Senior Software Engineer - C++ - Consumer

Requirements

• 7+ years of software engineering experience
• Proficient in C++
• Have a security-first mindset during system design to ensure robustness and reliability
• Demonstrate the ability to autonomously debug issues across the stack (OS, network, application)
• Apply a solid understanding of distributed systems and technologies, including RPC protocols, message buses (Kafka or similar), and event-driven architectures, to design scalable solutions
• Collaborate effectively with product and platform teams to gather requirements and constraints for designing appropriate systems
• Take complete end-to-end ownership of systems and libraries
• Provide mentorship to other engineers while contributing to defining the technical culture

What You'll Be Doing

• Design and implement robust C++ services and libraries for our equities infrastructure
• Write reusable, testable, and highly efficient codebases optimized for low latency and high throughput
• Collaborate on large-scale distributed systems architecture across trading, market data, and settlement layers
• Work side by side with hundreds of experienced engineers across multiple languages and platforms
• Contribute to the design and implementation of systems that support the next generation of Kraken’s Consumer equities offering

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Perks and Benefits