Kraken
Head of Exchange Infrastructure
$177K–$395K
United States · Remote · Director · Full-time · Posted Sep 17, 2026
About the job
Owns the product strategy and consolidation of Kraken’s exchange infrastructure into a unified platform supporting its products and interfaces.
What you'll do
- Set the vision and roadmap for the matching engine, core infrastructure, third-party custody, algo engine, and API engine.
- Lead and develop four to five product managers and consolidate multiple matching engines, beginning with US derivatives.
- Define performance and reliability metrics, and coordinate migration with engineering, Risk, Credit Infrastructure, and other teams.
What they ask for
- Senior product leadership experience in exchange, trading, or high-performance platforms.
- Experience managing and developing product managers.
- Strong understanding of matching engine and market data architecture and low-latency tradeoffs.
- Proven ability to set product vision and translate it into a long-term roadmap.
Nice to have
- Engineering background involving high-performance systems.
- Experience across both spot and derivatives venues.
Pay
$177.4K – $395.1K (USD base salary); Offers Equity; Offers Bonus
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