Staff Security Architect

Salary: £47,000 - 87,000 per year

Requirements:

• Proven experience as an IT security expert, with a strong background in application security
• Experience in security testing diverse applications
• Experience with infrastructure security
• Basic familiarity with security frameworks such as OWASP and NIST
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
• Strong communication and collaboration skills to work remotely with stakeholders across the organization

Responsibilities:

• Design, review, and verify robust security architecture in a heterogeneous environment
• Conduct thorough security assessments and audits of existing architectures, recommending practical improvements
• Stay current with blockchain security trends, threats, and mitigation techniques
• Provide expertise to our blockchain teams and support secure operational practices

Technologies:

• AI
• Blockchain
• Cryptography
• Support
• OWASP
• Rust
• Security
• Web3
• Architect
• Embedded

More:

We are Payward, the parent company behind Kraken, NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, Payward Services, and CF Benchmarks. For 15 years, we have been building globally accessible financial infrastructure to advance an open global financial system. Founded in 2011, Kraken is a long-standing crypto platform trusted by more than 10 million individuals and institutions worldwide, offering spot trading, margin, futures, staking, and OTC services. Our Kraken Security Labs team provides deeply technical internal security consulting and works hands-on with engineering teams across infrastructure security, cryptography, Web3, Rust, and AI products. You will join a small, highly technical team collaborating with colleagues around the world. This is a full-time, remote role in the Security & IT department, open in the United Kingdom, Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Mexico, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Arab Emirates. We welcome applications from people who may not meet every listed requirement and value diverse backgrounds and perspectives. We hire based on merit, do not tolerate discrimination or harassment, and may use job-related skills or work-style assessments as part of our hiring process. Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis unless the posting states a deadline. Applicants may redact age, date of birth, or educational attendance or graduation dates from resumes. We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

last updated 40 week of 2026