Building the Future of Crypto 

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.

Before you apply, please read the Kraken Culture page to learn more about our internal culture, values, and mission. We also expect candidates to familiarize themselves with the Kraken app. Learn how to create a Kraken account here.

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, Desktop, Wallet, and Kraken Futures.

Become a Krakenite and build the future of crypto!

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The team

We are seeking an experienced Senior QA Automation Engineer to join our platform team, focused on ensuring the quality, reliability, and security of our Web3 and backend systems.

The team builds and operates core infrastructure and user-facing applications that interact with blockchains, smart contracts, wallets, and off-chain services. Our goal is to deliver highly reliable, production-grade financial products in a fast-moving and highly regulated environment.

This role focuses on designing, building, and maintaining automated test systems across backend services, smart-contract–adjacent flows, and Web3-enabled user interfaces. We are looking for someone with an extreme eye for detail, strong systems thinking, and a pragmatic “ship fast, but don’t ship broken” mindset.

The opportunity

• Design, implement, and maintain automated test suites covering backend services, APIs, and event-driven systems

• Build and own end-to-end test automation for Web3 user flows, including wallet interactions, signing flows, approvals, and transaction lifecycle validation

• Automate browser-based UI tests involving wallet extensions (e.g. MetaMask) using tools such as Synpress, Playwright, or Cypress

• Validate blockchain-related workflows including deposits, withdrawals, mint/burn flows, bridges, and on-chain/off-chain reconciliation

• Collaborate closely with backend, frontend, blockchain, and DevOps engineers to embed testing deeply into the SDLC

• Integrate test automation into CI/CD pipelines with clear reporting, fast feedback, and high signal-to-noise

• Proactively identify edge cases, race conditions, and failure modes specific to distributed systems and blockchain environments

• Document test strategies, known risks, and quality gates, and help define release readiness criteria

Skills you should HODL

• Strong experience with test automation in JavaScript/TypeScript or Python

• Proven experience testing backend systems: REST/GraphQL APIs, async workflows, message queues, and database state validation

• Hands-on experience with browser-based E2E testing frameworks such as Playwright or Cypress

• Practical experience automating Web3 workflows, including:

• Transaction signing, approvals, nonce handling, and failure scenarios

• Network switching, RPC configuration, and chain-specific behavior

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