Head of Exchange Platform & Core Infrastructure

Kraken; España; Presencial; EUR 150.000 - 190.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Kraken is seeking a Head of Exchange Infrastructure to own the layer that powers our products, including the matching engine, core infrastructure, custody, algo engine, and API engine. You will lead a small, senior team of product managers and partner with engineering leadership to drive a unified exchange platform.

You will consolidate multiple engines into one platform, define success metrics, and align cross-functional teams around the exchange strategy while maintaining tight latency,

Formación

• 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 and own roadmaps and write specs when needed.
• Proven ability to set product vision and translate it into a long-term roadmap.
• Strong understanding of matching engine and market data architecture and latency considerations.

Responsabilidades

• Own the product vision and roadmap for the exchange layer: matching engine, core infrastructure, 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 consolidation of multiple engines into one starting with US derivatives, then international derivatives, then spot.
• Build interface-agnostic platform so all product teams can build on the same base.
• Define success metrics (p99 latency, throughput, uptime, resiliency) and hold teams accountable.
• Partner with engineering leaders to sequence migration without disrupting live markets.
• Collaborate with Risk and Credit Infrastructure to enable a single client account across products.

Conocimientos

Senior product leader

Exchange experience

Team leadership

Roadmap ownership

Specs writing

Low latency

Crypto markets

Communication skills

Descripción del empleo

Kraken is seeking a Head of Exchange Infrastructure to own the layer that powers our products, including the matching engine, core infrastructure, custody, algo engine, and API engine. You will lead a small, senior team of product managers and partner with engineering leadership to drive a unified exchange platform.

You will consolidate multiple engines into one platform, define success metrics, and align cross-functional teams around the exchange strategy while maintaining tight latency,