Founding Developer Relations Lead

Kraken is a mission-focused company rooted in crypto values, committed to accelerating the global adoption of crypto for financial freedom and inclusion. The company operates fully remotely with employees in over 70 countries and develops premium crypto products such as Kraken Pro, Desktop, Wallet, and Kraken Futures. The team, Payward, builds APIs, wallets, payment capabilities, developer tooling, and agent-native interfaces for next-generation financial applications.

• Experience building and scaling developer adoption at top-tier developer platform companies (e.g., Stripe, Vercel, Cloudflare, Anthropic, GitHub, OpenAI, Twilio, Stainless)
• Strong technical credibility including reading OpenAPI specifications, shipping code, reviewing integrations, and engaging engineers as peers
• Proven track record of owning measurable adoption outcomes beyond awareness or engagement metrics
• Exceptional storytelling skills for writing launch posts, delivering keynotes, creating demos, and simplifying complex products
• Builder mentality with a bias toward shipping and experimentation
• Deep understanding of modern developer ecosystems and workflows
• Experience with agent-era technologies such as MCP servers, agent tooling, structured retrieval, or AI-native developer experiences
• Experience collaborating closely with engineering and product teams to shape developer experience

Nice to haves:

• Experience building developer platforms from early stages rather than joining mature DevRel organizations
• Understanding of wallets, identity, authentication, and agent-native transaction flows

• Own developer activation end-to-end across APIs, SDKs, CLIs, MCP servers, wallets, and emerging agent interfaces
• Drive adoption metrics such as API usage, SDK installs, production integrations, GitHub engagement, and agent retrievals
• Build quickstarts, reference implementations, SDKs, CLIs, MCP servers, and developer tooling to facilitate integration
• Partner with Product and Engineering to ensure launches are developer-ready and agent-friendly
• Define how developers and AI agents discover, understand, and interact with Payward infrastructure
• Create technical narratives, launch content, demos, and documentation establishing Payward as a leading developer platform
• Deliver keynotes, live demos, and technical presentations at industry events and developer conferences
• Represent developers internally by identifying friction, surfacing ecosystem needs, and influencing product direction
• Help build the long-term DNA, processes, and culture of a world-class Developer & Agent Interface organization

Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis unless a specific deadline is stated. Applicants may redact personal identifying information on resumes. The company considers qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. Kraken is an equal opportunity employer and does not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on protected characteristics.