Engineering Manager – Growth Platform

Overview

Engineering Manager

• within Growth Platform, you’ll lead and develop a team of engineers who deliver high-impact features, platforms, and tools that power our growth.
• You’ll ensure the team is aligned, supported, and set up to execute with excellence — turning complex challenges into simple, reliable solutions that reach users around the world.
• This role is fully remote.
• We consider candidates in EU and EST US/LATAM timezones.
• The opportunity
• Lead, mentor, and support a cross-functional team of engineers delivering growth-critical systems and features.
• Collaborate daily with Product and Design to define scope, set priorities, and ensure seamless execution.
• Keep projects moving forward — maintaining clear expectations, realistic estimates, and transparent communication with stakeholders.
• Provide technical guidance and context to help engineers make sound architectural and implementation decisions.
• Foster a culture of accountability, trust, and learning — helping the team grow their impact and autonomy.
• Improve team processes, communication, and collaboration across time zones.
• Partner with other engineering leaders to ensure consistency and best practices across the broader Growth organization.
• Leverage AI tooling daily to boost personal and team productivity
• Stay hands-on in the codebase, writing production-grade code and setting the bar for quality, reliability, and speed.

Skills You Should HODL

• Experience leading engineering teams and delivering high-quality results in a collaborative environment.
• Strong people leadership skills — you invest in coaching, clarity, and empowerment.
• Solid technical foundation, especially on the backend; you can engage in design discussions, code reviews, and help engineers make pragmatic decisions.
• Strong individual contributor background — you write production-grade code and lead by example.
• High proficiency in modern AI-driven development — you use AI daily to boost personal and team performance through automation.
• Familiarity with one or more modern programming languages (e.g. TypeScript, Rust, Go, Python, or similar).
• A product mindset — you care about how your team’s work impacts users and moves key metrics.
• Clear communication and organizational skills, with the ability to align engineering efforts with business goals.
• Experience working in distributed, remote-first teams.
• Nice to haves
• Experience with analytics, experimentation, or growth tooling.
• Background in developer experience, SDKs, or internal platforms.
• Exposure to scaling teams or processes during high-growth phases.

How You Lead

• You lead by setting context, not control — empowering engineers to make decisions with clarity and confidence.
• You coach through curiosity, helping others grow their judgment and autonomy.
• You communicate transparently, ensuring alignment across engineering, product, and design.
• You model accountability and empathy, creating an environment of trust and shared purpose.
• We know that great engineers come from many backgrounds.
• If you're excited about the mission but don't meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply.
• *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.*
• Kraken is powered by people from around the world and we celebrate all Krakenites for their diverse talents, backgrounds, contributions and unique perspectives.
• We hire strictly based on merit, meaning we seek out the candidates with the right abilities, knowledge, and skills considered the most suitable 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 knowledgable about crypto!
• We may ask candidates to complete job-related skills or work-style assessments as part of our hiring process.
• These assessments are designed to evaluate competencies relevant to the role and are applied consistently across candidates for similar positions.
• Assessment results are considered alongside other relevant information, such as 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 that’s 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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