Does Kraken pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Kraken employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Kraken. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Kraken?

89% of Kraken employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Kraken 4.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.4 for culture and values and 4.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Kraken?

Senior Software Engineer (32) , Software Engineer (32) , Software Engineer II (17) , Product Manager (13) , Client Delivery Lead (11) , Lead Software Engineer (7) , Platform Engineer (6) , Data Scientist (3) , Product Lead (3) , Software Developer (3) , Software Engineer I (3) , Transformation Director (3) , Associate Software Engineer (2) , Data Engineer (2) , Delivery Manager (2)

What are the pros of working at Kraken according to real employee reviews?

"Great culture and shared vision across the company to use tech to make a big green dent" ((in 40 reviews)); "People are nice and helpful" ((in 33 reviews)); "If you're looking for meaningful work, great colleagues, and a company that actually walks the talk on values, I can't recommend Kraken enough." ((in 16 reviews)); "Lots of autonomy and working with great people" ((in 11 reviews)); "Great work life balance" ((in 9 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Kraken according to real employee reviews?

"pay is below market rate" ((in 10 reviews)); "Salary is below average for equivalent roles in other companies." ((in 10 reviews)); "Senior Leadership (and some middle managers) becoming more and more detached about what it takes to achieve desired goals" ((in 7 reviews)); "My manager is absolutely incredible but there is less 1:1 time then I am used to." ((in 5 reviews)); "Management has acknowledged this and communicated plans to address it." ((in 5 reviews))

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4.3

89% would recommend to a friend

(218 total reviews)

Amir Orad

90% approve of CEO

87% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.6

Work/Life balance

4.5

Diversity & inclusion

4.4

Culture & values

4.3

Career opportunities

4.0

Senior management

3.9

Compensation and benefits

Kraken has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 218 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Kraken employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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218 reviews

5.0

Apr 25, 2026

Office buzzing with mission driven energy

Technical program lead

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Mission driven company with many opportunities to make a real impact. No ‘minimum days in office’ mandate’- you’re treated like a grown up with autonomy to work however suits you best. Modern offices with great shower facilities, kitchen, coffee/tea and snacks. Fast pace of change as the company scales and grows. Every day is a learning day. If you’re in a stagnant role and looking to change, working here will feel like jumping into a rocket ship.

Cons

Core benefits can’t compete with more mature corporates yet - this will change as the company grows.

3.0

Mar 26, 2026

Good given current market, London is where all decisions happen

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of autonomy, good amount of freedom in terms of how to tackle solving problems, good sponsorship of technical learning and conferences, has a bunch of smart people to work with, work with folks from all over the world

Cons

Teams and SMT in the UK will make decisions with little transparency or visibility. Working from non Europe timezone means you will miss out on important because London very much is still figuring out how to actually work async remotely. Weird pressure to use AI in development in tooling and theres a weird toxic AI optimism where opposing view points are not welcome. Kinda feels opposite of a big green dent right? Delivery pressure in certain teams is real. Slack information overload on the regular. Your experience at Kraken will depend on your manager.

4.0

Mar 19, 2026

Generally very good

Software engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Kind and compassionate colleagues - Interesting problem domain

Cons

- Communication from leadership can be poorly handled - Lower pay than equivalent-responsibility roles in other companies

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