Staff Software Engineer

Overview Staff Software Engineer – Mobile / Frontend – Consumer Join the Staff Software Engineer – Mobile / Frontend – Consumer role at Kraken. Building the Future of Crypto. Krakenites are a world‑class team dedicated to unlocking the potential of crypto and blockchain technology. As a fully remote company, we have Krakenites in 70+ countries speaking over 50 languages. The Earn Pod owns the frontend surface for all Earn‑related features across consumer Web / Mobile and Pro Web / Mobile, including staking, yield, fixed / flexible earnings and upcoming DeFi‑powered products. Responsibilities As a Staff Frontend Engineer on the Earn Pod, you will shape the technical foundation, lead large‑scale initiatives, and ensure long‑term frontend excellence. Set and evolve the frontend architecture and standards for Earn across all platforms (web + mobile). Lead high‑impact, cross‑app initiatives: major refactors, performance & reliability improvements, shared UI / component libraries or SDKs, and codebase modernization. Define and enforce frontend best practices, testing strategy, performance budgets and accessibility standards. Collaborate deeply with backend, DeFi and product / service teams to ensure coherent API contracts, state management and data flow across surfaces. Work closely with Product & Design to translate complex Earn / crypto concepts into intuitive, user‑friendly, and performant UI / UX for Kraken, consumer & pro users. Mentor through example and collaboration, raising the technical bar across teams and ensuring systems scale with performance, reliability, and purpose. Act as a cross‑pod technical leader influencing roadmap choices and long‑term frontend planning. Qualifications 6+ years (or equivalent) professional experience delivering complex web and/or mobile applications. Deep expertise with JavaScript / TypeScript, React (or equivalent component‑based framework) and modern frontend ecosystems (e.g. Next.js, React Native, consistent build pipelines). Strong foundation in HTML5, CSS3 (or CSS‑in‑JS / styling solutions), responsive layout, cross‑browser / device compatibility, accessibility and UI / UX best practices. Experience architecting large‑scale, maintainable frontend systems – component libraries, shared modules, scalable state management and performance tuning. Proven ability to lead technical direction, influence design and architecture decisions, and deliver across multiple applications or codebases. Excellent collaboration skills – able to work closely with backend / service teams, design, product and other stakeholders to deliver cross‑functional features. Strong problem‑solving, analytical thinking and ability to trade off short‑term needs with long‑term architecture / maintainability. Experience building or maintaining shared UI component libraries or SDKs across multiple platforms (web & mobile). Background with backend‑integration patterns, API‑driven frontend design, state management for real‑time data, and cross‑platform consistency. Demonstrated track record of mentoring, code reviews, engineering culture influence, and driving engineering excellence across teams. Nice to Haves Previous experience working in fintech, crypto, trading, or yield / interest‑bearing products – familiarity with financial flows, security implications, real‑time data. Familiarity with crypto‑specific UX challenges (e.g. wallet flows, permission / consent flows, error‑handling for financial / DeFi services). Equal Opportunity Kraken is an equal opportunity employer. We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind. Whether that is 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. Please note, applicants are permitted to redact or remove identifiable information on their resume that identifies age, date of birth or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution. Application Deadline This job is accepting ongoing applications and there is no application deadline. #J-18808-Ljbffr