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Software Development Engineer in Test II (SDET II)

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Join Kraken as an SDET II to enhance quality engineering and automation in a leading crypto platform. Work on backend testing frameworks and CI/CD tooling in a remote role.

Description

Building the Future of Open Finance

Payward - the parent company behind Kraken, NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, Payward Services and CF Benchmarks - has spent the last 15 years building one of the most modern and globally accessible financial infrastructure platforms in the industry, built to advance an open, global financial system. Before you apply, we encourage you to explore our [culture page](https://www.kraken.com/culture) to understand what drives us and how we work.

The Team
Founded in 2011, Kraken is one of the world's longest-standing crypto platforms, trusted by over 10 million individuals and institutions across the globe. It offers spot trading, margin, futures, staking, and OTC services, with products built for both individual investors and institutional clients. The Pro team is responsible for everything to do with the trading backend services such as the matching engine, market data gateways, internal and external APIs, and various other trading services. The team is located globally and responsibilities are split into sub-teams, working with various tech stacks. Our teams code in Rust and work agile around the globe. Recently, the team played a critical role in [scaling Kraken's trading infrastructure.](https://blog.kraken.com/post/17936/performance-at-kraken/)

Responsibilities

What You Will Do

  • Design, build, and own automated testing frameworks covering backend APIs, integrations, and trading workflows.
  • Drive improvements to CI/CD pipelines, automation tooling, and engineering productivity.
  • Review technical designs and merge requests, identifying quality, reliability, and testability risks early.
  • Investigate and resolve complex failures across distributed systems and trading infrastructure.
  • Define automation approaches and testing strategies for new products and services.
  • Mentor engineers and contribute to raising quality engineering standards across the team.
  • Experience using AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity and quality.
  • Partner with engineering leaders to continuously improve quality, reliability, and release processes.
Requirements

What You Bring

  • Strong Python/Rust/C++ skills with experience building production-quality automation frameworks, tooling, or internal engineering systems.
  • Deep backend and API testing experience across REST, WebSocket, and protocols such as gRPC or FIX, including distributed systems.
  • Experience designing and maintaining automation frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, testing infrastructure, and containerised environments.
  • Experience within trading systems or other real-time, high-availability environments, with strong understanding of reliability, latency, and system behaviour.
  • Strong understanding of trading concepts including order lifecycle, execution flows, margin, balances, and exchange mechanics.
  • Demonstrated ability to investigate complex system failures and collaborate with engineers to drive resolution.
  • Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor, Codex, Claude Code, or MCP integrations to improve engineering productivity.
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to influence engineering decisions and mentor other engineers.
Conditions & Benefits

What We Offer

  • Equal opportunity employer, celebrating diverse talents and backgrounds.
  • Applications accepted on a rolling basis unless a specific deadline is stated.
  • Candidates may be asked to complete job-related skills or work-style assessments as part of the hiring process.
Job Details
Market range (est.)$90k–$180k
LocationRemote
AI Score★★★★★★☆☆☆☆ 6/10
PostedJul 2, 2026 (10d ago)
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Tech Stack
PythonRustC++CI/CDRESTWebSocketgRPCFIX

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