kraken.com - Engineering Manager – Growth Platform

• Experience leading engineering teams and delivering high-quality results in a collaborative environment. • Strong people leadership skills — you invest in coaching, clarity, and empowerment. • Solid technical foundation, especially on the backend; you can engage in design discussions, code reviews, and help engineers make pragmatic decisions. • Strong individual contributor background — you write production-grade code and lead by example. • High proficiency in modern AI-driven development — you use AI daily to boost personal and team performance through automation. • Familiarity with one or more modern programming languages (e.g. TypeScript, Rust, Go, Python, or similar). • A product mindset — you care about how your team’s work impacts users and moves key metrics. • Clear communication and organizational skills, with the ability to align engineering efforts with business goals. • Experience working in distributed, remote-first teams. • Experience with analytics, experimentation, or growth tooling. • Background in developer experience, SDKs, or internal platforms. • Exposure to scaling teams or processes during high-growth phases. • You lead by setting context, not control — empowering engineers to make decisions with clarity and confidence. • You coach through curiosity, helping others grow their judgment and autonomy. • You communicate transparently, ensuring alignment across engineering, product, and design. • You model accountability and empathy, creating an environment of trust and shared purpose. • We know that great engineers come from many backgrounds. If you're excited about the mission but don't meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. • Unless a specific application deadline is stated in the job posting, applications are accepted on an ongoing basis. • 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! • We may ask candidates to complete job-related skills or work-style assessments as part of our hiring process. These assessments are designed to evaluate competencies relevant to the role and are applied consistently across candidates for similar positions. Assessment results are considered alongside other relevant information, such as experience and interviews, and are not the sole basis for any employment decision.