Engineering Manager – Frontend – Krak

Kraken is hiring a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead a cross-functional Consumer pod for Krak, its consumer experience for moving, managing, spending, and growing money. This role is remote in Canada. What you'll do Lead a pod of frontend (React / React Native) and backend (Rust) engineers building core Krak experiences. Own end-to-end UX for key Krak features across mobile and client platforms. Guide delivery with a focus on usability, performance, and scale. Partner with Product and Design to define and ship high-impact features with measurable outcomes. Collaborate with other EMs and Tech Leads to maintain consistent engineering standards. Champion engineering excellence, maintainable architecture, and code quality. Mentor engineers and foster a culture of technical growth, collaboration, and inclusivity. Strengthen team organization and delivery using agile processes, project tracking, and engineering metrics. What they're looking for Proven experience leading engineering teams that ship customer-facing products at scale. Experience managing combined frontend and backend teams. Deep React Native background, including modern frontend architecture, app lifecycle, and performance optimization. Strong cross-functional leadership and stakeholder management. Empathy for customers and a passion for intuitive, performant consumer experiences. Experience building large-scale consumer or financial products. Nice to have Systems design or distributed architectures background. Working knowledge of Rust (or Go/C++), async architectures, and high-throughput systems. Payments and card domain experience. About Kraken Founded in 2011, Kraken is a long-standing crypto platform trusted by over 10 million individuals and institutions. It offers spot trading, margin, futures, staking, and OTC services. Krak is Kraken's consumer experience for moving, managing, spending, and growing money instantly and without borders.