Senior Rust Engineer for Open Finance Platform

Kraken; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Kraken is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build and scale the Payward Services platform, enabling real-time coordination and secure money and asset movements at scale. You will design robust Rust services, write efficient code, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver revenue-critical systems.

You should bring 5+ years of experience, a security-first mindset, and the ability to debug across the stack, while mentoring fellow engineers and shaping a high-performance engineering

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Proficient in writing network services or asynchronous code in Rust.
• Security-first mindset in system design.
• Ability to autonomously debug issues across the stack (OS, network, application).
• Understanding of distributed systems and technologies (RPC, Kafka, event-driven).
• Collaborate with product teams to gather requirements and constraints.
• Take complete end-to-end ownership of systems and libraries.
• Provide mentorship to other engineers and contribute to technical culture.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement robust Rust services and libraries powering trading, payments, and crypto experiences.
• Write reusable, testable code that scales across teams and preserves safety and security.
• Collaborate on large-scale distributed systems architecture to deliver low-latency solutions.
• Work with hundreds of Rust engineers in a high-performance, product-driven culture.

Skills

Rust

Async code

Distributed systems

Security-minded design

Debug across stack

Ownership

Mentorship

Product collaboration

Job description

Kraken is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build and scale the Payward Services platform, enabling real-time coordination and secure money and asset movements at scale. You will design robust Rust services, write efficient code, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver revenue-critical systems.

You should bring 5+ years of experience, a security-first mindset, and the ability to debug across the stack, while mentoring fellow engineers and shaping a high-performance engineering