Kraken Digital Asset Exchange Software Engineer interview experience

After the initial recruiter conversation, the interviews leaned into practicality and culture fit rather than trying to make everything harder than it needed to be. People were friendly, stayed responsive, and kept me updated throughout, which made the whole thing feel unusually smooth.

Across the technical rounds, I got asked to go deep where it mattered. I had live coding and then an architecture or system design conversation, and both were framed around realistic work instead of “gotchas.” The engineers I talked to were engaged and competent, and the discussions stayed grounded in my