Engineering Manager - Frontend & UX for Crypto Apps

Kraken; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Kraken is actively seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a cross-functional Consumer pod, guiding frontend (React Native) and backend (Rust) engineers to build scalable, user-friendly Kraken experiences on mobile and client platforms. You will partner with product, design, and other engineering managers to maintain high UX standards and reliable product delivery.

The role emphasizes leadership, architectural quality, and collaboration across teams to deliver impactful features for a global user

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading engineering teams delivering customer-facing products at scale.
• Experience managing combined frontend and backend engineering teams.
• Deep technical background in React Native with a solid understanding of modern frontend architectures.
• Strong cross-functional leadership, able to align frontend and backend efforts in a complex, multi-platform environment.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Empathy for the customer and a passion for building intuitive, performant consumer experiences.
• Experience building large-scale consumer or financial products.

Responsibilities

• Lead a cross-functional team of frontend and backend engineers responsible for core Krak consumer experiences.
• Own the end-to-end UX for key Krak features across mobile and client platforms.
• Guide the delivery of high-quality consumer applications, with a focus on usability, performance, and scale.
• Partner with Product Managers and Designers to define and deliver high-impact features with measurable business and customer value.
• Collaborate with other Engineering Managers and Tech Leads to maintain consistent engineering standards across services and client platforms.
• Champion engineering excellence, maintainable architectures, and code quality.
• Mentor engineers and foster a culture of technical growth, collaboration, and inclusivity.
• Strengthen team organization and delivery using agile processes, project tracking, and engineering metrics (e.g., DORA, cycle time).

Skills

Proven experience leading engineering

Frontend and Backend leadership

React Native expertise

Cross-functional leadership

Communication & stakeholder mgmt

Customer-centered mindset

Experience in large-scale consumer/fin

Systems design

Rust/Go/C++ familiarity

Async architectures & microservices

Payments domain experience

Job description

Kraken is actively seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a cross-functional Consumer pod, guiding frontend (React Native) and backend (Rust) engineers to build scalable, user-friendly Kraken experiences on mobile and client platforms. You will partner with product, design, and other engineering managers to maintain high UX standards and reliable product delivery.

The role emphasizes leadership, architectural quality, and collaboration across teams to deliver impactful features for a global user