Engineering Manager, Trading Backend & AI-Driven Growth

Kraken; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Kraken's The Exchange team is building scalable trading backend services in a global setup. The team codes in C++, Rust, Go, and Python, focusing on the matching engine, market data gateways, and order entry systems.

As a manager, you will grow and mentor a team of 8-10 engineers, stay technically engaged, review architecture, and drive roadmap execution while adopting AI-assisted engineering practices.

Qualifications

• Experience managing engineering teams, with a preference for managers who stay technically engaged rather than purely administrative.
• Hands-on experience in Linux-based distributed and/or highly-concurrent systems; low-latency and/or high-volume transaction environments.
• Proficiency in Rust and/or C++; comfortable working in a team split across C++, Rust, Go, and Python.
• Knowledge of order types, trading systems, and financial products.
• Experience with Aeron or similar messaging/transport systems is a strong plus.
• Comfort with multicast-based market data distribution is a plus.
• Cryptocurrency/blockchain familiarity highly preferable.
• Proactive mindset with the ability to prioritize across a technically deep team and adhere to aggressive deadlines.
• BS in a technical or quantitative field.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a team of 8-10 engineers owning core trading backend services, including the matching engine, market data gateways, and order entry systems
• Guide the team through the ongoing evolution of our trading stack, from legacy systems to their modern replacements
• Stay technically close enough to the stack to unblock, review, and contribute to architecture discussions across matching engine, market data, and order entry work with ability to jump in and assist with coding
• Champion performance and market data work as top priorities, while also supporting the team's broader technical scope
• Bring AI-assisted engineering practices into the team's workflow and help engineers adopt them
• Partner cross-functionally with product and other engineering pods to drive roadmap execution
• Represent the team technically with peer teams and stakeholders, communicating tradeoffs and progress clearly

Skills

Engineering leadership

Low-latency systems

Rust

C++

Go

Python

Distributed systems

Linux

Aeron

Crypto familiarity

Education

BS in technical or quantitative field

Tools

Aeron

Job description

Kraken's The Exchange team is building scalable trading backend services in a global setup. The team codes in C++, Rust, Go, and Python, focusing on the matching engine, market data gateways, and order entry systems.

As a manager, you will grow and mentor a team of 8-10 engineers, stay technically engaged, review architecture, and drive roadmap execution while adopting AI-assisted engineering practices.