Senior Application Security Engineer- Crypto and Onchain

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.

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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, crypto education, and world-class client support through our products like Kraken Pro, Kraken NFT, and Kraken Futures.

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The Team

Kraken’s world-class security team is growing. As we continue to grow and mature our on-chain presence, we need someone with a strong Web3 security background to help build our program and tooling for enterprise scale. 

This role will be reporting through Kraken’s Application Security function. You will have the benefit of partnering with domain experts in our existing stack and enterprise software tooling while still having the opportunity to come up with creative solutions in the emergent field of Web3 Security. 

We are leaders in the Security space. You will be partnering with peers who have submitted critical bug reports to some of the biggest names in both Web2 and Web3 as part of our regular campaigns and research. Kraken is a founding member of several new Web3 standards organizations and you will also have the chance to make a lasting impact on the industry as a whole. 

The ideal candidate will be comfortable working across a variety of teams, including Application Security, Red Team, and Cloud Security to help make informed decisions. 

This is a fully remote role.

The Opportunity

• Mature and develop our on-chain security program including:

  • Performing smart contract review through automated and manual means

  • Assisting with risk analysis for listing new tokens and NFT collections

  • Developing strong recommendations for crypto node infrastructure across a variety of different platforms and architecture

  • Creating incident response simulations in order to improve our ability to detect, respond, and recover

  • Contributing to industry working groups dedicated to Web3 security

• Performing expert-level testing of systems, networks, applications, people and processes

• Adapting existing security tools and proven methodologies to the on-chain paradigm

• Researching cutting edge attack techniques and developing innovative ways to detect them at scale

• Working collaboratively and independently on unique assignments which may require specialized knowledge and/or experience

• Accurately and reliably communicating risk to stakeholders 

• Complying with Company, Division and Professional ethical standards

Skills you should HODL

• 2+ years of security experience

• Hands-on knowledge of EVM chains, especially Ethereum-based L2s

• Experience working with Solidity (Rust and Go are nice to have)

• Experience with security tooling, such as Slither, Foundry, or Hardhat

• The ability to communicate highly technical security findings to a variety of audiences (written and verbal)

• Experience in creating public-facing technical writing and documentation

• Demonstrating a receptive mindset, adept at engaging in constructive dialogue on complex subjects with colleagues, while remaining adaptable and open to alternative perspectives

Nice to Haves

• Experience with advanced testing techniques such as fuzz testing

• Published tools, blogs, or smart contract audits

• Understanding of zero-knowledge and validity proofs

• Familiarity with traditional application security SAST, DAST, and SCA tools such as Semgrep, Burp Suite or Snyk

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Kraken is powered by people from around the world and we celebrate all Krakenites for their diverse talents, backgrounds, contributions and unique perspectives. We hire strictly based on merit, meaning we seek out the candidates with the right abilities, knowledge, and skills considered the most suitable 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 knowledgable about crypto!

As an equal opportunity employer, we don’t tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind. Whether that’s 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. 

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