Engineering Manager – Growth Product

About the role

Kraken, founded in 2011 and part of the Payward group, is one of the world's longest-standing crypto platforms, trusted by over 10 million individuals and institutions. Its Growth Engineering team builds the systems behind marketing funnels, signup and KYC flows and the engagement features that help new users fund their accounts. As Engineering Manager, you will lead a cross-functional team delivering growth-critical systems and features, working closely with Product and Design to accelerate user acquisition, activation and retention.

Key responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and support a cross-functional team of engineers delivering growth-critical systems and features.
• Collaborate daily with Product and Design to define scope, set priorities and ensure seamless execution.
• Keep projects moving forward with clear expectations, realistic estimates and transparent communication with stakeholders.
• Provide technical guidance and context so engineers make sound architectural and implementation decisions.
• Foster a culture of accountability, trust and learning, and improve team processes, communication and collaboration across time zones.
• Partner with other engineering leaders to ensure consistency and best practices across the broader Growth organization.

Required profile

• Experience leading engineering teams and delivering high-quality results in a collaborative environment.
• Strong people leadership skills, investing in coaching, clarity and empowerment.
• Product mindset: caring about how the team's work impacts users and moves key metrics.
• Clear communication and organizational skills, able to align engineering efforts with business goals.
• Experience working in distributed, remote-first teams.

Required skills

• Solid technical foundation, able to join design discussions, code reviews and help engineers make pragmatic decisions.
• One or more modern programming languages: React and React Native on the front end with a Rust-based backend, or TypeScript, Go, Node.js or similar.
• Nice to have: experience with analytics, experimentation or growth tooling; exposure to scaling teams during high-growth phases; background in product engineering.