Head of Trading Infrastructure
Company:Kraken
Location:Europe
Languages:English
Seniority level:Lead
Skills:
LeadershipProduct ManagementSoftware ArchitectureCross-functional Team LeadershipStrategyCI/CDRESTful APIsLinuxDevOpsMicroservices
Requirements:
- Senior product leader with experience in exchange, trading, or high-performance platforms.
- Proven ability to set product vision and translate it into a long-term roadmap.
- Strong understanding of trading system architecture and how infrastructure drives user experience.
- Excellent communication skills — can influence technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- A passion for crypto markets, market structure, and building the next generation of trading infrastructure.
Responsibilities:
- Own the product vision and roadmap for exchange infrastructure and trading performance.
- Partner with engineering leaders to design low-latency, high-throughput systems for order matching, execution, and market data.
- Translate market needs into infrastructure priorities and features.
- Define success metrics (latency, resiliency, uptime, throughput) and hold teams accountable to them.
- Anticipate industry shifts and shape our platform to stay ahead.
- Align cross-functional teams (product, engineering, risk, compliance) around infrastructure strategy.
