Staff Security Architect

As a Staff Security Architect at Kraken Security Labs, you provide deeply technical, hands-on security consulting across current and future products. You work within a small, highly technical team embedded across engineering teams globally, spanning classical infrastructure security, cryptography, web3, Rust projects, and AI product security.

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 the 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 across diverse applications
• Experience with infrastructure security
• Basic familiarity with security frameworks such as OWASP and NIST
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a dynamic environment
• Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with stakeholders across the organization

About Kraken and Payward

Payward, the parent company behind Kraken, has spent 15 years building one of the most modern and globally accessible financial infrastructure platforms. Kraken, founded in 2011, is one of the world's longest-standing crypto platforms, trusted by over 10 million individuals and institutions, offering spot trading, margin, futures, staking and OTC services.