Software Engineer II - React Native - Krak

As a Software Engineer II (React Native) at Kraken, you'll join a cross-functional Consumer pod focused on building and scaling core experiences in the Krak app. You'll work alongside Product, Frontend and Backend Engineers to deliver seamless, performant user experiences used daily by over 10 million individuals and institutions globally, holding every feature you ship to a high bar for UX, technical quality, and reliability.

What you'll do

• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality mobile applications using React Native and TypeScript
• Own the end-to-end delivery of assigned Krak features, from technical design through release and post-launch iteration
• Build screens and components that are maintainable, performant, and resilient, applying established architecture and design patterns
• Write clean, well-tested code and take an active part in code review, applying the team's engineering standards consistently
• Contribute to technical design discussions within your pod, raising clear proposals and trade-offs for the work you own
• Work closely with Product Managers, Designers, and Rust backend engineers in your pod to deliver features with measurable customer value
• Help improve code quality, shared components, and tooling across the Krak mobile codebase, keeping current with the React Native ecosystem

What you bring

• 3+ years of experience in software development, with a focus on web or mobile applications
• Solid working knowledge of JavaScript/TypeScript and hands-on experience building with React Native
• Experience integrating and consuming APIs, with attention to security and performance on mobile
• Experience with frontend testing frameworks and modern front-end build pipelines and tooling
• Strong understanding of UI/UX best practices, empathy for the customer, and a passion for building intuitive, performant consumer experiences
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English

Nice to have

• Familiarity with native mobile app development (iOS/Android)
• Experience developing micro interactions and animations in React Native
• Experience with Next.js and WebSockets
• Experience within a large technology organization or fast growing startup
• Hands-on experience in consumer payments, crypto or fintech mobile applications
• Working knowledge of Rust or similar languages such as Go or C++, and familiarity with async architectures, APIs, and microservices
• Experience building large-scale consumer or financial products
• Contributions to open-source or the broader engineering community

About Kraken

Kraken is one of the world's longest-standing crypto platforms, trusted by over 10 million individuals and institutions globally. Founded in 2011, it offers spot trading, margin, futures, staking, and OTC services for both individual investors and institutional clients. Kraken is part of Payward, which also operates NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, Payward Services and CF Benchmarks.