Staff React Native Engineer (Pro Trading)

About the role

Kraken is looking for a Staff React Native Engineer to lead the mobile experience of its Pro trading platform. This senior position will shape the technical direction of a high‑performance, globally distributed team building the next generation of crypto trading applications.

Key responsibilities

• Own and drive the technical vision and architecture of Kraken’s Pro mobile application.
• Build and maintain high‑performance mobile apps using React Native and TypeScript.
• Lead initiatives to improve app performance, reliability, and scalability (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.
• Lead critical production issue resolution, 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.

Required profile

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with a strong focus on mobile development.
• Deep expertise in React Native and TypeScript.
• Proven experience leading technical initiatives and mentoring engineering teams.

Required skills

• React Native
• TypeScript
• React
• Mobile performance optimization