AI Agents Solutions Architect - Finance

Kraken is a mission-focused company rooted in crypto values, dedicated to accelerating the global adoption of crypto and fostering financial freedom and inclusion. As a fully remote organization with Krakenites in over 70 countries, Kraken develops premium crypto products for experienced traders, institutions, and newcomers, emphasizing industry-leading security, crypto education, and world-class client support.

### Key Responsibilities - Assessing and mapping Finance operations to identify gaps and bottlenecks across systems like NetSuite, BlackLine, Kyriba, Fireblocks, and Lukka. - Benchmarking operations against best practices to build an automation roadmap. - Architecting the long-term AI-native finance operating system and defining agentic system interactions with financial infrastructure and data. - Building and deploying production-grade agentic workflows for finance operations (reconciliations, close processes, audit prep, treasury monitoring, financial analytics, controls validation) using modern AI tooling like Claude/Anthropic APIs, Python-based orchestration, and workflow engines. - Owning AI governance for Finance by establishing guardrails for safe automation in a SOX-regulated environment. - Building the foundation for AI-native Finance through reusable frameworks, training, metrics, and leadership reporting.

### Qualifications - Proven track record designing, deploying, and scaling agentic AI systems in production environments used by others. - Deep understanding of LLM orchestration, multi-agent system design, and the failure modes of autonomous AI workflows in high-stakes operational environments. - Strong systems architecture capability: able to move from discovery to design to build to deployment to optimization without relying on external consultants. - Hands-on proficiency with modern AI automation tooling: Claude/Anthropic APIs, Python-based orchestration, n8n or equivalent workflow engines, MCP or similar agent coordination layers. - Strong domain knowledge of finance operations including close processes, reconciliations, treasury, financial reporting, and controls in a regulated environment. - Experience deploying automation in a SOX-regulated or equivalent compliance environment, with demonstrated understanding of which controls must be preserved and how to design automation that maintains audit integrity. - Ability to translate finance and business requirements into technical roadmaps and scalable operational solutions. - Strong communicator who can bridge finance, technical, and business teams while influencing senior stakeholders and driving cross-functional alignment. - Comfortable operating in fast-paced, ambiguous environments with a high level of ownership and bias toward execution. - Experience with Finance systems stack or equivalent enterprise platforms: NetSuite, BlackLine, Kyriba, Fireblocks, or Lukka. - Background as a Head of Product or Head of Engineering at an AI-native company, AI systems architect, or founder or early engineer at an agentic infrastructure company. - Familiarity with crypto-native financial infrastructure including digital asset custody, on-chain reconciliation, and blockchain-based accounting workflows. - Experience in high-velocity or resource-constrained environments: startup, PE-backed company, or an understaffed finance team where you had to build the system yourself. - Familiarity with data privacy, information governance, or compliance systems in a financial services context. - Experience managing vendor relationships and procurement for finance technology platforms.

Kraken (legally Payward, Inc.) is a US-based cryptocurrency exchange that facilitates trading of cryptocurrencies, stocks, futures, and ETFs in most US states. It serves over 10 million clients worldwide with $207 billion in quarterly trading volume and has expanded to tokenized equities for non-US customers.