Building the Future of Crypto

Our Krakenites are a world-class team with crypto conviction united by our desire to discover and unlock the potential of crypto and blockchain technology.

What makes us different?

Kraken is a mission-focused company rooted in crypto values. As a Krakenite you’ll join us on our mission to accelerate the global adoption of crypto so that everyone can achieve financial freedom and inclusion. For over a decade Kraken’s focus on our mission and crypto ethos has attracted many of the most talented crypto experts in the world.

Before you apply please read the Kraken Culture page to learn more about our internal culture values and mission. We also expect candidates to familiarize themselves with the Kraken app. Learn how to create a Kraken account here .

As a fully remote company we have Krakenites in 70+ countries who speak over 50 languages. Krakenites are industry pioneers who develop premium crypto products for experienced traders institutions and newcomers to the space. Kraken is committed to industry-leading security crypto education and world-class client support through our products like Kraken Pro Kraken NFT and Kraken Futures .

Become a Krakenite and build the future of crypto!

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The team

Kraken is looking for an experienced Senior AI Engineer to join our AI Platform team. In this role you will be building infrastructure to support building cutting edge GenAI solutions to solve the most complex and exciting problems in the quickly growing and evolving crypto industry.

We are looking for an extremely strong communicator and team-player who is able to break down large complex problems into smaller more manageable problems-to-solve. You will take initiative to work with engineers across the team and org exploring different ways to resolve issues.

The opportunity

• Develop AI agents for autonomous task execution and orchestration.

• Architect systems for intelligent task planning and human-AI collaboration.

• Design workflows for efficient task routing across AI models and human operators.

• Build monitoring systems to evaluate agent performance and workflow efficiency.

• Lead technical initiatives from problem identification to solution implementation.

• Develop AI/ML pipelines for training evaluation and monitoring in production.

• Partner with SREs and cross-functional teams to optimize AI platform resources.

• Mentor junior engineers and stay updated on AI/ML trends driving innovation in the crypto industry.

Skills you should HODL

• Extensive experience building fine-tuning and deploying production-ready ML systems including LLMs and RAG systems.

• Strong applied ML fundamentals with expertise in AI algorithms.

• Proficient in workflow orchestration tools like Prefect Airflow or Argo Workflows.

• Deep experience with post-deployment tasks such as model rollout strategies performance monitoring and re-tuning.

• Expertise in building and deploying web services with container orchestration tools like Kubernetes (K8s).

• Skilled in ML lifecycle tools like MLFlow Kubeflow and inference servers such as Triton TGI or vLLM.

• Proven ability to start projects from scratch and implement CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitLab and ArgoCD.

• Advanced software engineering skills with a focus on scalable maintainable and robust systems.

• Strong Python programming expertise emphasizing clean efficient code.

• Demonstrated ability to solve complex challenges using effective abstractions and best practices.

• Strong communication skills to articulate complex ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Nice to haves

• Familiarity with agent frameworks such as Autogen and LangChain is highly desirable.

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This job is accepting ongoing applications and there is no application deadline.

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.

Kraken is powered by people from around the world and we celebrate all Krakenites for their diverse talents backgrounds contributions and unique perspectives. We hire strictly based on merit meaning we seek out the candidates with the right abilities knowledge and skills considered the most suitable 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 knowledgable about crypto!

As an equal opportunity employer we don’t tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind. Whether that’s based on race ethnicity age gender identity citizenship religion sexual orientation disability pregnancy veteran status or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal state or local laws.

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