Engineering Manager – Growth Foundations

Kraken International; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Kraken is seeking an Engineering Manager within Growth Foundations to lead a team of engineers delivering growth-critical features and tools. You will remain hands-on, writing production-grade code while coordinating with Product and Design to align scope, priorities, and timelines.

You will drive collaboration across time zones, foster a culture of accountability and learning, and mentor engineers to grow their impact and autonomy.

Qualifications

• Experience leading engineering teams and delivering high-quality results in a collaborative environment.
• Strong people leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a cross-functional team of engineers delivering growth-critical features and tools.
• Stay hands-on and deliver production-grade code daily.
• Collaborate with Product and Design to define scope, priorities, and timelines.
• Maintain clear expectations, realistic estimates, and transparent communication with stakeholders.
• Provide technical guidance and context to help engineers make sound architectural decisions.
• Foster accountability, learning, and autonomy while improving processes across time zones.

Skills

Leadership experience

People leadership

Job description

Building the Future of Open Finance

Payward - the parent company behind Kraken, NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, Payward Services and CF Benchmarks - has spent the last 15 years building one of the most modern and globally accessible financial infrastructure platforms in the industry, built to advance an open, global financial system.

The team

Founded in 2011, Kraken is one of the world's longest-standing crypto platforms, trusted by over 10 million individuals and institutions across the globe. It offers spot trading, margin, futures, staking, and OTC services, with products built for both individual investors and institutional clients.

The Growth Foundations team builds the AI-native Growth Engine, enabling Growth teams across the company. We design and ship powerful AI-driven systems, tools and automations, as well as own the core infrastructure of Growth tools such as our website, user communications and martech. It’s a team with direct influence on company growth, global reach, and user engagement at scale. Our products serve millions of users globally.

The Role

As an Engineering Manager within Growth Foundations, you’ll lead and develop a team of engineers who deliver high-impact features, platforms, and tools that power our growth. You’ll ensure the team is aligned, supported, and set up to execute with excellence — turning complex challenges into simple, reliable solutions that reach users around the world. You will also stay hands‑on and deliver production grade features personally every day.

The opportunity

• Lead, mentor, and support a cross‑functional team of engineers delivering growth‑critical systems and features

• Collaborate daily with Product and Design to define scope, set priorities, and ensure seamless execution

• Keep projects moving forward — maintaining clear expectations, realistic estimates, and transparent communication with stakeholders

• Provide technical guidance and context to help engineers make sound architectural and implementation decisions

• Foster a culture of accountability, trust, and learning — helping the team grow their impact and autonomy

• Improve team processes, communication, and collaboration across time zones

• Partner with other engineering leaders to ensure consistency and best practices across the broader Growth organization

• Leverage AI tooling daily to boost personal and team productivity

• Stay hands‑on in the codebase, writing production‑grade code and setting the bar for quality, reliability, and speed

What you bring

• Experience leading engineering teams and delivering high‑quality results in a collaborative environment

• Strong people leadership skills — you invest in