Senior Frontend Engineer - Crypto & DeFi (Remote)

Kraken; Western Australia; Remote; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Kraken is hiring a senior engineer to join a world-class team building scalable, onchain crypto products. You will own key backend and frontend components, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and help deliver high-volume, secure services for traders and users worldwide.

As a fully remote company with Krakenites in 70+ countries, you will work across time zones, shaping new onchain experiences and integrations while upholding our security and reliability standards.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full-time engineering experience in a large tech org or fast-growing startup.
• Experience with blockchain technology and DeFi.
• Backend services with Node.js and Typescript.
• Frontend experience with React or React Native and knowledge of state management.
• Experience with GraphQL, SQL, REST APIs and WebSockets.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD and version control practices.
• Understanding distributed, scalable systems.
• End-to-end ownership of tasks and deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with designers and product managers to understand business needs.
• Work with DevOps through the full software development lifecycle, from RFCs to feature development and testing.
• Develop and maintain services that power onchain experiences.
• Integrate 3rd party APIs and multiple blockchain networks into products.
• Design and implement low-latency, high-availability scalable applications.
• Write reusable, testable, efficient code.
• Create optimized database schemas.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to hiring.

Skills

Senior engineer

Blockchain enthusiasm

End-to-end ownership

Tools

Node.js

Typescript

React/React Native

GraphQL

SQL

REST APIs

WebSockets

Job description

Kraken is hiring a senior engineer to join a world-class team building scalable, onchain crypto products. You will own key backend and frontend components, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and help deliver high-volume, secure services for traders and users worldwide.

As a fully remote company with Krakenites in 70+ countries, you will work across time zones, shaping new onchain experiences and integrations while upholding our security and reliability standards.