Growth Engineering Manager

About Kraken

Kraken is a mission-focused company rooted in crypto values, dedicated to accelerating the global adoption of crypto for financial freedom and inclusion. As a Krakenite, you'll join a world-class team with deep crypto conviction, united by the desire to discover and unlock the potential of crypto and blockchain technology. Kraken operates as a fully remote company with Krakenites in over 70 countries, developing premium crypto products for experienced traders, institutions, and newcomers. The company prioritizes industry-leading security, crypto education, and world-class client support through products like Kraken Pro, Desktop, Wallet, and Kraken Futures.

Candidates are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the Kraken Culture page and the Kraken app by creating an account before applying.

The Growth Engineering Team

The Growth Engineering team is responsible for building experiences that connect users to the Kraken ecosystem, driving initial engagement and retention. This includes designing and shipping systems for marketing funnels, signup and KYC flows, and key engagement features that help new users fund accounts and explore products. This team directly influences company growth, global reach, and user engagement at scale, serving millions of users worldwide.

The Role: Growth Engineering Manager

As a Growth Engineering Manager at Kraken, you will lead and develop a cross-functional group of engineers focused on delivering high-impact features, platforms, and tools that power user acquisition, activation, and retention. You will collaborate closely with Product and Design teams to plan, prioritize, and execute initiatives that accelerate growth. Your role ensures the team is aligned, supported, and empowered to deliver simple, reliable solutions at scale.

How We Work

• Engineers are given ownership and trusted to deliver high-impact work with craftsmanship and accountability.
• The team moves quickly, experiments often, and learns fast from data and feedback.
• Work is asynchronous across time zones, supported by open communication and shared goals.
• Products serve millions globally, built with a global mindset for scale, accessibility, and trust.

Why This Role Matters

Every decision made in this role will significantly impact how Kraken teams build and deliver global user experiences. You will lead by setting context rather than control, empowering engineers with clarity and confidence. Through curiosity, open communication, and modeling accountability and empathy, you will translate alignment and trust into measurable impact for Kraken's growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and support a cross-functional team of engineers dedicated to growth-critical systems and features.
• Collaborate daily with Product and Design to define scope, set priorities, and ensure seamless execution.
• Drive project progress by maintaining clear expectations, realistic estimates, and transparent stakeholder communication.
• Provide technical guidance and context for sound architectural and implementation decisions.
• Cultivate a culture of accountability, trust, and continuous learning to enhance team impact and autonomy.
• Improve team processes, communication, and cross-time zone collaboration.
• Partner with other engineering leaders to ensure consistency and best practices within the broader Growth organization.

Skills You Should Possess

• Proven experience leading engineering teams and delivering high-quality results in a collaborative setting.
• Strong people leadership skills: coaching, setting context, and empowering good decision-making.
• Solid technical foundation, enabling participation in design discussions and pragmatic trade-offs.
• Proficiency in modern programming languages such as TypeScript, Rust, Go, Python, or similar.
• A product mindset, understanding how team work impacts users and key metrics.
• Clear communication and organizational skills, aligning engineering outcomes with business goals.
• Experience operating in distributed, remote-first teams.

Nice to Haves

• Experience with analytics, experimentation, or growth tooling.
• Background in developer experience, SDKs, or internal platforms.
• Exposure to scaling teams or processes during high-growth phases.

Key skills/competency

• Engineering Leadership
• Growth Strategy
• Team Mentorship
• Technical Guidance
• Cross-functional Collaboration
• User Acquisition
• Product Mindset
• Remote Team Management
• System Architecture
• Data-driven Experimentation