Rust Software Engineer, Consumer Platforms — Open Finance

Kraken; Sweden; On-site; SEK 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Kraken is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to join the Consumer team. The role focuses on building and maintaining applications that expose Kraken’s product offering to the mass market, aiming to onboard the next 100 million people to crypto.

Design and implement Rust services powering trading, payments, and crypto experiences with a security-first mindset. You will own end-to-end systems, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and mentor other engineers in a fast-moving,

Qualifications

• 3+ years of software engineering experience.
• Proficient in writing network services or asynchronous code in Rust.
• Have a security-first mindset during system design to ensure robustness.
• Demonstrate the ability to autonomously debug issues across the stack (OS, network, application).
• Apply a solid understanding of distributed systems and technologies, including RPC protocols, Kafka, and Event-Driven Systems, to design scalable solutions.
• Collaborate effectively with product teams to gather requirements and constraints for designing appropriate systems.
• Take complete end-to-end ownership of systems and libraries.
• Provide mentorship to other engineers while contributing to defining the technical culture.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement robust Rust services and libraries that power trading, payments, and crypto experiences with a focus on reliability, performance, and user impact.
• Write reusable, testable, and highly efficient code that scales across teams and supports revenue-critical systems without compromising safety or security.
• Collaborate on large-scale distributed systems architecture, translating evolving product requirements into resilient, low-latency solutions.
• Work alongside hundreds of experienced Rust engineers, contributing to a high-performance, product-driven engineering culture.

Skills

Rust

Network services

Asynchronous code

Security-first

Debugging across stack

Distributed systems

RPC Kafka

Event-Driven

Mentorship

Ownership

Collaboration

Tools

Kafka

Job description

Kraken is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to join the Consumer team. The role focuses on building and maintaining applications that expose Kraken’s product offering to the mass market, aiming to onboard the next 100 million people to crypto.

Design and implement Rust services powering trading, payments, and crypto experiences with a security-first mindset. You will own end-to-end systems, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and mentor other engineers in a fast-moving,