Senior Core Infrastructure Engineer - Platforms Orchestration

Kraken; Brazil (IN); Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Kraken's Core Infrastructure - Platforms Team as they enhance internal engineering platforms vital to our mission in the cryptocurrency space. You'll extend our container orchestration platform, work with cutting-edge technology, and ensure operational excellence while contributing to a fully remote, diverse workforce committed to innovation in crypto.

Qualifications

• Strong background in Linux and Distributed Systems crucial.
• Significant hands-on experience in high availability environments required.
• Experience with automating infrastructure and security best practices expected.

Responsibilities

• Extend and automate the existing container orchestration platform.
• Implement and maintain security best practices for the orchestration platform.
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure issues.

Skills

Linux

Networking

Distributed Systems

Infrastructure as Code

Security Best Practices

Monitoring Tools

Python

Go

Bash

Communication Skills

Tools

AWS

Terraform

Nomad

Vault

Consul

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

Building the Future of Crypto

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 theKraken Culturepage 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 to industry-leading security, crypto education, and world-class client support through our products like Kraken Pro, Desktop, Wallet, and Kraken Futures.

Become a Krakenite and build the future of crypto!

Proof of work

The team

Join our Core Infrastructure - Platforms Team and start playing a vital role in managing and enhancing Kraken's engineering platform! The Core Infrastructure - Platform team is responsible for managing and applying best practices to our orchestration platform while providing infrastructure support across Engineering.

The Core Infrastructure - Platforms Team at Kraken is dedicated to creating a secure, reliable, and scalable infrastructure platform that facilitates a continuous approach to our software development practices. Lately, the team has been focusing on providing a self-service platform for engineers to easily access and manage their services in the clusters the team provides, and manages.

Find out more about Core Infrastructure Engineering in our latest engineering blogpost!

The opportunity

• Extend and automate the existing container orchestration platform, ensuring its scalability, reliability, and performance.

• Work closely with SREs from different teams to reduce their cognitive load related to the orchestration platform.

• Implement and maintain security best practices for the orchestration platform, ensuring the security and availability of our systems.

• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure issues, as well as provide guidance and support to other team members.

• Participate in on-call rotations to ensure the smooth operation of our critical systems.

Skills you should HODL

• Strong background in Linux, Networking, and Distributed Systems.

• Significant hands-on experience with Nomad container orchestration platform in a high availability, production environment.

• Hands-on experience with other HashiCorp tools, such as Vault and Consul.

• Advanced proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.

• Extensive experience with AWS Cloud Infrastructure.

• Strong security mindset and experience implementing security best practices in a complex environment.

• Experience with monitoring and observability tools like Prometheus and Grafana.

• Significant experience with one or more of the following languages: Python, Go, Bash.

• Passion for improving processes, products, and the developer experience for engineering teams.

• Knowledgeable about continuous integration and delivery best practices.

• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills.

• Ability to thrive while working independently and remotely in a team-based environment.

• Self-starter, capable of context-switching between various projects, codebases, and concepts.

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This job is accepting ongoing applications and there is no application deadline.

Please note, applicants are permitted to redact or remove information on their resume that identifies age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution.

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, assessing candidates in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

Kraken is powered by people from around the world and we celebrate all Krakenites for their diverse talents, backgrounds, contributions and unique perspectives. We hire strictly based on merit, meaning we seek out the candidates with the right abilities, knowledge, and skills considered the most suitable for the job. We encourage you to apply for roles where you don't fully meet the listed requirements, especially if you're passionate or knowledgable about crypto!

As an equal opportunity employer, we don’t tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind. Whether that’s based on race, ethnicity, age, gender identity, citizenship, religion, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, veteran status or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state or local laws.

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