Engineering Manager - Enterprise Security - Core Services

Kraken is a mission-focused company rooted in crypto values, seeking an Engineering Manager for their Enterprise Security team. The role involves leading a team to build enterprise-grade security features for large clients, collaborating with various teams to ensure secure and scalable solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Lead an engineering team building client-facing enterprise security features for Kraken’s largest clients and Payward portfolio
• Design and implement libraries and microservices in Rust
• Deliver bring-your-own IdP integrations and modern enterprise authentication flows
• Build provisioning and access automation capabilities (e.g., SCIM) integrated with the organizations and permissioning stack
• Establish high-quality engineering standards and lead complex systems development, using powerful AI tools to your advantage
• Partner cross-functionally to deliver enterprise-grade security features that meet customer and regulatory expectations

Requirements:

• 6+ years of experience in software engineering
• 2+ years of experience in hands-on engineering management of a team from 4-8 people
• Experience with security-sensitive backend systems (authentication, authorization, identity, permissions, auditability)
• Familiarity with enterprise security and identity standards and integrations (e.g., SSO)
• Track record leading delivery and operation of multi-tenant backend systems in production environments
• Direct experience with Rust in production
• Proactive and results-oriented mindset with the ability to prioritize tasks
• Excellent and collaborative communication and stakeholder management skills
• Passion for solving complex engineering problems
• Built or operated IdP integrations at scale (OIDC/SAML), including enterprise SSO deployments (Okta, Auth0, Microsoft Entra ID)
• Implemented provisioning automation standards (e.g., SCIM)
• Delivered audit logging, security event pipelines, or SIEM integrations
• Designed scalable permissioning models (RBAC/ABAC/PBAC) and least-privilege programs