Engineering Manager – Growth Product

About this role

Lead an engineering team building growth experiences for Kraken, including marketing funnels, signup and KYC flows, and user engagement features. Partner with Product and Design to improve user acquisition, activation, and retention.

About the company

Kraken is a leading cryptocurrency exchange that provides a platform for buying, selling, and trading a diverse range of digital assets. The company focuses on compliance, security, and innovative financial solutions to serve both individual and institutional clients.

The team

Growth Engineering team

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What you'll do

• Lead, mentor, and support engineers delivering growth-focused systems and features.
• Work with Product and Design to define scope, priorities, and execution plans.
• Maintain clear expectations, realistic estimates, and transparent stakeholder communication.
• Provide technical guidance on architecture and implementation decisions.
• Improve team processes and collaboration across time zones.

What we're looking for

• Experience leading engineering teams and delivering high-quality results.
• Strong people leadership, coaching, and empowerment skills.
• Technical foundation to contribute to design discussions and code reviews.
• Familiarity with modern programming languages and frameworks such as React, React Native, Rust, TypeScript, Go, or Node.js.
• Product mindset and ability to connect engineering work to user impact and business goals.
• Clear communication and experience working in distributed, remote-first teams.

Nice to have

• Experience with analytics, experimentation, or growth tooling.
• Experience scaling teams or processes during high-growth phases.
• Product engineering background with end-to-end ownership of user-facing features.