Software Engineer II - Backend - Payments

Kraken; Comisión de Fomento de Perú; Presencial; ARS 181.094.000 - 271.641.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Kraken is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to join our Payments & Blockchain team, focusing on payments systems and integrations. You will design and implement robust services across Kraken’s product ecosystem and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure scalable, secure, and efficient payment workflows.

The role emphasizes writing clean backend code in Rust or Node/Typescript, debugging across the stack, and contributing to distributed systems with RPCs and Kafka.

Formación

• 3+ years of software engineering experience.
• Proficiency in writing clean, scalable backend code in a systems language (Rust or Node/Typescript).
• Demonstrated commitment to a security-first mindset when designing systems.

Responsabilidades

• Design and implement robust services and libraries for payments integration across Kraken products.
• Write reusable, testable, and highly efficient codebase.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, and Frontend Engineering to ensure seamless feature integration in a large-scale distributed architecture.
• Partner closely with crypto-native engineers.

Conocimientos

Rust

Node/Typescript

Security-minded design

Stack debugging

Distributed systems

Herramientas

Kafka

gRPC

Descripción del empleo

Building the Future of Open Finance

Payward - the parent company behind Kraken, NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, Payward Services and CF Benchmarks - has spent the last 15 years building one of the most modern and globally accessible financial infrastructure platforms in the industry, built to advance an open, global financial system.

Building the Future of Open Finance

Payward - the parent company behind Kraken, NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, Payward Services and CF Benchmarks - has spent the last 15 years building one of the most modern and globally accessible financial infrastructure platforms in the industry, built to advance an open, global financial system.

Before you apply, we encourage you to explore our culture page to understand what drives us and how we work.

The team

Founded in 2011, Kraken is one of the world's longest-standing crypto platforms, trusted by over 10 million individuals and institutions across the globe. It offers spot trading, margin, futures, staking, and OTC services, with products built for both individual investors and institutional clients.

We are currently seeking an experienced Software Engineer to join our growing Payments & Blockchain team to be focused on our payments systems.

The Payments & Blockchain team is responsible for the first and last mile of every dollar (digital or fiat) that goes in or out of Kraken. Join our Payments team to help integrate Kraken’s systems with an ever-expanding universe of payments.

The opportunity

• Design and implement robust services and libraries for payments integration across our products at Kraken
• Write reusable, testable, and highly efficient codebase
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Product, Design, and Fronted Engineering to ensure seamless integration of new features and improvements in a large scale distributed systems architecture
• Partner closely with crypto native engineers

What You Bring

• 3+ years of experience in software engineering
• Proficiency in writing clean, scalable backend code in a systems language, with preference to Rust or Node/Typescript
• Demonstrated commitment to a security-first mindset when designing systems
• Capability to autonomously debug issues across the stack, including OS, network, and application layers
• Familiarity with distributed systems and technologies, including RPC protocols, Kafka, and Event Driven Systems

Unless a specific application deadline is stated in the job posting, applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.

Please note, applicants are permitted to redact or remove information on their resume that identifies age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution.

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, assessing candidates in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

Our commitment

Payward is powered by people from around the world and we celebrate the diverse talents, backgrounds, contributions, and unique perspectives that everyone brings to the table. We hire based on merit, seeking out people with the right abilities, knowledge, and skills for the job. We encourage you to apply for roles where you don't fully meet the listed requirements, especially if you're passionate or knowledgeable about crypto.

We may ask candidates to complete job-related skills or work-style assessments as part of our hiring process. These assessments evaluate competencies relevant to the role and are applied consistently across candidates for similar positions. Results are considered alongside experience and interviews, and are not the sole basis for any employment decision.

As an equal opportunity employer, we don't tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind, whether based on race, ethnicity, age, gender identity, citizenship, religion, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

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