Senior Core Infrastructure Engineer - Platforms Orchestration

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote
• Job Type: Full-Time
• Salary: $100K - $203K

Kraken is building the future of crypto with a world-class team united by a desire to discover and unlock the potential of crypto and blockchain technology. As a mission-focused company rooted in crypto values, Kraken aims to accelerate the global adoption of crypto, empowering everyone to achieve financial freedom and inclusion. Krakenites are industry pioneers developing premium crypto products for experienced traders, institutions, and newcomers. Kraken is committed to industry-leading security, crypto education, and world-class client support through products like Kraken Pro, Desktop, Wallet, and Kraken Futures.

The Team

Join the Core Infrastructure - Platforms Team to manage and enhance Kraken's engineering platform. This team is responsible for managing and applying best practices to the orchestration platform, providing infrastructure support across Engineering. They are dedicated to creating a secure, reliable, and scalable infrastructure platform that supports continuous software development practices, with a recent focus on providing a self-service platform for engineers.

The Opportunity

• Extend and automate the existing container orchestration platform, ensuring its scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Work closely with SREs from different teams to reduce their cognitive load related to the orchestration platform.
• Implement and maintain security best practices for the orchestration platform.
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure issues, providing guidance and support to team members.
• Participate in on-call rotations.

Skills You Should HODL

• Strong background in Linux, Networking, and Distributed Systems.
• Significant hands-on experience with the Nomad container orchestration platform in a high availability, production environment.
• Hands-on experience with other HashiCorp tools (e.g., Vault, Consul).
• Advanced proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
• Extensive experience with AWS Cloud Infrastructure.
• Strong security mindset and experience implementing security best practices.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana).
• Significant experience with one or more of the following languages: Python, Go, Bash.
• Passion for improving processes, products, and the developer experience.
• Knowledgeable about continuous integration and delivery best practices.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills.
• Ability to thrive working independently and remotely in a team-based environment.
• Self-starter, capable of context-switching between various projects, codebases, and concepts.

Application Instructions

• This job is accepting ongoing applications with no application deadline.
• Applicants are permitted to redact or remove information on their resume that identifies age or date of birth.

Company Information

• Kraken is a fully remote company with employees in over 70 countries speaking over 50 languages.
• Before applying, please read the Kraken Culture page to learn more about internal culture, values, and mission.
• Familiarize yourself with the Kraken app.

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