Senior Node Operations Engineer - Payments & Blockchain

Experienced Node Operations Engineer needed for Kraken's Payments & Blockchain team. Responsibilities include building systems for blockchain node management, monitoring, and remediation.

Overview

Department

Engineering

Job type

Full time

Compensation

$127,000 - $203,000 per year

Location

Western Europe

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Requirements

7+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps Engineering, Software Engineering, Platform Engineering, Systems Engineering, or similar roles

Proficiency in at least one modern application development or utility language

An analytical mindset with the ability to tackle complex problems

Knowledge of software development best practices and workflows, with a focus on testing and delivery methodologies

In-depth knowledge of GNU/Linux systems, their administration, and low-level systems debugging—especially in containerized or OS-level virtualized environments

Experience with cloud platform services and tooling (GCP, AWS, Azure)

Experience with metrics-based monitoring systems and crafting SLOs for services

Understanding of the TCP/IP network stack, DNS, SSL/TLS, and how traffic on IP networks establishes end-to-end security and trust

Understanding of security best practices and how to build security into systems from inception

Online availability for remotely fixable, unforeseen issues & on-call rotation

Ability to communicate technical requirements to non-technical stakeholders

Strong passion for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies

Responsibilities

Develop systems for automatic backup, monitoring, and remediation of blockchain nodes

Code Kubernetes Operators and leverage Helm charts to deploy blockchain nodes in the K8s platform developed by the P&B SRE team

Implement and roll out SLO-based monitoring and alerting for blockchain nodes

Develop internal tooling and processes to provide abstraction over blockchain nodes

Troubleshoot, debug, and profile blockchains, identify performance issues, and inform mitigation decisions

Write high-quality policies, procedures, and technical documentation on blockchain node operations

Be on call for issues with blockchain nodes and work towards automatic remediation whenever possible