Senior Software Engineer, Crypto Custody

Our Engineering team is having a blast while delivering the most sophisticated crypto-trading platform out there. Help us continue to define and lead the industry by building a new state of the art crypto custody solution! In this role you will be building a new service that securely stores billions of dollars worth of digital assets with trust-minimized processes. You will bring your security and engineering expertise to help define, design, and build the most secure custodial offering in the cryptocurrency industry.

Responsibilities

• Research new crypto assets and integrate them into our custody system.
• Maintain our custody system and its integrations with various blockchains as each blockchain evolves.
• Develop novel security solutions to safeguard our clients assets.
• Delve into novel emerging technologies such as Multi-Party Computation (MPC).
• Actively participate in the development of custody related systems, the scaling and growth of the team, and the ultimate direction of crypto custody.
• Work cross functionally with the crypto payments team on new assets.
• Remain security, detail, and quality focused above all other concerns.
• Focus on developing end to end test frameworks that use little to no mocks.
• Able to reason about and build threat models when developing software

Skills

• 5+ years of experience as a backend/full stack developer
• Experience with Blockchain daemons such as Bitcoind, Litecoind, Parity or other crypto software
• Strong proficiency with basic cryptographic concepts
• Strong proficiency with Rust
• Experience with or working knowledge of hardware security modules (HSM’s) a major plus.
• Ability to perform basic devops, using docker & kubernetes
• Ability to use GNU/Linux operating systemsUnderstanding the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds
• Understanding accessibility and security compliance Understanding user authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environmentsUnderstanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
• Experience with automated testing platforms and unit testsProficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• Basic experience with other languages such as: C++, Javascript, or GoStrong passion for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies
• Fluent English language skills is required

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Check out all our open roles at https://www.kraken.com/careers. We’re excited to see what you’re made of.