SRE / DevOps Engineer

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.

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. The company is fully remote with Krakenites in 70+ countries who speak over 50 languages.

Kraken’s Developer‑Experience (DX) team exists to make writing, shipping, and running software effortless and efficient. We work closely with product‑engineering to identify friction in the development lifecycle, and eliminate it through purpose‑built tooling, streamlined processes, clear documentation, and data‑driven insights.

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• Build and support infrastructure and tools, on‑prem and in the cloud
  
• Drive standardisation: Author RFCs and internal guides covering process improvements, reliability patterns, and best practices
  
• Support and guide engineers on SRE related topics
  
• Partner with product‑development teams to identify, and eliminate friction
  

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• 3+ years in a DevOps role (DevOps, SRE, etc)
  
• 3+ years experience with a systems programming language (e.g., Rust)
  
• Proficient in Git source version‑control
  
• Thorough knowledge of Docker, experience with Terraform
  
• Passion for improving process and products
  
• Experience configuring Continuous Integration (CI)
  
• Ability to thrive while working independently and remotely in a team‑based environment
  
• Experience with monitoring / alerting (primarily with Prometheus / Grafana) and knowledge of best practices in the area
  
• Self‑starter, ability to context‑switch between various projects, codebases, and concepts
  
• Ability to independently debug problems involving the network and operating system
  
• Well‑versed in scripting languages (e.g., Bash and/or Python), building and administration of Linux
  
• Interest in security and a thoughtful and thorough consideration of the security implications of development decisions
  

As an equal opportunity employer, we don’t tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind. xcfaprz 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.