Posted 24 days ago
Senior Software Engineer – AI Infrastructure
@ Kraken
Remote in Canada
Overview
Kraken is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for its AI Infrastructure team, which builds and runs production systems that power intelligent agents at scale. The role is full-time and centres on high-performance Rust services for model inference, orchestration and execution, with 5+ years of experience required.
Responsibilities:
- Design and build AI agent infrastructure in production
- Develop high-performance Rust services for inference and orchestration
- Build ML infrastructure and MLOps patterns for deployment and monitoring
- Define guardrails, observability and failure handling
Requirements summary:
- 5+ years building and operating high-scale production systems
- Strong proficiency in Rust and systems programming
- Deep understanding of distributed systems and reliability
- Familiarity with ML infrastructure and model serving
Tools & skills
Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-14
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-14
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-21
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Software development |
| Experience | 5+ years |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
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Kraken
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Own the power of your money. Crypto, stocks, futures and more — since 2011.
Full company description
Kraken helps people own the power of their money. Founded in 2011, we're one of the world's longest-standing crypto platforms, now offering crypto, stocks, futures, staking, payments and more. Trusted by millions of institutions, professional traders, and consumers across 190+ countries. Built on the belief that everyone should own the power of their money, Kraken has been a category leader in crypto since 2011. We've grown into a global financial platform offering crypto, stocks, futures, staking, payments and institutional infrastructure — all on a single foundation built for the future of finance. Our product lineup: — Kraken: the world's leading hybrid investment platform, built for the future of finance from the ground up — Kraken Pro: the all-in command center that unleashes your trading potential — Krak: the next-generation money platform that turns every type of asset into usable money Proof of Reserves since 2014. Assets held 1:1. Trusted by 13M+ people, thousands of institutions, and a growing community of developers building on Kraken rails. Our mission: accelerate the global adoption of crypto so everyone can achieve financial freedom and inclusion. Risk Disclosure: https://www.kraken.com/en-ca/social-media-disclosure
- LinkedIn followers
- 280,559
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 1,093
- Reported office locations
- Remote First, US
- Business categories
- Cryptocurrency
- Blockchain
- Stock Exchanges
- Asset Management
- Personal Finance
- Bitcoin
- FinTech
- Trading Platform
- Financial Services
- Financial Exchanges
- Ethereum
- Other recorded names
- Kraken
- Specialties
- Bitcoin
- Litecoin
- Dogecoin
- Ethereum
- Cryptocurrency
- Digital Assets
- Virtual Currency
- Markets
- Security
- Financial Services
- Wallet
- Compliance
- Blockchain
- Index
- Parachain Auctions
- Staking
- Proof of Reserves
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- Reported total investment
- 1,630,550,000
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Kraken helps people own the power of their money. Founded in 2011, we're one of the world's longest-standing crypto platforms, now offering crypto, stocks, futures, staking, payments and more. Trusted by millions of institutions, professional traders, and consumers across 190+ countries. Built on the belief that everyone should own the power of their money, Kraken has been a category leader in crypto since 2011…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Financial Services |
| Company size | 1,001-5,000 employees |
| Headquarters | Remote First |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Year founded | 2011 |
| Specialties | BitcoinLitecoinDogecoinEthereumCryptocurrencyDigital AssetsVirtual CurrencyMarketsSecurityFinancial Services |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 30 |
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Building the Future of Open Finance
Payward - the parent company behind Kraken, NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, Payward Services and CF Benchmarks - has spent the last 15 years building one of the most modern and globally accessible financial infrastructure platforms in the industry, built to advance an open, global financial system.
The team
Founded in 2011, Kraken is one of the world's longest-standing crypto platforms, trusted by over 10 million individuals and institutions across the globe. It offers spot trading, margin, futures, staking, and OTC services, with products built for both individual investors and institutional clients.
The AI Infrastructure team builds and operates the production systems that power intelligent agents at scale. This team sits at the foundation of the agent platform, ensuring that model inference, orchestration, and execution layers are reliable, observable, and performant under real-world load.
Working closely with the Agent Systems team and broader infrastructure partners, this group owns the core primitives that enable agents to safely operate across internal systems. The environment is high-scale and high-stakes — systems serve millions of users and must meet strict reliability, latency, and correctness standards.
This is a deeply production-oriented team. Engineers here combine strong systems thinking with applied ML infrastructure experience, building in Rust and operating services where performance and failure modes matter.
The opportunity
Design and build the infrastructure layer powering AI agent systems in production
Develop high-performance Rust services that handle model inference, orchestration, and execution
Architect scalable systems capable of supporting millions of users and high request throughput
Build reliable ML infrastructure and MLOps patterns for model deployment, evaluation, and monitoring
Define guardrails, observability, and failure handling for agent-driven workflows
Optimize latency, throughput, and cost across inference and orchestration layers
Partner closely with the Agent Systems team to translate experimental prototypes into hardened production systems
Contribute to foundational infrastructure decisions in a high-scale, high-impact environment
What You Bring
5+ years of experience building and operating high-scale production systems
Strong proficiency in Rust and systems-level programming
Deep understanding of distributed systems, reliability engineering, and performance optimization
Experience operating services serving millions of users or high-throughput workloads
Familiarity with ML infrastructure, model serving, or MLOps in production environments
Experience designing observability, monitoring, and failure recovery systems
Strong collaboration skills working across infrastructure and applied engineering teams
High ownership mindset in high-stakes production environment
Nice to haves
Experience building infrastructure for agent-based or LLM-powered systems
Background in high-performance networking, async systems, or low-latency architectures
Experience with container orchestration and cloud-native infrastructure
Familiarity with evaluation frameworks and model performance monitoring at scale
Experience working in fast-moving 0→1 or platform-building teams
Unless a specific application deadline is stated in the job posting, applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.
Please note, applicants are permitted to redact or remove information on their resume that identifies age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution.
We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, assessing candidates in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
Our commitment
Payward is powered by people from around the world and we celebrate the diverse talents, backgrounds, contributions, and unique perspectives that everyone brings to the table. We hire based on merit, seeking out people with the right abilities, knowledge, and skills for the job. We encourage you to apply for roles where you don't fully meet the listed requirements, especially if you're passionate or knowledgeable about crypto.
We may ask candidates to complete job-related skills or work-style assessments as part of our hiring process. These assessments evaluate competencies relevant to the role and are applied consistently across candidates for similar positions. Results are considered alongside experience and interviews, and are not the sole basis for any employment decision.
As an equal opportunity employer, we don't tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind, whether based on race, ethnicity, age, gender identity, citizenship, religion, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.
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