Engineering Manager - Earn (Remote)
About the Role
We are seeking an Engineering Manager - Earn (Remote) to join our innovative team at Kraken. As an Engineering Manager, you will lead the Earn Core Pod, responsible for the shared backend and blockchain systems that power all Earn products across our ecosystem. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of crypto and drive the global adoption of blockchain technology.
What You'll Do
- 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, including background jobs, event processing, and reward distribution flows.
- Oversee all blockchain and staking services, including on-chain integrations and off-chain coordination for staking flows.
- Drive correctness, scalability, resiliency, and recovery of reward pipelines, including reconciliation and monitoring.
- Manage the Earn Control Center (Admin/ECC) surface used to safely configure, operate, and audit earnings systems.
- Collaborate with other Earn squads and platform teams to define ownership boundaries and ensure reliable system integration.
- Set and uphold engineering standards for distributed systems, asynchronous architectures, and blockchain integrations.
- Lead incident response, postmortems, and long-term reliability improvements for core earnings infrastructure.
Requirements
- Proven experience leading backend or platform-focused engineering teams.
- Deep experience owning and operating mission-critical distributed systems in production.
- Strong understanding of asynchronous architectures, event-driven systems, and background processing.
- Experience designing and running high-throughput, fault-tolerant pipelines with strong correctness guarantees.
- Hands-on experience with blockchain integrations and on-chain/off-chain coordination.
- Strong understanding of staking mechanisms, reward calculation, and yield-generating systems.
- Fluency in Rust, Go, or similar systems-level languages.
- Strong operational mindset, including incident response, monitoring, reconciliation, and failure recovery.
Nice to Have
- Experience operating financial or crypto-native systems at global scale.
- Familiarity with security considerations in blockchain and financial infrastructure.
- Working knowledge of frontend systems to support cross-surface changes when required.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary ranging from $150,000 to $200,000 per year.
- Fully remote work environment with flexibility.
- Opportunity to work with a diverse team of industry pioneers.
- Access to cutting-edge crypto products and tools.
- Commitment to professional development and continuous learning.
- Inclusive culture that celebrates diversity and encourages innovation.
This Engineering Manager role at Kraken offers a unique opportunity to lead innovative blockchain projects in a fully remote environment. With a competitive salary and a commitment to diversity, it's an attractive position for experienced professionals.
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Who Will Succeed Here
Proficient in Rust and Go, with a deep understanding of asynchronous architectures and event-driven systems, enabling the candidate to effectively manage and optimize backend services for blockchain applications.
Self-motivated and results-oriented, with a strong ability to lead distributed teams remotely, ensuring effective collaboration and project management in a fully remote work environment.
Experienced in incident response and monitoring, possessing a proactive mindset to identify potential system issues before they escalate, ensuring high availability and reliability of blockchain systems.
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