Senior Software Engineer - Platform

BitGo, Inc.; Toronto; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading provider of digital asset solutions is seeking a talented backend developer proficient in Node.js and TypeScript to enhance their custody, wallet, and financial services platforms. The role focuses on creating scalable services while collaborating with cross-functional teams and improving engineering workflows. Join BitGo to be at the forefront of digital finance transformations.

Benefits

Competitive base salary, bonus and stock options

100% company paid health insurance for employee, partner and dependents

Paid parental leave, Paid vacation

Computer equipment to suit your needs

Great colleagues and inspiring startup environment

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in Node.js, npm, and TypeScript.
• Strong experience with RESTful APIs and debugging skills.
• Proficient with Git and CI/CD tools.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize platform services and tooling for BitGo’s services.
• Develop tools to improve engineering velocity, including deployment pipelines.
• Collaborate with teams to maintain standards for API design and system architecture.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

RESTful APIs

Git

CI/CD

Agile development

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

BitGo is the leading infrastructure provider of digital asset solutions, delivering custody, wallets, staking, trading, financing, and settlement services from regulated cold storage. Since our founding in 2013, we have focused on enabling our clients to securely navigate the digital asset space. With a global presence and multiple Trust companies, BitGo serves thousands of institutions, including many of the industry's top brands, exchanges, and platforms, and millions of retail investors worldwide. As the operational backbone of the digital economy, BitGo handles a significant portion of Bitcoin network transactions and is the largest independent digital asset custodian, and staking provider, in the world. For more information, visitwww.bitgo.com .

Responsibilities:

• Deeply understand how developers use Node.js and TypeScript at BitGo to create optimal solutions and abstractions for their use cases, driving and evolving recommended practices.
• Design, build, and optimize scalable platform services and Node.js-based tooling to support BitGo’s high-performance custody, wallet, and financial services platforms.
• Provide and integrate the libraries, frameworks, and workflows that enable developers to build software efficiently within the BitGo ecosystem.
• Develop tools and workflows to improve engineering velocity, including deployment pipelines, testing frameworks, and service abstractions.
• Continuously improve operational excellence through a culture of learning and proactive investments in reliability and resiliency.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to establish and maintain standards for API design, platform performance, and overall system architecture.

Required:

• Deep expertise in Node.js, npm, and TypeScript, with a focus on developing reliable backend systems.
• Strong experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs and familiarity with API lifecycle management.
• Strong testing and debugging skills.
• Proficient with Git, CI/CD tools, and agile development practices.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, algorithm design, and complexity analysis.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, mathematics, or a related technical field.

Preferred:

• Experience with microservices and service-oriented architectures.
• Knowledge of containers and orchestration platforms (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience improving developer productivity through internal tooling or frameworks.
• Familiarity with event-driven architecture and experience with event streaming platforms like Kafka.
• Ability to create clarity and drive alignment across stakeholder groups.
• A curious and proactive learner.

Why Join BitGo?

Disrupting an industry takes vision, innovation, passion, technical chops, drive to deliver, collaboration, and execution. Join a team of great people who strive for excellence and personify our corporate values of ownership, craftsmanship, and open communication. We are looking for new colleagues who bring innovative ways of thinking and problem solving, and who want risks to be part of the team that changes the world's financial markets.

Here are some of the benefits* of working at BitGo:

• Competitive base salary, bonus and stock options
• 100% company paid health insurance for employee, partner and dependents
• Paid parental leave, Paid vacation
• Computer equipment and workplace furniture to suit your needs
• Great colleagues and inspiring startup environment
• *Benefits may vary based on location

Cryptocurrencies are the most disruptive change the financial services industry has seen in years. Join us and you'll be able to look back and say you were part of the team that transformed investing.

T his role will require being full-time onsite at our Toronto office to support collaborative team dynamics and innovative problem-solving.

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