Engineering Manager - Frontend (React / React Native)

About the role

Kraken, founded in 2011 and part of the Payward group, is looking for a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead a cross-functional Consumer pod focused on building and scaling core Krak experiences. The team includes Frontend (React / React Native) and Backend (Rust) engineers, and the manager works closely with Product, Design and other Engineering Managers to deliver high-quality, performant consumer applications.

Key responsibilities

• Lead a cross-functional team of frontend and backend engineers responsible for core Krak consumer experiences.
• Own the end-to-end UX for key Krak features across mobile and client platforms.
• Guide the delivery of high-quality consumer applications, focusing on usability, performance and scale.
• Partner with Product Managers and Designers to define and deliver features with measurable business and customer value.
• Collaborate with other Engineering Managers and Tech Leads to keep engineering standards consistent across services and client platforms.
• Maintain maintainable architectures, code quality and engineering excellence.
• Mentor engineers and foster a culture of technical growth, collaboration and inclusivity.
• Strengthen team organization and delivery using agile processes, project tracking 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 teams.
• Deep technical background in React Native and a solid understanding of modern frontend architectures.
• Strong cross-functional leadership, able to align frontend and backend efforts in a complex, multi-platform environment.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience building large-scale consumer or financial products.

Nice to have

• Background in systems design or distributed architectures.
• Working knowledge of Rust (or similar languages such as Go or C++) and familiarity with async architectures, APIs and microservices.
• Experience in the payments and card domains.