Engineering Manager, AI-Driven Growth Foundations

Socket.dev; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Kraken, a leading crypto platform, is seeking an Engineering Manager within Growth Foundations to lead a team of engineers delivering high-impact growth features. You will stay hands-on while guiding architecture and execution across global teams.

You will collaborate with Product and Design, set expectations, and foster a culture of accountability and learning, while using AI-powered tooling to boost productivity and ship reliable, scalable software.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading engineering teams delivering high-impact features.
• Strong people leadership with coaching and empowerment.
• Solid backend foundations and code quality focus.
• Demonstrated ability to work across product, design, and engineering.
• Experience in AI-driven development and tooling.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a cross-functional team of engineers delivering growth-critical systems.
• Collaborate with Product and Design to define scope and priorities.
• Ensure projects move forward with clear expectations and transparent communication.
• Provide technical guidance for architecture and implementation decisions.
• Foster accountability, trust, and autonomy within the team.
• Improve processes and collaboration across time zones.
• Partner with other engineering leaders for consistent practices.
• Leverage AI tooling daily to boost productivity.
• Stay hands-on in the codebase delivering production-grade features.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Backend engineering

Individual contributor

AI-driven development

Software design

Programming languages: TypeScript

Distributed teams

Communication

Tools

TypeScript

Rust

Go

Python

Job description

Kraken, a leading crypto platform, is seeking an Engineering Manager within Growth Foundations to lead a team of engineers delivering high-impact growth features. You will stay hands-on while guiding architecture and execution across global teams.

You will collaborate with Product and Design, set expectations, and foster a culture of accountability and learning, while using AI-powered tooling to boost productivity and ship reliable, scalable software.