Building the Future of Open Finance
Payward - the parent company behind Kraken, NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, Payward Services and CF Benchmarks - has spent the last 15 years building one of the most modern and globally accessible financial infrastructure platforms in the industry, built to advance an open, general financial system.
Before you apply, we encourage you to explore our culture page to understand what drives us and how we work.
The team
Founded in 2011, Kraken is one of the world's longest-standing crypto platforms, trusted by over 10 million individuals and institutions across the globe. It offers spot trading, margin, futures, staking, and OTC services, with products built for both individual investors and institutional clients.
The Pro team is responsible for everything to do with the trading backend services such as the matching engine, market data gateways, internal and external APIs, and various other trading services. The team is located globally and responsibilities are split into sub-teams, working with various tech stacks.
Our teams code in Rust and work agile around the globe.
The Opportunity
Design and implement robust Rust services and libraries that power trading, payments, and crypto experiences with a focus on reliability, performance, and user impact.
Write reusable, testable, and highly efficient code that scales across teams and supports revenue-critical systems without compromising safety or security.
Collaborate on large-scale distributed systems architecture, translating evolving product requirements into resilient, low-latency solutions.
Work alongside hundreds of experienced Rust engineers, contributing to a high-performance, product-driven engineering culture.
What You Bring
7+ years of software engineering experience
Experience building financial trading focused products
Proficient in writing network services or asynchronous code in Rust
Have a security-first mindset during system design to ensure robustness
Demonstrat
📌 Senior Software Engineer (Perú)
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