--- title: 'Senior Analytics Engineer - Finance at Kraken' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-analytics-engineer-finance-kraken-united-states-qfyb87rcs4h1' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-16' --- # Senior Analytics Engineer - Finance at Kraken - **Company:** [Kraken](https://feeny.ai/companies/kraken) - **Location:** United States - **Compensation:** $110k–$221k - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-10-16 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-16 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/kraken.com/993557d9-7482-4f63-aae0-5817998b2368 ## Job description Building the Future of Open Finance Payward - the parent company behind Kraken, NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, Payward Services and CF Benchmarks - has spent the last 15 years building one of the most modern and globally accessible financial infrastructure platforms in the industry, built to advance an open, global financial system. Before you apply, we encourage you to explore our [culture page](https://www.kraken.com/culture) to understand what drives us and how we work. The team Founded in 2011, Kraken is one of the world's longest-standing crypto platforms, trusted by over 10 million individuals and institutions across the globe. It offers spot trading, margin, futures, staking, and OTC services, with products built for both individual investors and institutional clients. We’re looking for a Senior Analytics Engineer to join Kraken’s Finance Data Eng & Analytics team within Data Platform. You’ll build trusted financial data products, using automation and AI to reduce manual work and improve the close process. Working at the intersection of data engineering and accounting, you’ll turn complex financial data into reliable pipelines, models and automated reconciliations. You’ll use AI-assisted tools to accelerate development and investigations, keeping financial outputs tested and traceable. The opportunity - You’ll work closely with Data Engineers, Finance and Platform Accounting to improve reporting and decision-making. Clear communication and collaboration will help you agree priorities, explain findings and drive adoption. - Partner with Finance to understand workflows, identify pain points and translate business needs into practical data and automation solutions. - Build and maintain automated workflows for data preparation, reconciliations, reporting and follow-ups, with clear controls, monitoring and exception handling. - Build intuitive dashboards and visualizations that help stakeholders understand performance, investigate issues and make decisions. - Resolve finance data issues and reconciliation breaks with Finance, Product and Engineering, addressing root causes and communicating progress. - Build scalable, reliable pipelines to collect, transform and curate data from internal platforms and external systems. - Support the design and rollout of a trusted finance data lake, with clear definitions, ownership and quality checks. - Improve data timeliness, enabling near-real-time insights where they add business value. - Evaluate new technologies, including AI-assisted automation, and prototype solutions to Finance needs that can be reliably supported in production. ## What you bring - 7+ years of experience in data analytics and data management within financial services or a regulated industry, working directly with Finance teams. - Strong SQL and Python skills, including writing, debugging and maintaining production code. - Solid experience with Git, merge requests, and code reviews, supported by strong software engineering practices, including testing and documentation. - Hands-on experience building and operating pipelines and models using dbt, Spark, Airflow or comparable tools. - Direct experience with finance or accounting data, such as reconciliations, subledgers, cost basis or month-end close, including investigating discrepancies and validating outputs with accounting stakeholders. - A track record of owning pipelines end to end, making sound technical decisions and improving reliability as requirements and systems evolve. - Judgment and autonomy to lead complex work, navigate ambiguity and remain accountable for production outcomes. - Experience supporting recurring financial close activities, combined with a proactive approach to identifying manual processes and replacing them with reliable, sustainable automation. - Excellent communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across Engineering and Finance, explain complex technical issues, articulate financial implications, and recommend actionable solutions. Nice to haves - Experience with cryptocurrency transaction data and how digital-asset activity flows into financial records and reconciliations. - Experience processing large volumes of financial transactions using distributed frameworks such as Spark or PySpark. Unless a specific application deadline is stated in the job posting, applications are accepted on an ongoing basis. Please note, applicants are permitted to redact or remove information on their resume that identifies age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution. We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, assessing candidates in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. Our commitment Payward is powered by people from around the world and we celebrate the diverse talents, backgrounds, contributions, and unique perspectives that everyone brings to the table. We hire based on merit, seeking out people with the right abilities, knowledge, and skills for the job. We encourage you to apply for roles where you don't fully meet the listed requirements, especially if you're passionate or knowledgeable about crypto. We may ask candidates to complete job-related skills or work-style assessments as part of our hiring process. These assessments evaluate competencies relevant to the role and