Overview In this role you design and implement Rust-based services that power Kraken's core infrastructure, focusing on correctness, security, and maintainability. You will build scalable, observable, and fault-tolerant backend systems used by global trading and internal platforms. You collaborate with a broad engineering team to uphold high standards of reliability and ownership in a regulated, security-sensitive environment.

This position offers the opportunity to shape the backbone of a leading crypto ecosystem and contribute to a culture of craftsmanship and rigor.

Responsabilidades Design and implement robust Rust services and foundational libraries for core infrastructure

Write reusable, testable, and efficient code optimized for scale, observability, and resilience

Collaborate on large-scale distributed systems architecture to support integral trading

Engage with a large team of Rust engineers, upholding ownership, rigor,



and craftsmanship

Take end-to-end ownership of systems and libraries

Requisitos principales 7+ years of software engineering experience

Experience building and scaling shared systems and internal platforms

Proficient in writing network services or asynchronous code in Rust

Security-first mindset in system design

Ability to autonomously debug issues across OS, network, and application layers

Solid understanding of distributed systems, RPC protocols, Kafka, and Event-Driven Systems

Collaborate effectively with product teams to gather requirements and constraints

Take complete end-to-end ownership of systems and libraries collaboration ownership rigor

Rust network services / asynchronous Rust distributed systems

📌 Senior Software Engineer - Rust - Core Services (Barcelona)
🏢 Kraken
📍 Barcelona