Engineering Manager – Frontend (Consumer)

About the role

We are looking for a hands‑on Engineering Manager to lead a cross‑functional Consumer pod that builds and scales the core Krak experiences. You will guide a team of Frontend (React / React Native) and Backend (Rust) engineers to deliver seamless, high‑performance user experiences across Kraken’s consumer surfaces.

Key responsibilities

• Lead a combined frontend and backend team responsible for core consumer features on mobile and web platforms.
• Own end‑to‑end UX for key Krak features, ensuring usability, performance and scalability.
• Partner with Product Managers and Designers to define and ship high‑impact features with measurable business value.
• Collaborate with other Engineering Managers and Tech Leads to maintain consistent engineering standards across services.
• Champion engineering excellence, maintainable architecture, and code quality while mentoring engineers.
• Strengthen delivery processes using agile practices and engineering metrics such as DORA and cycle time.

Required profile

• Proven experience leading engineering teams delivering customer‑facing products at scale.
• Experience managing combined frontend and backend engineering groups.
• Strong cross‑functional leadership with excellent communication and stakeholder management.
• Empathy for customers and a passion for building intuitive, performant consumer experiences.
• Background in building large‑scale consumer or financial products.

Required skills

• React and React Native
• Rust (or similar languages such as Go or C++)
• Async architectures, APIs and microservices
• Modern frontend architectures