Software Engineer II - Rust - Pro

kraken.com; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Kraken is seeking a backend engineer to build and maintain the systems that power our financial trading and digital asset services. You’ll work across Rust and C++ services, libraries, and distributed architectures, with a focus on performance, reliability, and security.

You will design reusable services, implement efficient networked components for trading workflows, and contribute to low-latency, event-driven architectures.

Qualifications

• Minimum of three years of software engineering experience, including financial trading products.
• Proficient in Rust network services or asynchronous Rust code.
• Experience with modern C++ in performance-sensitive, low-latency systems.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems (RPC, Kafka, event-driven).

Responsibilities

• Design and implement reusable services and libraries for trading and payment workflows.
• Build and improve networked and asynchronous systems.
• Contribute to distributed system architecture, translating product needs into resilient, low-latency designs.
• Debug issues across application, network, and operating system layers.
• Own systems and libraries from design through operation, coordinating with product partners to clarify requirements and constraints.
• Write testable code for critical systems while maintaining safety and security.

Skills

Rust

C++

Distributed systems

Low-latency

Job description

Role overview

Build and maintain the backend systems that support financial trading and related digital asset services. You’ll work across Rust and C++ services, libraries, and distributed architectures, with a focus on performance, reliability, and security.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement efficient, reusable services and libraries for trading and payment workflows.
• Build and improve networked and asynchronous systems that can handle demanding workloads.
• Contribute to distributed system architecture, translating product needs into resilient, low-latency designs.
• Debug issues across application, network, and operating system layers.
• Own systems and libraries from design through operation, coordinating with product partners to clarify requirements and constraints.
• Write testable code for critical systems while maintaining safety and security.

Requirements

• At least three years of software engineering experience, including work on financial trading products.
• Proficiency writing Rust network services or asynchronous Rust code.
• Experience with modern C++ in performance-sensitive, low-latency systems.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, including RPC, Kafka, or event-driven architectures.
• A security-focused approach to system design and the ability to investigate complex issues independently.
• Ability to collaborate across teams and take end-to-end responsibility for technical work.

Nice to have

• Experience working across a globally distributed engineering team.