Head of Exchange Platform & Core Infrastructure

CryptoproNetwork; Northern (KY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Kraken is seeking a Head of Exchange Infrastructure to own the layer powering all Kraken products. You will lead a small, independent team of product managers, own roadmaps, and write specs as needed to consolidate multiple matching engines into one platform.

You will define success metrics, partner with engineering leaders, and drive latency, throughput, and uptime improvements across the exchange stack.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Product leadership

Exchange domain

Team management

Roadmap planning

Stakeholder influence

Job description

Kraken is seeking a Head of Exchange Infrastructure to own the layer powering all Kraken products. You will lead a small, independent team of product managers, own roadmaps, and write specs as needed to consolidate multiple matching engines into one platform.

You will define success metrics, partner with engineering leaders, and drive latency, throughput, and uptime improvements across the exchange stack.