Software Engineer - Database

Bitnomial, part of Kraken, is seeking a Software Engineer - Database to join their team in the United Arab Emirates. This role involves building the services and data models that record every order, fill, and settlement at a CFTC-regulated exchange and clearinghouse, with the database as a first-class part of the design. If you are passionate about building the future of open finance, apply now!

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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 indus

Company Overview

Kraken helps people own the power of their money. Founded in 2011, Kraken is one of the world's longest-standing crypto platforms, offering crypto, stocks, futures, staking, payments, and more. Trusted by millions globally, Kraken's mission is to accelerate the global adoption of crypto so everyone can achieve financial freedom and inclusion. Payward, the parent company, has spent the last 15 years building modern and globally accessible financial infrastructure platforms.

Quick Details

• Salary Range: $96,000.00/yr - $192,000.00/yr
• Job Type: Full-time
• Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent experience
• Experience: 3+ years of professional software engineering experience

Key Responsibilities

• Build, test, and ship well-typed, well-reviewed features and fixes in Haskell services across the exchange, clearinghouse, and brokerage.
• Understand the order, trade, clearing, and settlement flows end to end.
• Design schema, constraints, and indexes for new features, using exact numeric types and audit trails.
• Write migrations that are lock-safe and reversible on large tables.
• Read execution plans, find slow queries from production metrics, and fix the cause.
• Monitor systems, respond to alerts, and support daily operations.

Requirements

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience with a functional or strongly typed programming language such as Haskell, Rust, or C++.
• Strong SQL and PostgreSQL skills, including transactions and isolation levels.
• Solid computer science fundamentals, including data structures, concurrency, and distributed systems.
• Willingness to take part in on-call and operational shifts.
• Care and rigor with code and data that move money.
• Good judgment with AI tools.
• A habit of asking why before changing something.
• Sound judgment under pressure, with a calm and methodical approach when production is live.
• Collaboration across engineering, operations, risk, and compliance, with a habit of documenting.

Benefits

• Opportunities to build the next generation US-based global derivatives exchange.
• Work with Haskell services for exchange, clearinghouse, and brokerage systems.
• Contribute to a company focused on advancing an open, global financial system.
• Be part of a diverse team that celebrates unique perspectives and hires based on merit.
• Potential to work with cutting-edge financial technology.