are applied consistently across candidates for similar positions. Results are considered alongside experience and interviews, and are not the sole basis for any employment decision. As an equal opportunity employer, we don't tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind, whether based on race, ethnicity, age, gender identity, citizenship, religion, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. Stay connected [Follow us on Twitter](https://twitter.com/krakenfx) [Learn on the Kraken Blog](https://blog.kraken.com/#:~:text=Enter%20your%20email%20address) [Connect on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/kraken-exchange/) [Candidate Privacy Notice](https://www.kraken.com/legal/candidate-privacy-notice) ## About Kraken ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Kraken is a global cryptocurrency exchange and technology platform that provides secure trading, custody, and financial services for retail and institutional clients. - **Entity Type**: Private (last known valuation ~$10B as of 2023; multiple funding rounds from investors including Tribe Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, and others) - **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, USA (operates as a fully remote-first organization) - **Founded**: 2011 - **Founders**: Jesse Powell (CEO) ## Core Business - Primary industry: Cryptocurrency exchange, digital asset custody, and financial technology. - Target customers: B2C (retail investors, professional traders) and B2B (institutions, family offices, hedge funds). - Mission: "Accelerate the global adoption of crypto, so that everyone can achieve financial freedom and inclusion." ## Products & Services - **Spot & Margin Trading**: Buy/sell 200+ cryptocurrencies with advanced order types and leverage. - **Kraken Pro**: Professional-grade trading interface for active traders with low fees and deep liquidity. - **Futures & Derivatives**: Regulated crypto derivatives trading (Kraken Futures) for institutional and qualified retail clients. - **Kraken Staking**: Earn rewards by staking supported assets directly on the platform. - **Kraken NFT Marketplace**: Buy, sell, and mint NFTs across multiple blockchains. - **Kraken Bank (US)**: Wyoming-chartered Special Purpose Depository Institution (SPDI) offering custody and banking services for digital assets. - **Kraken Wallet**: Self-custodial mobile wallet for managing crypto and NFTs. - **Kraken Institutional**: Dedicated suite for institutions including OTC trading, custody, and prime brokerage. ## Market Standing - **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed; last reported private valuation of approximately $10 billion in a 2023 secondary transaction (conflicting reports suggest a lower valuation in 2024 due to market conditions). - **Key Metrics**: Over 10 million users globally; one of the longest-operating exchanges (since 2011); industry-first Proof of Reserves audit; $50+ billion in quarterly trading volume (estimated). - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Tribe Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Blockchain Capital, Fidelity, Human Capital, and others. - **Growth Signals**: Grew from ~3,000 to over 4,000+ employees since 2020; entered new markets (e.g., stock and ETF trading in 2024); expanded into NFT marketplace and bank charter; consistently ranked among top trusted exchanges by security and transparency. ## Competitive Advantages - **Security & Transparency**: Longest-running Proof of Reserves program; never suffered a major security breach; regulated in multiple jurisdictions (US, UK, EU, Canada). - **Global Remote Culture**: Fully remote-first since inception, hiring top talent from 70+ countries without location constraints. - **Crypto-Native**: Leadership deeply embedded in crypto ethos; products built for both beginners and advanced traders. - **Regulatory Compliance**: Licensed in key markets and operates a US bank, giving it an edge as regulatory scrutiny increases. ## Strategic Focus - **Expand Product Suite**: Moving beyond pure crypto into stocks, ETFs, and traditional finance integration (via Kraken Bank). - **Institutional Growth**: Doubling down on prime brokerage, custody, and OTC services to capture institutional flows. - **Global Licensing**: Securing regulatory approvals in more jurisdictions (e.g., EU MiCA, UK FCA) to serve local markets. - **Self-Custody & DeFi**: Investing in wallet infrastructure and decentralized finance capabilities for user sovereignty. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Kraken describes itself as "remote-first, not remote-friendly." Asynchronous communication, radical transparency, and extreme ownership are core. Team members from 70+ countries. - **Work Arrangement**: Fully remote globally; no headquarters attendance required. Flexible schedule with async workflows. - **Compensation & Benefits**: Competitive salary regardless of location; option to be paid in crypto; equity grants; flexible PTO; wellness program (fitness coach, wellbeing apps); mental health coaching for employees and dependents; remote workstation setup bonus. - **Hiring Process**: Structured, fully virtual process including CV screen, talent screen, role-specific interviews, and a practical case study. Emphasis on crypto conviction, self-starters, and collaborative humility. - **Engineering Culture**: High ownership, autonomy, and impact. Decisions documented in writing; performance evaluated on output rather than hours. "Dogfooding" the product is encouraged. ## Sources 1. [Kraken Careers](https://www.kraken.com/careers) 2. [Kraken Job Listings (Ashby)](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/kraken.com) 3. [Kraken Culture Page](https://www.kraken.com/culture) 4. [The Kraken Employee Value Proposition - Kraken Blog](https://blog.kraken.com/news/the-kraken-employee-value-proposition) 5. [Remote isn’t a perk. 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