Summary

The team

We are currently seeking an experienced Node Operations Engineer to join our growing Payments & Blockchain team. The Payments & Blockchain team is responsible for the first and last mile of every dollar (digital or fiat) that goes in or out of Kraken.

Join our Payments team to help integrate Kraken’s systems with an ever-expanding universe of payment providers.

As a member of this team, your focus is on protecting client funds. You will be responsible for building systems that manage blockchain nodes at scale and provide Kraken with best-in-class performance and resiliency.

The opportunity

1. Develop systems for automatic backup, monitoring, and remediation of blockchain nodes
2. Code Kubernetes Operators and leverage Helm charts to deploy blockchain nodes in the K8s platform developed by the P&B SRE team
3. Implement and roll out SLO-based monitoring and alerting for blockchain nodes
4. Develop internal tooling and processes to provide abstraction over blockchain nodes
5. Troubleshoot, debug, and profile blockchains, identify performance issues, and inform mitigation decisions
6. Write high-quality policies, procedures, and technical documentation on blockchain node operations
7. Be on call for issues with blockchain nodes and work towards automatic remediation whenever possible

Skills you should HODL

1. 7+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps Engineering, Software Engineering, Platform Engineering, Systems Engineering, or similar roles
2. Proficiency in at least one modern application development or utility language
3. An analytical mindset with the ability to tackle complex problems
4. Knowledge of software development best practices and workflows, with a focus on testing and delivery methodologies
5. In-depth knowledge of GNU/Linux systems, their administration, and low-level systems debugging—especially in containerized or OS-level virtualized environments
6. Experience with cloud platform services and tooling (GCP, AWS, Azure)
7. Experience with metrics-based monitoring systems and crafting SLOs for services
8. Understanding of the TCP/IP network stack, DNS, SSL/TLS, and how traffic on IP networks establishes end-to-end security and trust
9. Understanding of security best practices and how to build security into systems from inception
10. Online availability for remotely fixable, unforeseen issues & on-call rotation
11. Ability to communicate technical requirements to non-technical stakeholders
12. Strong passion for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies

Nice to haves

1. Experience operating blockchain infrastructure—whether in the cloud, a data center, or a server in your basement. Including:
2. Bitcoin
3. Ethereum
4. Solana
5. Cardano
6. And many more
7. Experience operating container orchestration tooling, such as Kubernetes or HashiCorp Nomad, including implementing GitOps workflows
8. Experience with hybrid environments (cloud and data center) is a plus
9. Experience working on validator nodes previously
10. Experience with one or more of the following languages:
11. Go
12. Rust
13. Node.js
14. Python

Skills

• AWS
• Communications Skills
• Development
• Python
• Rust
• Software Engineering