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ManagerFull-timeRustAWSGo
Salary Range
$163,200 - $220,800 /year
This salary is estimated based on similar roles. The actual salary may vary.
About the Role
The Earn Core Pod is responsible for the shared backend and blockchain systems that power all Earn products across the Kraken ecosystem. This role involves owning the core earnings service, staking and blockchain integrations, and the asynchronous infrastructure that calculates, distributes, and reconciles rewards at global scale.
Key Responsibilities
- →Own the core earnings service that drives reward calculation, rate setting, and distribution across all Earn products
- →Lead development and operation of asynchronous systems that power earnings pipelines
- →Own all blockchain and staking services, including on-chain integrations and off-chain coordination
- →Drive correctness, scalability, resiliency, and recovery of reward pipelines
- →Own the Earn Control Center (Admin/ECC) surface used to configure, operate, and audit earnings systems
- →Partner with other Earn squads and platform teams to ensure reliable system integration
- →Set and uphold engineering standards for distributed systems and blockchain integrations
- →Lead incident response, postmortems, and long-term reliability improvements
- →Coordinate necessary changes across Krak, Consumer, and Pro applications
Requirements
- ✓Proven experience leading backend or platform-focused engineering teams
- ✓Deep experience owning and operating mission-critical distributed systems
- ✓Strong understanding of asynchronous architectures and event-driven systems
- ✓Experience designing high-throughput, fault-tolerant pipelines
- ✓Hands-on experience with blockchain integrations and on-chain/off-chain coordination
- ✓Strong understanding of staking mechanisms and reward calculation
- ✓Experience managing services interacting with smart contracts and blockchain nodes
- ✓Fluency in Rust, Go, or similar systems-level languages
- ✓Strong operational mindset, including incident response and failure recovery
- ✓Ability to collaborate across multiple teams and surface risks clearly
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