Senior Engineer – Integration and Automation

Title: Senior Engineer – Integration & Automation

Location: Remote Anywhere

Type: Remote Full-time
Workplace: remote
JobDescription:

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.

As a fully remote company, we have Krakenites in 60+ 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, Kraken NFT, and Kraken Futures.

Become a Krakenite and build the future of crypto!

The team

The Integration & automation team is responsible for owning and managing the various critical integrations & automations supporting multiple business functions including HR, Finance, Engineering, IT & Security. This team works closely with our business stakeholders to identify opportunities/pain points and groom requirements to deliver best-in-class solutions using integration and automation capabilities. This team supports business critical operations & executes on strategic business projects.

The Sr. Engineer – Integration & Automation will be responsible for partnering closely with business to understand business pain points & areas of opportunity within HR, Finance & Legal processes and operations. This role will design and develop automations and integrations to improve data accuracy, increase cost savings, increase productivity and overall efficiency. This position will work cross functionally with other departments including product and engineering to collaborate on larger company wide initiatives. This position will act as a senior member of the team and provide technical subject matter expertise and advisory to business to implement best in class solutions for security, performance and operational efficiency.

This role will require thorough knowledge and understanding of industry best practices and modern day tools and methodologies in the Integration & automation domain. This individual has prior experience implementing and administering critical integrations and automation solutions for key business functions. This role reports to the Sr. Director of IT.

The Opportunity

• Groom requirements and conduct design sessions with business for integrations and automations.
• Architect and build integrations between core internal and external applications (including on-prem and on-cloud)
• Develop automations to improve efficiency within business operations and save man hours.
• Design, develop, test, launch and support critical integrations and automations within enterprise applications.
• Work with IT & Security teams to understand automation needs to build automations to scale operations and enable the highest level of security.
• Advise on best practices and recommend best in-class integrations design and solutions considering scale, security, and performance.
• Work cross functionally with various engineerings and business teams to document details process and data flows to align on design
• Build prototypes and demo with customers to show value and gather feedback for evolving the solution.
• Explore new technologies and embrace change in tech stack and develop methodologies for continuous improvement
• Document and publish integration and automation artifacts for various projects.
• Asses existing technologies and applications to assess & identify tooling for future.

Skills you should HODL

• 4+ years of experience with developing complex integration solutions in a hybrid environment involving iPaaS solutions (like OneCloud, Dell Boomi, Mulesoft, etc) and on-prem solutions to integrate between critical apps and systems for various business departments.
• 3+ years of experience building automations in a hybrid environment involving on-cloud solutions (like Zapier, Workato, etc) and on-prem solutions to automate critical business operations and procedures for various business units like HR, Finance, Product, etc
• Experience building integration jobs or automations using Golang and Typescript/NodeJS
• Programming experience with Python and/or Rust a plus
• Point-to-Point Integration, Hub-and-Spoke Integration, and Bus Architecture will be a plus.
• Experience working with cloud computing platforms via Infrastructure As Code (IaC) such as Pulumi, Terraform, and/or Ansible will be a plus
• Deep technical knowledge and experience with enterprise level technologies (HRIS systems, identity management, secure messaging and collaboration, data storage and organization applications) is critical.
• Experience building and managing enterprise software and integration solutions for 3rd party enterprise products will be critical.
• Prior experience managing a team of engineers will be a plus
• Experience with RPA or Generative AI is a plus.
• Experience building and managing test automation for critical applications will be a plus.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential.

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!

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.