Head of Exchange Infrastructure

Trammell Venture Partners, L.L.C.; United States; Remoto; USD 180.000 - 240.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Kraken is seeking a Head of Exchange Infrastructure to own the layer that powers all Kraken products, including matching engine, core infrastructure, custody, and APIs. You will lead a team of four to five product managers and partner with an engineering manager to drive a cohesive, high-performance platform.

You will define the long-term roadmap, ensure low latency and high reliability, and work across product, engineering, risk, and compliance to stay ahead in the crypto markets.

Competenze

• Senior product leader with experience managing product managers
• Proven ability to set vision and translate into long-term roadmaps
• Strong understanding of high-performance exchange platforms
• Excellent communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders

Mansioni

• Own the product vision and roadmap for the exchange layer.
• Lead and grow a team of product managers (4–5) and set the bar for product craft.
• Consolidate multiple matching engines into one, starting with US derivatives.
• Build interface-agnostic platforms to serve all products and interfaces.
• Define success metrics (latency, throughput, uptime) and hold teams accountable.
• Partner with engineering and risk teams to sequence migrations without disrupting live markets.
• Align cross-functional teams around the exchange strategy.

Conoscenze

Senior PM leader

PM management

Low latency

Matching engine

Crypto markets

Descrizione del lavoro

Our Krakenites are a world-class team with crypto conviction, united by our desire to discover and unlock the potential of crypto and blockchain technology.

What makes us different?

Kraken is a mission-focused company rooted in crypto values. As a Krakenite, you’ll join us on our mission to accelerate the global adoption of crypto, so that everyone can achieve financial freedom and inclusion. For over a decade, Kraken’s focus on our mission and crypto ethos has attracted many of the most talented crypto experts in the world.

Before you apply, please read the Kraken Culture page to learn more about our internal culture, values, and mission. We also expect candidates to familiarize themselves with the Kraken app. Learn how to create a Kraken account here .

As a fully remote company, we have Krakenites in 70+ countries who speak over 50 languages. Krakenites are industry pioneers who develop premium crypto products for experienced traders, institutions, and newcomers to the space. Kraken is committed toindustry-leading security,crypto education, andworld-class client supportthrough our products likeKraken Pro,Desktop,Wallet, andKraken Futures.

Become a Krakenite and build the future of crypto!

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.

We’re looking for a Head of Exchange Infrastructure to own the layer every Kraken product is built on: the matching engine, core infrastructure, third-party custody, the algo engine and the API engine. Kraken grew up as a set of vertically integrated products, each with its own engine and its own APIs. This role consolidates them into a single exchange stack that serves every product and every interface. You will lead a team of four to five product managers, partnered with an engineering manager. It is a senior, independent team, which means you get leverage quickly and you are expected to stay close to the work.

The Opportunity

• Own the product vision and roadmap for the exchange layer: matching engine, core infrastructure, third-party custody, algo engine and API engine
• Lead and grow a team of four to five product managers, and set the bar for product craft across the layer
• Lead the consolidation of multiple matching engines into one, starting with US derivatives, then international derivatives, then spot
• Build interface-agnostic, so every product team and every interface can build on the same platform rather than their own
• Define success metrics (p99 latency, throughput, uptime, resiliency) and hold teams accountable to them
• Partner with engineering leaders across exchange and core infrastructure to sequence the migration without disrupting live markets
• Partner with Risk and Credit Infrastructure so a client can hold one account and trade every product against it
• Anticipate industry shifts and shape our platform to stay ahead
• Align cross-functional teams (product, engineering, risk, compliance) around the exchange strategy

What You Bring

• Senior product leader with experience in exchange, trading, or high-performance platforms
• Experience managing and developing product managers, on a team senior enough to run without you in the room
• Happy to be a player-coach. This team is independent, so you will own roadmaps and write specs yourself at times, not only review them
• Proven ability to set product vision and translate it into a long-term roadmap
• Strong understanding of matching engine and market data architecture, and the tradeoffs low latency forces
• Experience building platforms for internal customers, with the judgment to tell a platform from a series of bespoke builds
• Excellent communication skills — can influence technical and non-technical stakeholders
• A passion for crypto markets, market structure, and building the next generation of infrastructure

Nice To Haves

• Engineering background before moving into product, so you’ve built or operated high-performance systems yourself and not just specced them
• Experience across both spot and derivatives venues, with the market structure differences that come with each
• Time at a crypto exchange operating at comparable scale, volume and uptime expectations
• Track record building platform roadmaps that interlock with adjacent product orgs rather than running in isolation