Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Work with the brightest talent in Web3 across a wide array of industriesOur 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.Become a Krakenite and build the future of crypto!Proof of WorkThe TeamKraken is a dynamic and innovative company at the forefront of the crypto industry. We pride ourselves on delivering high-quality products that meet the highest standards of excellence and reliability. Our culture is open, flexible, and fosters a collaborative environment where creativity and innovation thrive.As part of Kraken's Accounts, Portfolio and Earnings team, you will work within a world-class team of engineers building Kraken's infrastructure using Rust. 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 specs and generally automate internal processes to empower developers and improve team efficiency.The OpportunityMonitor and support Staging and Production environmentsImprove Developer Tooling, help with building Docker images, manage our Continuous Integration (CI) pipelines for automating quality testing, track key metrics, and generate reportsOptimize the performance of our system (we operate a sub-ms trading path)Keep our product available 24/7 and improve its reliabilityHarden the security of our exchangeCollaborate with Dev, QA, and Product teams, jump in to support and improve development and release cycleAutomate syncing between services to improve the backend developer and QA workflowsDevelop tools and bots to improve and automate internal processesSupport a fully distributed team operating across numerous timezonesSkills you should HODL5+ years in a DevOps role (DevOps, SRE, etc)1-3+ years experience with a programming language (Rust and/or Golang)Proficient in Git source version-controlThorough knowledge of Docker, experience with Terraform and Helm ChartsPassion for improving process and productsExperience configuring Continuous Integration (CI)Ability to thrive while working independently and remotely in a team-based environmentExperience with monitoring / alerting (primarily with Prometheus / Grafana) and knowledge of best practices in the areaSelf-starter, ability to context-switch between various projects, codebases and conceptsAbility to independently debug problems involving the network and operating systemWell-versed in scripting languages, building and administration of LinuxInterest in security and a thoughtful and thorough consideration of the security implications of development decisionsNice to havesExperience with Cloud infrastructureExperience benchmarking applications and identifying bottlenecksExperience with Slack, Jira, Google, and/or Gitlab APIsExperience with distributed systems and technologies (gRPC, Kafka, NoSQL, SQL, Redis)Kraken is powered by people from around the world and we celebrate all Krakenites for their diverse talents, backgrounds, contributions and unique perspectives. We hire strictly based on merit, meaning we seek out the candidates with the right abilities, knowledge, and skills considered the most suitable for the job. We encourage you to apply for roles where you don't fully meet the listed requirements, especially if you're passionate or knowledgable about crypto!As an equal opportunity employer, we don’t tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind. Whether that’s 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr