Software Development Engineer in Test
Kraken
Building the Future of Crypto
Our Krakenites are a world-class team with crypto conviction, united by our desire to discover and unlock the potential of crypto and blockchain technology.
What makes us different?
Kraken is a mission-focused company rooted in crypto values. As a Krakenite, you’ll join us on our mission to accelerate the global adoption of crypto, so that everyone can achieve financial freedom and inclusion. For over a decade, Kraken’s focus on our mission and crypto ethos has attracted many of the most talented crypto experts in the world.
Before you apply, please read the Kraken Culture page to learn more about our internal culture, values, and mission.
As a fully remote company, we have Krakenites in 60+ countries who speak over 50 languages. Krakenites are industry pioneers who develop premium crypto products for experienced traders, institutions, and newcomers to the space. Kraken is committed to industry-leading security, crypto education, and world-class client support through our products like Kraken Pro, Kraken NFT, and Kraken Futures.
Become a Krakenite and build the future of crypto!
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The Team
As a Core Backend SDET, you will form part of a cross-functional team, where you will own and drive the automated testing effort to ensure quality of features spanning multiple services. This will allow you to gain a deep understanding of the domain and its services for which you will act as a liaison to other teams in terms of testing efforts. Your work will follow and improve on the standards, practices and frameworks of the broader QA team. Your time will be spent implementing and extending automated functional tests, monitoring suites, mocking services, as well as performing manual ad-hoc tests when needed.
The Opportunity
Implement and extend automated functional test suite to achieve higher test coverage
Build and manage continuous testing pipelines
Debug, log, reproduce and document bugs encountered during testing efforts
Learn and understand the business domain and application architecture
Facilitate the test strategy, planning, and schedule of the product team’s development initiatives
Ensure timely completion of test deliverables
Skills you should HODL
Experience programming in either Rust or Python
Prior experience implementing automated testing of distributed systems
Understanding of testing methodologies and familiarity with testing frameworks
Practical experience in CI/CD and their pipelines
Comfortable with command line, Docker, and Git
Excited about getting comfortable and productive in Rust
Familiarity with common communication protocols, particularly HTTP, SSL/TLS, TCP sockets, and WebSockets
Interest and familiarity with financial markets and trading, particularly order types and collateral/margin trading
Well versed with issue-tracking tools such as Bugzilla and JIRA
Comfortable and productive working on a remote-first basis
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BS in STEM major, or equivalent professional experience developing software
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Kraken is powered by people from around the world and we celebrate all Krakenites for their diverse talents, backgrounds, contributions and unique perspectives. We hire strictly based on merit, meaning we seek out the candidates with the right abilities, knowledge, and skills considered the most suitable for the job. We encourage you to apply for roles where you don't fully meet the listed requirements, especially if you're passionate or knowledgable about crypto!
As an equal opportunity employer, we don’t tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind. Whether that’s based on race, ethnicity, age, gender identity, citizenship, religion, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, veteran status or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state or local laws.
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