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.

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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!

About CF Benchmarks a Kraken company

CF Benchmarks are the world’s first and leading cryptocurrency index provider authorised and regulated by the UK FCA. Our indices are in full compliance with UK Benchmark Regulation (BMR) proven by two successful audits undertaken by Deloitte. We're a trusted partner to some of the most respected and innovative financial institutions and our fully market tested reference rates and indices power regulated financial products including listed derivatives investment funds and structured products from the world's leading firms including the market defining crypto derivatives suite listed by CME Group and the BlackRock Bitcoin Private Trust. For more information please visit www.cfbenchmarks.com

The Team

We are looking for a Java Developer to join the CF Benchmarks Index Team. You will be responsible for implementing new crypto indices and for ensuring the smooth running of the CF Benchmarks platform. You should be diligent with a keen attention to detail and a track record of seeing tasks/projects through to conclusion.

You should be diligent with a keen attention to detail and a track record of seeing tasks/projects through to successful conclusion.

For this role we are looking to hire someone in EST or CST timezone.

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The opportunity

• Design and implement distributed services in Java

• Work closely with the product team to build calculation systems based on requirements and methodologies

• Broadly contribute in the areas of data analysis core infrastructure core backend business logic implementations and more

• Support a 24/7 real-time distributed system as part of a wider team

• Ensure all systems have suitable coverage with  metrics and alarms

• Help provide world class pricing and data services in the Crypto World

• Be part of one of the fastest growing Crypto Companies in the World

Skills you should HODL

• 2+ years of experience in software development with a focus on backend systems development

• Java developer with previous experience of working with a range of frameworks

• Keen mathematics and algorithm knowledge

• Familiarity with common middlewares such as RPC protobuf message queues Redis

• Ability to develop iteratively for a high throughput low latency system

• Highly capable of writing maintainable simple efficient and dependable code

• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English

• Effective communicator with exemplary team and organizational skills

Nice to haves

• Experience working in the financial sector

• On-chain or financial data analytics experience

• Experience working with financial market data systems

• Experience working with cryptocurrency or blockchain technology

• Experience working with Python SQL Kubernetes or similar technologies

• Experience working with modern CI/CD pipelines Git and Gitlab

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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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