Payward Joins US Tech Force to Bring Crypto-Grade Security and Blockchain Expertise to Federal Modernization
Payward will participate in the US Tech Force, a federal technology talent initiative administered by the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and backed by the White House.
Payward, Inc. is a unified financial infrastructure platform that powers a family of products advancing an open, global financial system. At its core, Payward provides the infrastructure layer behind Kraken and a growing set of purpose-built products, including NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, and CF Benchmarks.
Launched to recruit top engineers for two-year terms tackling high-stakes challenges in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, data modernization, software engineering, and blockchain-enabled secure infrastructure, the Tech Force bridges private-sector innovation with national priorities. Participants work directly on agency missions—from Treasury financial systems to defense advancements—while gaining world-class training and mentorship.
“At Kraken and Payward, we build for speed, security, and scale in the most demanding environments,” said Arjun Sethi, Co-CEO of Kraken and Payward. “Government tech modernization isn't a nice-to-have—it's mission-critical for public trust, economic strength, and national leadership. We're sending our battle-tested engineers into the Tech Force to deliver resilient, attack-proof systems, including blockchain applications that ensure unbreakable transparency and efficiency at sovereign scale. We're also committing to recruit top Tech Force talent back to our teams, creating a powerful pipeline that fuses decentralized innovation with America's core infrastructure. This is how we accelerate what's next: crypto-grade security strengthening the backbone of the free world.”
