Frontend Engineer - Internal Tools

About Kraken

Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion. In our first decade, Kraken has risen to become one of the largest, most successful and respected crypto exchanges on the planet.

We are changing the way the world thinks about finance and our range of successful products are playing a critical role in the mainstream adoption of crypto assets. We continue to trail-blaze into new territory with the introduction of Kraken Bank, providing a more seamless integration between crypto and the traditional financial system. This makes us the first crypto company (ever) to be awarded a U.S. state banking charter.

Our diverse group of 2,000+ Krakenites are distributed all over the world as part of our 'remote first' culture, united by a shared passion for delighting customers, upholding crypto values and achieving our meaningful mission. We attract people who push themselves to improve, are radically transparent and think differently in order to unlock their potential.

Crypto is a rapidly evolving industry and we’re just getting started. We’re growing fast and you're invited to join the revolution!

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Frontend developer interested in working on a greenfield internal Admin interface project built using Next.js, React and Typescript to help empower our Client Support team to continue to deliver industry leading customer service!

You will be responsible for replacing and improving our legacy system feature set whilst ensuring the new code written is scalable, reusable, maintainable and most importantly has a very low barrier to entry for contribution from other teams who might not be familiar with the codebase.

Building a product is a highly collaborative effort, and as such, a strong team player with a commitment to perfection is required. To succeed in this role, you will need excellent technical knowledge and have great communication skills to stay aligned with global teammates.

Qualifications

• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• 6+ years of experience as a Frontend Engineer with at least 3 years of React experience
• Solid understanding of the JavaScript language and its nuances, including ES6+ syntax and the TypeScript superset
• Excellent knowledge of modern state management librariesExperience with REST and Websocket based web services
• Experience building framework and platform agnostic packagesDemonstrated ability to work on complex enterprise systems, or successfully deliver a greenfield product
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements

Bonus Points

• Knowledge of XState (or similar), Web Workers, or the Actor pattern and how it can be used on the web
• Knowledge of PHP
• Knowledge or interest in learning Rust (we are big time Rustaceans!)
• Passion and knowledge about cryptocurrencyYou’re passionate about software development... it’s not just your career, it’s your hobby too
• You’re constantly striving to learn new things and improveYou follow industry news, regularly tinker with new technologies, and read books and blogs to keep your skills current
• We’re powered by people from around the world with their own unique backgrounds and experiences. We value all Krakenites and their talents, contributions, and perspectives.

Check out all our open roles at https://www.kraken.com/careers. We’re excited to see what you’re made of.

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Deadline for applications: 08.12.2022.