface can build on the same platform rather than their own.
• Define success metrics (p99 latency, throughput, uptime, resiliency) and hold teams accountable to them.
• Partner with engineering leaders across exchange and core infrastructure to sequence the migration without disrupting live markets.
• Partner with Risk and Credit Infrastructure so a client can hold one account and trade every product against it.
• Anticipate industry shifts and shape our platform to stay ahead.
• Align cross-functional teams (product, engineering, risk, compliance) around the exchange strategy.

Skills

Senior product leadership

Exchange industry experience

Team management of PMs

Roadmapping and specs

Low_latency architecture understanding

Communication with stakeholders

Crypto markets knowledge

Job description

Kraken is seeking a Head of Exchange Infrastructure to own the core platform that powers all Kraken products. You will consolidate multiple matching engines, own the vision and roadmap for the exchange layer, and lead a team of four to five product managers alongside an engineering manager.

The role requires senior leadership, deep knowledge of high-performance systems, and the ability to align product strategy with risk, compliance, and operations.