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LeadFull-timeRustC++AWSKubernetesGoAI
Salary Range
$153,000 - $207,000 /year
This salary is estimated based on similar roles. The actual salary may vary.
About the Role
We are looking for a Backend Engineer to join Kraken's team and help expand the platform by building new backend capabilities. This role involves working on high-impact, technically ambitious initiatives in a fast-moving environment.
Key Responsibilities
- →Architect and ship new backend capabilities that integrate AI-adjacent functionality into Kraken’s core systems
- →Design distributed services that meet high standards for reliability, performance, and correctness
- →Work on latency-sensitive and real-time system components
- →Own end-to-end technical design, from protocol and service boundaries through production deployment
- →Leverage modern AI tooling to significantly accelerate development velocity while maintaining engineering rigor
- →Collaborate with senior leadership and cross-functional partners on high-impact, technically ambitious initiatives
- →Deliver complex systems on ambitious timelines without sacrificing quality
Requirements
- ✓Strong expertise in Rust (preferred) or another systems-level language such as Go, C++, or similar
- ✓Deep experience designing and operating distributed systems in production environments
- ✓Strong understanding of low-level networking, concurrency models, and performance tradeoffs
- ✓Experience building real-time or latency-sensitive systems
- ✓Proven track record of repeatedly shipping complex, high-impact technical systems
- ✓Demonstrated ability to independently own architecture and delivery in ambiguous environments
- ✓Practical experience applying or integrating AI capabilities into backend systems or deep fluency using AI tooling to enhance engineering productivity
- ✓Strong systems thinking. You reason from first principles and care how things work under the hood
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