Software Engineer - Rust Blockchain Platform
Location
london, england
Job Type
Full-time
Category
IT & Technology
Posted
May 31, 2026
The Blockchain Platform Team
The Blockchain Platform team is the connective tissue of Kraken's engineering organization. Every team that touches blockchain data depends on the infrastructure we build. We abstract away the complexity of dozens of different chain protocols, so that teams across Kraken can move fast without becoming blockchain experts themselves.
We own the systems that handle node interactions, block ingestion & parsing, balance tracking, and on-chain data at scale. The work is technically demanding, the surface area is broad, and the impact is direct: if we do our job well, the rest of Kraken does theirs better.
The Opportunity
- Design and implement high-throughput, low-latency services and libraries in Rust and TypeScript
- Integrate our existing systems with exciting new blockchains
- Build and maintain the systems that process over 1.2 billion operations daily across 120+ chains
- Design data prot...