Staff Security Architect

As a Staff Security Architect at Kraken, part of Payward, you join Kraken Security Labs to provide deeply technical internal security consulting on current and future products. You will work embedded within engineering teams across infrastructure security, cryptography, web3, and Rust projects, collaborating with teams across the company and globally. Your role combines strategic architecture design with hands-on security work in a small, highly technical team.

What you'll do

• Design, review, and verify robust security architecture in a heterogeneous environment
• Conduct thorough security assessments and audits of existing architectures, recommending practical improvements
• Stay updated with latest blockchain security trends, threats, and mitigation techniques
• Provide expertise to blockchain teams, ensuring secure operational practices

What you bring

• Proven experience as an IT security expert with a strong background in application security
• Experience in security testing of diverse applications
• Experience with infrastructure security
• Basic familiarity with security frameworks such as OWASP and NIST
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively across the organization in a remote setting

About Kraken and Payward

Payward is the parent company behind Kraken, one of the world's longest-standing crypto platforms trusted by over 10 million individuals and institutions. Founded in 2011, Kraken offers spot trading, margin, futures, staking, and OTC services for both individual investors and institutional clients, built on a modern, globally accessible financial infrastructure platform.