Software Development Engineer in Test II (SDET II) - Pro at Kraken

<h1><strong>Building the Future of Open Finance</strong><br /></h1><p style="min-height:1.5em">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.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><br />Before you apply, we encourage you to explore our <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.kraken.com/culture"><u>culture page</u></a> to understand what drives us and how we work.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>The Team</strong></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">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.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">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<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://blog.kraken.com/post/17936/performance-at-kraken/"><u> scaling Kraken's trading infrastructure.</u></a></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2><strong>The Opportunity</strong></h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">As an SDET II within Kraken Pro, you'll operate as an experienced individual contributor focused on quality engineering, automation, and developer productivity.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">You'll own significant areas of Kraken's testing infrastructure, automation frameworks, and CI/CD tooling while partnering closely with engineers to improve reliability, testability, and release confidence across the Pro organisation.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Depending on the team or product area you join, you may work on matching engine services, market data infrastructure, external APIs, Futures and Derivatives systems, and other areas of the Pro trading stack.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">This is a backend-focused role requiring strong engineering depth, a high degree of autonomy, and the ability to drive quality improvements across complex distributed systems.</p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Design, build, and own automated testing frameworks covering backend APIs, integrations, and trading workflows.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Drive improvements to CI/CD pipelines, automation tooling, and engineering productivity.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Re