Kraken

Kraken is a cryptocurrency exchange founded in 2011 and headquartered in the United States. It provides spot, margin, derivatives and index services to traders and institutions worldwide, and reports serving well over 9 million clients across more than 200 digital assets and eight fiat currencies (GBP, EUR, USD, CAD, JPY, CHF, AED, AUD). The company describes itself as a leader in euro volume and liquidity.

Its product line includes Kraken Pro, a premium trading service for advanced users; Kraken Desktop, a desktop trading application; Kraken Wallet, a crypto wallet; and Kraken Futures, a regulated derivatives offering. The technical work spans cryptocurrency exchange infrastructure, digital asset trading, regulated derivatives, margin trading, index services, wallet technology and crypto security.

Kraken operates as a fully remote organisation. Employees, known as Krakenites, are based in more than 70 countries and speak over 50 languages. The company states its mission as accelerating the global adoption of cryptocurrency for financial freedom and inclusion, and identifies industry-leading security, crypto education and client support as areas of emphasis.

For marketing engineers, the relevant surface is a global consumer and institutional product suite - across web, desktop and wallet - supporting multiple fiat currencies and languages, with technical domains that include trading infrastructure, regulated derivatives and security.