Software Engineer - Typescript - Onchain

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable, high-quality applications using TypeScript
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and team members to deliver features end-to-end
• Write clean, maintainable code with a strong emphasis on type safety and performance
• Review code, provide constructive feedback, and uphold engineering best practices
• Debug, troubleshoot, and resolve complex technical issues
• Contribute to architecture decisions and technical roadmaps

Requirements

• 3-5 years of full-time engineering experience within a large technology organization or fast growing startup
• 3-5 years of experience building backend services with Node.js, Typescript
• Experience working with GraphQL, SQL, RESTful APIs and WebSockets
• Experience working with blockchain technology and DeFi
• Solid understanding of software engineering fundamentals (data structures, APIs, async programming)
• Knowledge of version control systems (Git) and collaborative development workflows
• Ability to write clear technical documentation and communicate effectively
• Understanding user authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments

Preferred Qualifications

Benefits

About the Company

Kraken is one of the world’s longest-standing and most secure crypto platforms. Our mission is to accelerate the global adoption of crypto, so that everyone can achieve financial freedom and inclusion. Globally, Kraken clients trade more than 200 digital assets and 6 different national currencies, including GBP, EUR, USD, CAD, CHF, and AUD. Founded in 2011, Kraken was among the first to offer spot trading with margin, parachain auctions, staking, regulated derivatives and index services under one roof. Trusted by over 10 million individuals, traders and institutions around the world, Kraken offers professional 24/7/365 client support along with one of the fastest, most performant trading platforms available. Kraken has set the industry standard for transparency and client trust, and was the first crypto platform to conduct Proof of Reserves. In 2023, Kraken ranked 16th in Newsweek's Global Top 100 list of Most Loved Workplaces, recognizing how the platform offers one of the world's most compelling employment opportunities.