Founding Developer Relations Lead

Overview

• Building the Future of Crypto
• Our Krakenites are a world-class team with crypto conviction, united by our desire to discover and unlock the potential of crypto and blockchain technology.
• What makes us different?
• 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.
• For over a decade, Kraken s focus on our mission and crypto ethos has attracted many of the most talented crypto experts in the world.
• Before you apply, please read the Kraken Culture page to learn more about our internal culture, values, and mission.
• We also expect candidates to familiarize themselves with the Kraken app.
• Learn how to create a Kraken account here .
• As a fully remote company, we have Krakenites in 70+ countries who speak over 50 languages.
• Krakenites are industry pioneers who develop premium crypto products for experienced traders, institutions, and newcomers to the space.
• Kraken is committed to industry-leading security , crypto education , and world-class client support through our products like Kraken Pro , Desktop , Wallet , and Kraken Futures .
• Become a Krakenite and build the future of crypto!
• Proof of work
• The team
• Payward has world-class engineering, products, infrastructure, and regulatory assets.
• We re building APIs, wallets, payment capabilities, developer tooling, and agent-native interfaces that can power the next generation of financial applications.
• What we don t yet have is the function responsible for making Payward the default choice for developers and AI agents building in financial services.
• We re looking for the founding leader of that effort.
• This role sits at the intersection of Engineering, Product and Growth.
• Your job will be to help create a new Developer & Agent Interface capability from the ground up - defining how developers discover our platform, how agents retrieve and interact with our services, and how we bring new infrastructure products to market.
• This isn t a traditional DevRel role.
• You won t inherit a mature playbook, established team, or existing motion.
• You ll help create them.
• You ll partner closely with engineering teams building APIs, SDKs, wallets, payments infrastructure, and agent-facing products.
• You ll help shape the products themselves, not just the documentation around them.
• You ll establish the standards for developer experience, launch strategy, technical storytelling, and ecosystem engagement.
• Our mission is simple: Make Payward the default infrastructure an AI agent selects when a developer asks for trading, payments, wallets, or financial services.
• We re looking for someone who wants to help build that capability for the long term - and who can grow into the leader of the organization that emerges from it.
• The opportunity
• Own developer activation end-to-end across APIs, SDKs, CLIs, MCP servers, wallets, and emerging agent interfaces
• Drive adoption metrics that matter: API usage, SDK installs, production integrations, GitHub engagement, and agent retrievals
• Build quickstarts, reference implementations, SDKs, CLIs, MCP servers, and developer tooling that make Payward easy to integrate with
• Partner directly with Product and Engineering to ensure every launch is developer-ready and agent-friendly on day one
• Help define how developers and AI agents discover, understand, and interact with Payward infrastructure
• Create technical narratives, launch content, demos, and documentation that establish Payward as a leading developer platform
• Carry keynotes, live demos, and technical presentations at industry events and developer conferences
• Represent developers internally by identifying friction, surfacing ecosystem needs, and influencing product direction
• Help build the long-term DNA, processes, and culture of a world-class Developer & Agent Interface organization