Staff React Native Engineer - Pro

## Building the Future of Crypto Our Krakenites are a world-class team with crypto conviction, united by our desire to discover and unlock the potential of crypto and blockchain technology. **What makes us different?** Kraken is a mission-focused company rooted in crypto values. As a Krakenite, you’ll join us on our mission to accelerate the global adoption of crypto, so that everyone can achieve financial freedom and inclusion. For over a decade, Kraken’s focus on our mission and crypto ethos has attracted many of the most talented crypto experts in the world. Before you apply, please read the [Kraken Culture](https://www.kraken.com/culture) page to learn more about our internal culture, values, and mission. We also expect candidates to familiarize themselves with the Kraken app. Learn how to create a Kraken account [here](https://support.kraken.com/hc/en-us/articles/226090548-How-to-create-an-account-on-Kraken). As a fully remote company, we have Krakenites in 70+ countries who speak over 50 languages. Krakenites are industry pioneers who develop premium crypto products for experienced traders, institutions, and newcomers to the space. Kraken is committed to [industry-leading security](https://blog.kraken.com/crypto-education/security-at-kraken), [crypto education](https://blog.kraken.com/category/crypto-education), and [world-class client support](https://blog.kraken.com/crypto-education/support-at-kraken) through our products like [Kraken Pro](https://pro.kraken.com/), [Desktop](https://www.kraken.com/desktop), [Wallet](https://www.kraken.com/wallet), and [Kraken Futures](https://www.kraken.com/features/futures). **Become a Krakenite and build the future of crypto!**

## The opportunity - Own and drive the technical vision and architecture of Kraken’s Pro mobile application - Build and maintain high-performance mobile applications using React Native and TypeScript - Lead initiatives to improve app performance, reliability, and scalability (e.g. startup time, responsiveness, resource efficiency) - Act as a technical leader across multiple teams, ensuring consistency and quality across a shared codebase - Partner with Product, Design, and Backend teams to deliver impactful, user-facing features - Take the lead during critical production issues, diagnosing problems and driving solutions - Define and evolve engineering standards, best practices, and tooling for mobile development - Mentor engineers and elevate the overall technical capability of the team - Stay close to the code while operating at a strategic, platform level

## Skills you should HODL - 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with a strong focus on mobile development - Deep expertise in React Native and TypeScript - Proven experience owning or leading large-scale, production mobile applications - Strong understanding of mobile performance optimisation, architecture, and debugging - Experience delivering measurable improvements to app performance (e.g. load time, stability, efficiency) - Solid knowledge of iOS and Android platforms - Experience working across multiple teams or shared platforms - Strong communication skills, with the ability to influence technical direction across teams - A proactive, ownership-driven mindset with a bias for action

## Nice to haves - Significant experience of developing micro interactions and animations in React Native - Experience building high-performance consumer or fintech applications - Familiarity with native mobile development (Swift, Kotlin, etc.) - Experience defining or scaling mobile platforms across multiple teams - Background in fast-growing or highly technical product environments - Contributions to open-source or the broader engineering community

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.