Rust Software Engineer - Real-Time Fintech Infrastructure

Kraken; Town of Poland (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Kraken is seeking a Software Engineer to build and scale Rust services that power trading, payments, and crypto experiences. You will design robust, low-latency components and collaborate across teams to deliver reliable enterprise-grade infrastructure.

You will work with a broad set of engineers, applying a security-first mindset and ownership to deliver scalable solutions in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of software engineering experience.
• Proficient in writing network services or asynchronous code in Rust.
• Security-first mindset in system design to ensure robustness.
• Ability to autonomously debug issues across OS, network, and application layers.
• Understanding of distributed systems including RPC, Kafka, and event-driven architectures.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement robust Rust services and libraries powering trading, payments, and crypto experiences.
• Write reusable, testable code that scales across teams and supports revenue-critical systems.
• Collaborate on large-scale distributed systems architecture with low latency and reliability.
• Work with hundreds of Rust engineers in a high-performance, product-driven culture.

Skills

Rust

Distributed systems

RPC protocols

Kafka

Event-driven

Debugging

Ownership

Job description

Kraken is seeking a Software Engineer to build and scale Rust services that power trading, payments, and crypto experiences. You will design robust, low-latency components and collaborate across teams to deliver reliable enterprise-grade infrastructure.

You will work with a broad set of engineers, applying a security-first mindset and ownership to deliver scalable solutions in a fast-paced environment.