Staff React Native Engineer - Pro

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with a strong focus on mobile development
• Deep expertise in React Native and TypeScript
• Proven experience owning or leading large-scale, production mobile applications
• Strong understanding of mobile performance optimization, architecture, and debugging
• Experience delivering measurable improvements to app performance (e.g. load time, stability, efficiency)
• Solid knowledge of iOS and Android platforms
• Experience working across multiple teams or shared platforms
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to influence technical direction across teams
• A proactive, ownership-driven mindset with a bias for action

Nice to Haves

• Significant experience of developing micro interactions and animations in React Native
• Experience building high-performance consumer or fintech applications
• Familiarity with native mobile development (Swift, Kotlin, etc.)
• Experience defining or scaling mobile platforms across multiple teams
• Background in fast-growing or highly technical product environments
• Contributions to open-source or the broader engineering community

What You'll Be Doing

• Own and drive the technical vision and architecture of Kraken’s Pro mobile application
• Build and maintain high-performance mobile applications using React Native and TypeScript
• Lead initiatives to improve app performance, reliability, and scalability (e.g. startup time, responsiveness, resource efficiency)
• Act as a technical leader across multiple teams, ensuring consistency and quality across a shared codebase
• Partner with Product, Design, and Backend teams to deliver impactful, user-facing features
• Take the lead during critical production issues, diagnosing problems and driving solutions
• Define and evolve engineering standards, best practices, and tooling for mobile development
• Mentor engineers and elevate the overall technical capability of the team
• Stay close to the code while operating at a strategic, platform level

Perks and Benefits

• Work with a world-class team passionate about crypto and blockchain technology
• Join a mission-focused company committed to global adoption of crypto for financial freedom and inclusion
• Be part of a fully remote company with Krakenites in 70+ countries speaking over 50 languages
• Contribute to industry-leading security, crypto education, and world-class client support through cutting-edge products
• Opportunity to learn and grow in a fast-paced and innovative environment