Senior Software Engineer - BitGo Prime
About the job
BitGo is a leading provider of digital asset financial services, catering to institutional investors with liquidity, custody, and security solutions. Established in 2013, BitGo introduced the multi-signature wallet and holds the distinction of being the first digital asset company focused on meeting the needs of institutional clients. Operating across centralized and decentralized finance spheres, BitGo offers top-tier trading, lending, and borrowing services through its prime brokerage offerings and serves as the custodian for WBTC, the primary global stablecoin for Bitcoin. In 2020, BitGo unveiled BitGo Portfolio and Tax to furnish clients with a comprehensive solution for managing digital assets. The year 2018 witnessed the launch of BitGo Trust Company, the initial qualified custodian devoted to safeguarding digital assets. BitGo facilitates nearly 20% of global Bitcoin transactions and extends support to over 1000 coins and tokens. Serving as the security and operational backbone for over 1500 institutional clients across 50 nations, BitGo counts numerous regulated entities, major cryptocurrency exchanges, and platforms among its clientele. The financial backing for BitGo is provided by influential entities such as Goldman Sachs, Craft Ventures, Digital Currency Group, DRW, Galaxy Digital Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, and Valor Equity Partners.
BitGo is currently seeking a Senior Software Engineer to bolster the Prime Engineering team and play a crucial role in developing new features and applications for enterprise clients. The Prime team is dedicated to creating systems that establish BitGo as the preeminent digital assets Prime Broker for businesses.
This role is predominantly remote, with an expectation for individuals within a reasonable commuting distance of the office to participate on Wednesdays.
Responsibilities:
- Conceive and construct robust, resilient, and reliable APIs, libraries, and services to drive our financial offerings, including clearing, settlement, digital asset lending, trading, and liquidity
- Champion functionality and scalability enhancements by assuming ownership from initiation to deployment and customer integration
- Disseminate and document functionalities to the UI, external developers, and our internal and external toolset
- Foster close collaboration with all engineering teams to ensure uniformity in the interpretation of technical requisites and overarching work quality
- Offer mentorship to peers within the broader engineering team through code assessments and education on best practices
Skills & Experience:
The role necessitates a candidate who aligns with and embodies the organizational values of open communication, transparency, accountability, and a commitment to superior craftsmanship, along with sharing the vision and mission of establishing trust in digital assets.
Required:
- Minimum of 5 years' experience in back-end, server-side software development
- Proficiency in Financial Services and/or Financial Technology
- Strong aptitude for algorithm design, problem-solving, and complexity analysis
- Extensive experience with server-side languages like TypeScript/Node.JS
- Profound familiarity with SQL databases like Postgres or MySQL
- Demonstrated expertise in RESTful API design
- Competency in unit and functional testing, as well as debugging
- Exposure to microservices and service-oriented architectures
- Proficiency in Git/GitHub and branching methodologies, code review tools, CI tools, JIRA, Confluence, etc.
- Capability to work autonomously in a fast-paced environment
- Comfortability with participating in on-call rotations for system support
Preferred:
- Background in asynchronous programming
- Experience with functional programming
- Hands-on involvement in developing or supporting financial accounting systems, such as general ledger and bookkeeping functions
- Familiarity with digital asset trading, lending, and wallets
- Full-stack competence and familiarity with React
- Extensive experience with large-scale, real-time, and distributed applications
- Track record of collaborating with clients and/or business partners
- Profound interest in the cryptocurrency and blockchain sector
Why Join BitGo?
Revolutionizing an industry necessitates vision, innovation, passion, technical proficiency, determination, collaboration, and execution. Embrace the opportunity to join a team of exceptional individuals who strive for excellence and epitomize our core values of accountability, craftsmanship, and transparent communication. We seek new colleagues who introduce innovative perspectives and problem-solving approaches and are willing to take risks as part of the team pushing the boundaries in the global financial markets.
Listed below are some of the perks of being part of the BitGo team:
- Competitive base salary, plus bonus and stock options
- Full employer-paid health insurance for employee, partner, and dependents
- Company match of up to 4% for 401k contributions
- Benefits including parental leave and paid vacation
- Free commuter/parking pass; conveniently located near Caltrain
- Complimentary customized lunches, dinners, and snacks
- Provision of computer equipment and ergonomic workplace furnishings
- Inspiring startup environment and a enriching team dynamics
Pay Transparency Notice:
Depending on your level and location, the average compensation for this role ranges from $165,000 to $210,000 USD base salary, inclusive of equity, an annual performance bonus, and the aforementioned benefits package.
