Senior Software Engineer - Prime Trade

BitGo, Inc.; Toronto; On-site; CAD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

BitGo, a leading digital asset infrastructure provider, is seeking a full-time Software Engineer in Toronto to design and build robust services for financial applications. The ideal candidate will have extensive server-side language experience and a passion for blockchain technologies. At BitGo, you will work collaboratively on innovative projects that redefine the digital finance landscape.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience with server-side languages like Golang, TypeScript/Node.JS, etc.
• Experience with SQL databases like MySQL or Postgres.
• Understanding of cryptocurrencies and blockchain is essential.

Responsibilities

• Design and build strong, resilient APIs and services for financial solutions.
• Own functionality and scalability features from inception to deployment.
• Collaborate closely with engineering teams for technical consistency.

Skills

Problem Solving

Algorithm Design

RESTful API Design

Unit Testing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, applied mathematics, or a technical discipline

Tools

Git/GitHub

SQL Databases

Containers and 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 .

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

Responsibilities:

• Design and build strong, resilient, and robust APIs, libraries, and services to power our financial services: clearing and settlement, digital asset lending, trading and liquidity
• Own functionality and scalability features by taking responsibility from inception to deployment and customer integration
• Expose and document functionality to the UI, third-party developers, and our internal and external tooling
• Collaborate closely with all engineering teams to ensure consistency in understanding of technical requirements and overall work quality
• Provide mentorship to your peers in the broader engineering team through code reviews and education on best practices

Skills & Experience:

We are looking for teammates who share and practice our values: open communication, transparency, taking ownership, and a high level of craftsmanship. We are looking for coworkers who share our vision and mission: deliver trust in digital assets.

Required

• 5+ years experience with server-side languages like Golang, TypeScript/Node.JS, Java, Python, etc.
• Experience developing or supporting financial accounting systems, such as general ledger and bookkeeping functions
• Experience with SQL databases like MySQL or Postgres
• Confident with RESTful API design
• Great with unit and functional testing and debugging
• Experience in Git/GitHub and branching methodologies, code review tools, CI tools, etc.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, applied mathematics, or another technical discipline from a top university
• Understanding of and strong interest in cryptocurrencies and blockchain
• Great at algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment

Preferred

• Experience with microservices and service-oriented architectures
• Experience with large-scale, real-time, and distributed applications
• Familiarity with Containers and Kubernetes
• Understanding of and experience working in the financial industry
• Familiarity with any of the following: digital wallets, clearing and settlement, lending, trading, accounting systems, etc

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.

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.

Pay Transparency Notice: Depending upon your leveling and location, the compensation for this role averages between $180,000 - $240,000 CAD base salary. Equity, an annual performance bonus and the benefits outlined above are also a part of this role's package.

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