Lifecycle Legal Engineer (Technical Success Manager)
•IroncladHybrid· 8h
⚖️ Legal⏰ Full-time🎯 Lead / Principal💰 $130k-135k🇺🇸 San Francisco, USA
8h ago
Kraken.Com·1 day ago
Our Krakenites are a world-class team with crypto conviction, united by our desire to discover and unlock the potential of crypto and blockchain technology.
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Kraken is a mission-focused company rooted in crypto values. As a Krakenite, you’ll join us on our mission to accelerate the global adoption of crypto, so that everyone can achieve financial freedom and inclusion. For over a decade, Kraken’s focus on our mission and crypto ethos has attracted many of the most talented crypto experts in the world.
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As a fully remote company, we have Krakenites in 70+ countries who speak over 50 languages. Krakenites are industry pioneers who develop premium crypto products for experienced traders, institutions, and newcomers to the space. Kraken is committed to industry-leading security, crypto education, and world-class client support through our products like Kraken Pro, Desktop, Wallet, and Kraken Futures.
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The Product Compliance team is responsible for compliance across Kraken’s core trading and capital markets businesses, supporting some of the company’s most complex and highly regulated products. The scope includes exchange trading, margin, OTC and Prime services, derivatives, custody, trading infrastructure, Kraken Desktop, and capital markets activities such as KLX and CF Benchmarks. The team also supports Breakout and other new business initiatives, ensuring compliance is embedded as Kraken expands into new trading models and markets.
Working closely with product, engineering, legal, risk, and business leaders, the Senior Product Compliance Manager ensures regulatory requirements are integrated throughout the full product lifecycle — from asset listing and launch to ongoing trading operations and market expansion.
Asset classes and trading activities: cash equities; listed futures (CFTC-regulated); perpetual futures; and over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, spanning market making, proprietary trading, and exchange operations across U.S. and non-U.S. markets.
Market conduct and surveillance: design and oversight of trade surveillance frameworks addressing market manipulation, insider trading, and best-execution risks, with controls tailored to different products and venues.
Regulatory compliance: design and testing of controls to meet U.S. regulatory requirements (SEC, CFTC, NFA, FINRA) and key international regimes (FCA, ESMA/MiFID II, MAS, and others).
Embedded controls: partner closely with engineering and product teams to integrate surveillance logic, pre-trade controls, and escalation workflows directly into trading and execution systems.
M&A and integration: lead pre-deal compliance assessments for potential acquisitions, reviewing policies, controls, and team structures; identify gaps and develop practical remediation plans aligned with transaction timelines. Implement and track remediation efforts post-close, including policy harmonization, control rollouts, and integration of monitoring frameworks.
Global expansion: evaluate regulatory requirements for new jurisdictions, identify applicable compliance obligations, and coordinate with regional compliance leads to establish scalable frameworks that support local licensing and oversight.
New products and features: conduct compliance risk assessments for emerging products and trading features, advising product and legal teams on regulatory implications and designing incremental controls to address new or heightened risks.
Cross-functional partnership: build strong relationships with Product, Legal, Corporate Development, and Operations to ensure compliance considerations are embedded early in business planning and product design.
8+ years of experience in trading, markets, or product compliance, ideally spanning traditional financial markets and digital assets.
Deep expertise in U.S. regulatory frameworks (CFTC, SEC, NFA, FinCEN, OFAC) and working familiarity with international regimes (FCA, ESMA/MiFID II, MAS, etc.).
Proven ability to assess risks, identify compliance gaps, and design effective controls that enable business growth while maintaining regulatory rigor.
Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset; able to advise senior stakeholders and translate complex regulatory expectations into actionable controls.
Experience leading multi-jurisdictional, time-sensitive projects, with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills with legal, risk, product, and business stakeholders.
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Please note, 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!
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