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

Join our Data Engineering Team at Kraken!

Are you passionate about leveraging the power of data to drive business decisions in the fast-paced world of cryptocurrency? We're seeking a talented Data Engineer to play a crucial role in our innovative Data Engineering team. As a Data Engineer at Kraken you'll be at the forefront of transforming terabytes of data into actionable insights enabling us to stay ahead in the ever-evolving cryptocurrency landscape.

If you are ready to be a driving force behind Kraken's data initiatives working with cutting-edge technologies and a passionate team we invite you to join us on this exciting journey at Kraken!

This role is fully remote. We consider candidates from Americas EMEA and APAC.

The opportunity

• Build scalable and reliable data pipeline that collects transforms loads and curates data from internal systems

• Augment data platform with data pipelines from select external systems

• Ensure high data quality for pipelines you build and make them auditable

• Drive data systems to be as near real-time as possible

• Support design and deployment of distributed data store that will be central source of truth across the organization

• Build data connections to company's internal IT systems

• Develop customize configure self service tools that help our data consumers to extract and analyze data from our massive internal data store

• Evaluate new technologies and build prototypes for continuous improvements in data engineering.

Skills you should HODL

• 4+ years of work experience in relevant field (Data Engineer DWH Engineer Software Engineer etc)

• Experience with data warehouse technologies and relevant data modeling best practices (Presto Athena Glue etc)

• Experience building data pipelines/ETL and familiarity with design principles (Apache Airflow is a big plus!)

• Excellent SQL and data manipulation skills using common frameworks like Spark/PySpark or similar.

• Proficiency in a major programming language (e.g. Scala Python Golang..)

• Experience with business requirements gathering for data sourcing

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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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