Requirements
- 8+ years experience in crypto or traditional finance with a focus on lending, credit structuring, or balance sheet management. Strong understanding of capital markets, secured lending, collateral frameworks, and Prime Brokerage.
- Proven ability to drive balance sheet ROI, manage credit risk, and structure scalable lending programs across multiple client segments.
- Strong background working with institutional clients—understanding their needs, risk appetite, and capital requirements. Ability to design lending products aligned to their goals.
- Track record of scaling financial products. Adept at strategic thinking, product innovation, and cross-functional execution.
- Solid understanding of risk-adjusted return metrics, collateral valuation, and liquidity management. Comfort with financial modeling and data-driven decision-making.
- Ability to align stakeholders across the firm - Sales, Trading, Product, Legal, Compliance - and drive high-impact initiatives to execution.
- Passion for crypto, digital assets, and financial innovation. Ability to navigate a fast-moving ecosystem while balancing risk, compliance, and scalability.
Nice to Have
- Experience with derivatives, structured credit, or tokenized collateral.
- Knowledge of DeFi lending protocols and yield strategies.
- Background in traditional repo, securities lending, or prime finance.
Work Arrangement
Remote (Worldwide)
Additional Information
- This job is accepting ongoing applications and there is no application deadline.
- Applicants are permitted to redact or remove information on their resume that identifies age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution.
- We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, assessing candidates in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
- Kraken is powered by people from around the world and we celebrate all Krakenites for their diverse talents, backgrounds, contributions and unique perspectives. We hire strictly based on merit, meaning we seek out the candidates with the right abilities, knowledge, and skills considered the most suitable for the job. We encourage you to apply for roles where you don't fully meet the listed requirements, especially if you're passionate or knowledgable about crypto!
- As an equal opportunity employer, we don’t tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind. Whether that’s based on race, ethnicity, age, gender identity, citizenship, religion, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, veteran status or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state or local laws.
