Head of Financial Systems Engineering
Core
Lead the engineering vision and transformation of Kraken's financial systems, connecting crypto and traditional finance data, ledgers, and controls to ensure reliability and auditability.
Role type
Senior IC/Lead financial systems engineering manager
Builds
Financial data pipelines, ledgers, subledgers, reconciliation services, and integrations across fiat and crypto activity
Domain
Cryptocurrency and traditional finance infrastructure
Required skills
Technical leadership, financial systems architecture, data engineering, distributed systems, API design, event-driven processing, incident response, cross-functional partnership
Preferred skills
Crypto/digital asset infrastructure experience, Rust/TypeScript/Python, NetSuite/Kyriba/BlackLine, SOX/SOC compliance
Technologies
Rust, TypeScript, Node.js, Python, NetSuite, Kyriba, BlackLine
Responsibilities
Define target architecture and transformation roadmap for fragmented financial systems; lead and coach a team of specialists; establish data standards, lineage, and ownership; partner with Treasury/Accounting to improve reconciliation and controls; manage modernization without disrupting critical operations; design testing, observability, and release controls; communicate architectural decisions to executive and technical leaders
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities