Linux
Nomad
Vault

Senior Core Infrastructure Engineer - Platforms Orchestration

Overview

Kraken is a mission-focused company rooted in crypto values. As a Krakenite, you’ll join us on our mission to accelerate the global adoption of crypto, so that everyone can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.

Job Description

Kraken is a world-class team with crypto conviction, united by our desire to discover and unlock the potential of crypto and blockchain technology. We are committed to industry-leading security, crypto education, and world-class client support through our products like Kraken Pro, Desktop, Wallet, and Kraken Futures.

Responsibilities

  • - 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, ensuring the security and availability of our systems
  • - Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure issues, as well as provide guidance and support to other team members
  • - Participate in on-call rotations to ensure the smooth operation of our critical systems

Required Skills

  • - Strong background in Linux, Networking, and Distributed Systems
  • - Significant hands-on experience with Nomad container orchestration platform in a high availability, production environment
  • - Hands-on experience with other HashiCorp tools, such as Vault and 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 in a complex environment
  • - Experience with monitoring and observability tools like Prometheus and Grafana
  • - Significant experience with one or more of the following languages: Python, Go, Bash
  • - Passion for improving processes, products, and the developer experience for engineering teams
  • - Knowledgeable about continuous integration and delivery best practices
  • - Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills
  • - Ability to thrive while working independently and remotely in a team-based environment
  • - Self-starter, capable of context-switching between various projects, codebases, and concepts

Benefits

  • - Bonus program
  • - Equity program
  • - Wellness allowance
  • - Medical, dental, vision and 401(k) [US Only]

About the company

Buy, sell, trade and learn about crypto on Kraken — the simple, powerful crypto platform that grows with you.


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