Sr. Site Reliability Engineer - CIE

Kraken

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Financial Services 👥 1,001-5,000 employees 📍 Remote First, US Est. 2011

Kraken is one of the world’s longest-standing and most secure crypto platforms. Our mission is to accelerate the global adoption of crypto, so that everyone can achieve financial freedom and inclusio…

Job Overview

Building the Future of Crypto Our Krakenites are a world-class team with crypto conviction, united by our desire to discover and unlock the potential of crypto and blockchain technology. What makes us different? Kraken is a mission-focused company rooted in crypto values. As a Krakenite, you’ll join us on our mission to accelerate the global adoption of crypto, so that everyone can achieve financial freedom and inclusion. For over a decade, Kraken’s focus on our mission and crypto ethos has attracted many of the most talented crypto experts in the world. Before you apply, please read the Kraken Culture page to learn more about our internal culture, values, and mission. We also expect candidates to familiarize themselves with the Kraken app. Learn how to create a Kraken account here. As a fully remote company, we have Krakenites in 70+ countries who speak over 50 languages. Krakenites are industry pioneers who develop premium crypto products for experienced traders, institutions, and newcomers to the space. Kraken is committed to industry-leading security, crypto education, and world-class client support through our products like Kraken Pro, Desktop, Wallet, and Kraken Futures. Become a Krakenite and build the future of crypto!

Proof of Work The Team

This is a fully remote role, we will consider applicants based in LATAM. Our Engineering team is having a blast while delivering the most sophisticated crypto-trading platform out there. Help us continue to define and lead the industry. As part of Kraken's Core Infrastructure Team, you will work within a world-class team of engineers building and maintaining Kraken's infrastructure. As a Site Reliability Engineer, you will be keeping one of the fastest growing companies in the world up and available in a 24/7 environment. You will bring your own technical expertise to monitor and support staging and production environments, build tooling, CI/CD pipelines, deployment specifications and generally automate internal processes to empower developers and improve team efficiency.

The Opportunity

Own and operate Kraken’s Core Infrastructure Platform, supporting a highly resilient, low-latency, distributed exchange environment across on-prem and cloud. Deliver, monitor, and support staging and production systems in a 24/7 environment. Participate in an on-call rotation to ensure the reliability and availability of mission-critical systems. Design, build, and maintain infrastructure tooling, CI/CD pipelines, and self-service platforms to improve developer velocity and autonomy. Lead migrations across cloud and on-prem environments and drive adoption of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform). Manage container orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, Nomad) and service deployments. Implement infrastructure security best practices to ensure availability, integrity, and compliance. Operate and optimize distributed systems (Kafka, Redis, Elasticsearch, MariaDB) and ingress infrastructure (proxies, CDNs), troubleshooting performance and reliability issues in collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Skills you should HODL

• 5+ years in SRE, DevOps, or backend infrastructure engineering roles.
• 3+ years programming in Rust, Golang, or Python.
• Strong expertise in AWS and cloud infrastructure architecture.
• Deep experience with Docker and orchestration platforms (Kubernetes or Nomad).
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and related tooling (e.g., Vault, Consul, Salt).
• Strong monitoring and observability experience (Grafana, VictoriaMetrics, Splunk, AlertManager).
• Solid Linux systems knowledge, networking fundamentals, and advanced debugging skills.
• Experience implementing secure, scalable CI/CD pipelines and Git-based workflows.
• Strong security mindset with experience applying best practices in complex environments.
• Excellent problem-solving abilities and the ability to operate independently in a fully remote, distributed team environment.

Nice to haves

• Strong background in distributed systems and advanced networking concepts.
• Experience with Cloudflare (WAF, caching, Workers) and edge infrastructure.