Senior Node Operations Engineer - Payments & Blockchain

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote
• Job Type: Full-Time
• Salary: $127K - $203K

Kraken is building the future of crypto, driven by a world-class team with crypto conviction. Our mission is to accelerate the global adoption of crypto, empowering everyone towards financial freedom and inclusion. We are a mission-focused company rooted in crypto values, attracting talented crypto experts for over a decade. As a fully remote company with Krakenites in over 70 countries, we develop premium crypto products for 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

We are seeking an experienced Node Operations Engineer to join our growing Payments & Blockchain team. This team is responsible for the first and last mile of all digital and fiat transactions at Kraken. Your focus will be on protecting client funds by building systems that manage blockchain nodes at scale, ensuring best-in-class performance and resiliency.

Responsibilities

• Develop systems for automatic backup, monitoring, and remediation of blockchain nodes.
• Code Kubernetes Operators and leverage Helm charts for deploying blockchain nodes on the P&B SRE team's K8s platform.
• Implement and roll out SLO-based monitoring and alerting for blockchain nodes.
• Develop internal tooling and processes to abstract blockchain node operations.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and profile blockchains; identify performance issues and inform mitigation strategies.
• Write high-quality policies, procedures, and technical documentation for blockchain node operations.
• Participate in on-call rotations for blockchain node issues, working towards automatic remediation.

Requirements

• Experience: 7+ years in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps Engineering, Software Engineering, Platform Engineering, Systems Engineering, or similar roles.
• Programming: Proficiency in at least one modern application development or utility language.
• Problem Solving: An analytical mindset with the ability to tackle complex problems.
• Software Development: Knowledge of software development best practices, workflows, testing, and delivery methodologies.
• Systems Administration: In-depth knowledge of GNU/Linux systems, administration, and low-level systems debugging, particularly in containerized or OS-level virtualized environments.
• Cloud Platforms: Experience with cloud platform services and tooling (GCP, AWS, Azure).
• Monitoring: Experience with metrics-based monitoring systems and crafting SLOs for services.
• Networking: Understanding of the TCP/IP network stack, DNS, SSL/TLS, and network security principles.
• Security: Understanding of security best practices and building security into systems from inception.
• Availability: Online availability for remotely fixable, unforeseen issues and on-call rotation.
• Communication: Ability to communicate technical requirements to non-technical stakeholders.
• Passion: Strong passion for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

Nice to Haves

• Experience operating blockchain infrastructure (cloud, data center, or on-premise).
• Specific experience with operating infrastructure for:
  • Bitcoin
  • Ethereum
  • Solana
  • Cardano
  • And many more
• Experience operating containerized environments.

Application Instructions

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