Senior Rust Backend Engineer — Open Finance & AI

Kraken; Polska; On-site; PLN 548,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Kraken is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Consumer team, focusing on building customer-facing Rust backend services powering trading and crypto experiences. You will own architecture, drive end-to-end features, and collaborate with product leadership to shape roadmaps while mentoring teammates and applying AI to accelerate development.

The role emphasizes an extreme eye for detail and world-class user experiences, with a culture of shipping high-quality products and iterating

Qualifications

• 6+ years of backend engineering experience with Rust
• Proven track record owning production systems and architecture decisions
• Strong focus on customer experience and product metrics
• Mentoring and setting team standards
• Experience with cross-team collaboration and roadmaps

Responsibilities

• Own architecture and delivery of customer-facing Rust services
• Translate ambiguous problems into shipped features
• Drive end-to-end features across backend and frontend
• Partner with product to shape roadmaps and outcomes
• Mentor engineers and establish patterns
• Leverage AI to accelerate engineering efforts

Skills

Rust backend

Distributed systems

Architecture ownership

Mentoring

AI-assisted development

End-to-end ownership

Product mindset

Job description

Kraken is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Consumer team, focusing on building customer-facing Rust backend services powering trading and crypto experiences. You will own architecture, drive end-to-end features, and collaborate with product leadership to shape roadmaps while mentoring teammates and applying AI to accelerate development.

The role emphasizes an extreme eye for detail and world-class user experiences, with a culture of shipping high-quality products and iterating