Senior Software Engineer - Platform Toronto, Ontario, Canada

BitGo Inc.; Toronto; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company that is transforming the financial services industry with innovative technology solutions. As a key player in a collaborative team, you will leverage your deep expertise in Node.js and TypeScript to design and optimize scalable platform services that drive BitGo's high-performance custody and wallet solutions. This exciting role offers the opportunity to improve engineering velocity and operational excellence while working alongside talented colleagues in an inspiring startup environment. If you're passionate about creating impactful solutions and thrive in a dynamic setting, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Competitive base salary

Bonus and stock options

100% company paid health insurance

Paid parental leave

Paid vacation

Computer equipment and workplace furniture

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in Node.js and TypeScript for backend system development.
• Strong experience with RESTful APIs and API lifecycle management.

Responsibilities

• Design and optimize scalable platform services and Node.js tooling.
• Collaborate with teams to establish API design and platform standards.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

RESTful APIs

Problem-solving

Algorithm design

Testing and debugging

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science

Bachelor’s degree in mathematics

Tools

Git

CI/CD tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Responsibilities:

1. 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.
2. Design, build, and optimize scalable platform services and Node.js-based tooling to support BitGo’s high-performance custody, wallet, and financial services platforms.
3. Provide and integrate the libraries, frameworks, and workflows that enable developers to build software efficiently within the BitGo ecosystem.
4. Develop tools and workflows to improve engineering velocity, including deployment pipelines, testing frameworks, and service abstractions.
5. Continuously improve operational excellence through a culture of learning and proactive investments in reliability and resiliency.
6. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to establish and maintain standards for API design, platform performance, and overall system architecture.

Required:

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

Preferred:

1. Experience with microservices and service-oriented architectures.
2. Knowledge of containers and orchestration platforms (Docker, Kubernetes).
3. Experience improving developer productivity through internal tooling or frameworks.
4. Familiarity with event-driven architecture and experience with event streaming platforms like Kafka.
5. Ability to create clarity and drive alignment across stakeholder groups.
6. 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.

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