Senior Software Engineer - Settlement Systems (Go Network)

BitGo; Toronto; On-site; CAD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital asset infrastructure provider in Toronto is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their Settlement Services Team. The role focuses on building robust financial services APIs and requires strong backend development skills, particularly in languages like Golang and Java. Ideal candidates will have over 5 years of experience, a computer science degree, and a keen interest in cryptocurrencies. A competitive salary range of $180,000 - $220,000 CAD is offered, alongside equity and performance bonuses.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of back-end, server-side software development experience.
• Experience with financial accounting systems such as general ledger.
• Confident with RESTful API design and SQL databases.

Responsibilities

• Design and build strong, resilient APIs and services for financial operations.
• Own functionality from inception to deployment and customer integration.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure consistency in technical requirements.

Skills

Golang

TypeScript/Node.JS

Java

Python

SQL databases

RESTful API design

Git/GitHub

Unit testing

Functional testing

Problem solving

Algorithm design

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or applied mathematics

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, visit www.bitgo.com.

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

BitGo is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Settlement Services (Go Network) Team and help us build resilient, robust services and are responsible for working on critical projects with limited or no supervision.

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 and product managers 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

• 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
• At least 5 years of back-end, server-side software development
• 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.

Pay Transparency Notice

Depending upon your leveling and location, the compensation for this role averages between $180,000 - $220,000 CAD base salary. Equity and an annual performance bonus are also a part of this role's package.

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.