Engineering Manager, Growth Foundations

Kraken's Growth Foundations team builds the AI-native Growth Engine that enables Growth teams across the company, owning the core infrastructure behind the website, user communications and martech. This role leads and develops a team of engineers delivering high-impact features, platforms and tools that power Kraken's growth.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and support a cross-functional team of engineers delivering growth-critical systems
• Collaborate daily with Product and Design to define scope, priorities and execution
• Provide technical guidance on architectural and implementation decisions
• Stay hands-on in the codebase, writing production-grade code and setting the quality bar

What we are looking for

• Experience leading engineering teams and delivering high-quality results in a collaborative environment
• Solid technical foundation, especially backend; comfortable in design discussions and code review
• High proficiency with modern AI-driven development tooling
• Familiarity with TypeScript, Rust, Go or Python; experience in distributed, remote-first teams

Additional Information

Kraken (parent Payward) is one of the world's longest-running crypto exchanges, trusted by over 10 million individuals and institutions. This role sits inside Payward's AI-native growth engineering effort.

Perks and Benefits

• Remote-first, distributed team culture
• Access to leading AI development tools
• Standard Kraken/Payward benefits package