Kraken - Senior Analytics Engineer

• 7+ years of experience in data analytics and data management within financial services or a regulated industry, working directly with Finance teams. • Strong SQL and Python skills, including writing, debugging and maintaining production code. • Solid experience with Git, merge requests, and code reviews, supported by strong software engineering practices, including testing and documentation. • Hands-on experience building and operating pipelines and models using dbt, Spark, Airflow or comparable tools. • Direct experience with finance or accounting data, such as reconciliations, subledgers, cost basis or month-end close, including investigating discrepancies and validating outputs with accounting stakeholders. • A track record of owning pipelines end to end, making sound technical decisions and improving reliability as requirements and systems evolve. • Judgment and autonomy to lead complex work, navigate ambiguity and remain accountable for production outcomes. • Experience supporting recurring financial close activities, combined with a proactive approach to identifying manual processes and replacing them with reliable, sustainable automation. • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across Engineering and Finance, explain complex technical issues, articulate financial implications, and recommend actionable solutions. • Experience with cryptocurrency transaction data and how digital-asset activity flows into financial records and reconciliations. • Experience processing large volumes of financial transactions using distributed frameworks such as Spark or PySpark. • 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. • Our commitment • Our commitment • Payward is powered by people from around the world and we celebrate the diverse talents, backgrounds, contributions, and unique perspectives that everyone brings to the table. We hire based on merit, seeking out people with the right abilities, knowledge, and skills 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 knowledgeable about crypto. • We may ask candidates to complete job-related skills or work-style assessments as part of our hiring process. These assessments evaluate competencies relevant to the role and are applied consistently across candidates for similar positions. Results are considered alongside experience and interviews, and are not the sole basis for any employment decision.