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, integral financial system.
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.
We're looking for a Head of Exchange Infrastructure to own the layer every Kraken product is built on: the matching engine, core infrastructure, third-party custody, the algo engine and the API engine. It is a senior, independent team, which means you get leverage quickly and you are expected to stay close to the work.
Partner with Risk and Credit Infrastructure so a client can hold one account and trade every product against it




Anticipate industry shifts and shape our platform to stay ahead
Senior product leader with experience in exchange, trading, or high-performance platforms
Experience managing and developing product managers, on a team senior enough to run without you in the room
Proven ability to set product vision and translate it into a long-term roadmap
Strong understanding of matching engine and market data architecture, and the tradeoffs low latency forces
Engineering background before moving into product, so you've built or operated high-performance systems yourself and not just specced them
Please note, applicants are permitted to redact or remove information on their resume that identifies age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution.
We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, assessing candidates in a manner consistent with the requirement

📌 Infrastructure Manager (Madrid)
🏢 Kraken
📍 Madrid