Senior Software Engineer - Full-stack - Growth Product

Payward is the parent company behind Kraken, NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, Payward Services, and CF Benchmarks. Kraken, founded in 2011, is one of the world's longest-standing crypto platforms, trusted by over 10 million individuals and institutions. The Growth Engineering team builds systems that connect people to Kraken's ecosystem, including marketing funnels, signup and KYC flows, and engagement features, serving millions globally.

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, including maintaining production systems at scale.
• Proficiency building full-stack applications using one of the following: TypeScript, Rust, Go, Python, or Ruby, and React or React Native.
• Understanding of distributed systems, performance optimization, debugging, and secure software design.
• Familiarity with infrastructure and tooling such as Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, MySQL/MariaDB, Redis, or GitLab CI/CD.
• Product mindset focused on impact on key metrics.
• Ability to operate autonomously in a globally distributed, remote-first environment.

Nice to have:

• Experience with A/B testing, analytics instrumentation, or experimentation platforms.
• Background in growth engineering, user funnels, lifecycle, or conversion optimization.
• Familiarity with data analysis tools or experimentation frameworks.

• Partner with product managers, designers, and analysts to identify growth opportunities and develop data-driven engineering solutions.
• Implement reusable services and components powering marketing campaigns, onboarding, KYC, and first-funding experiences on web and mobile.
• Collaborate on distributed systems handling large volumes of global traffic with high performance and reliability.
• Participate in design and architecture discussions balancing user impact, scalability, and maintainability.
• Measure, experiment, and iterate using data and experimentation frameworks to understand user behavior.
• Uphold and improve engineering standards, performance, and security practices across the stack.

Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis unless a deadline is stated. Applicants may redact personal information from resumes. The company considers applicants with criminal histories in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. The employer is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination based on protected characteristics as outlined by laws.