About the company
Kraken, the trusted and secure digital asset exchange, is on a mission to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency so that you and the rest of the world can achieve financial freedom and inclusion. Our 2,350+ Krakenites are a world-class team ranging from the crypto-curious to industry experts, united by our desire to discover and unlock the potential of crypto and blockchain technology. As a fully remote company, we already have Krakenites in 70+ countries (speaking 50+ languages). We're one of the most diverse organizations on the planet and this remains key to our values. We continue to lead the industry with new product advancements like Kraken NFT, on- and off-chain staking and instant bitcoin transfers via the Lightning Network.
Job Summary
The opportunity
📍Develop systems for automatic backup, monitoring, and remediation of blockchain nodes 📍Code Kubernetes Operators and leverage Helm charts to deploy blockchain nodes in the K8s platform developed by the P&B SRE team 📍Implement and roll out SLO-based monitoring and alerting for blockchain nodes 📍Develop internal tooling and processes to provide abstraction over blockchain nodes 📍Troubleshoot, debug, and profile blockchains, identify performance issues, and inform mitigation decisions 📍Write high-quality policies, procedures, and technical documentation on blockchain node operations 📍Be on call for issues with blockchain nodes and work towards automatic remediation whenever possible
Skills you should HODL
📍7+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps Engineering, Software Engineering, Platform Engineering, Systems Engineering, or similar roles 📍Proficiency in at least one modern application development or utility language 📍An analytical mindset with the ability to tackle complex problems 📍Knowledge of software development best practices and workflows, with a focus on testing and delivery methodologies 📍In-depth knowledge of GNU/Linux systems, their administration, and low-level systems debugging—especially in containerized or OS-level virtualized environments 📍Experience with cloud platform services and tooling (GCP, AWS, Azure) 📍Experience with metrics-based monitoring systems and crafting SLOs for services
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