Senior Software Engineer - Velocity

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

Job summary

A leading digital asset solutions provider in Toronto is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to develop innovative tooling and enhance productivity. The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of back-end development experience, deep expertise in TypeScript and npm, and a willingness to learn Rust. This role requires full-time onsite work and offers a competitive salary ranging from $180,000 to $240,000 CAD with equity options.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of proven back-end and server-side development experience.
• Deep expertise in npm and TypeScript.
• Willingness to learn Rust.
• Strong testing and debugging skills.
• Ability to understand users' needs beyond what they explicitly articulate.
• Proficiency in designing and implementing developer tooling and internal platforms.

Responsibilities

• Proactively identify pain points in engineering processes and ship solutions.
• Connect deeply with engineering teams to understand their workflows, challenges.
• Design and build highly usable platform services and frameworks.
• Drive engineering excellence by creating testing frameworks and build systems.
• Bridge technical solutions to business objectives.

Skills

TypeScript

npm

Rust

CI/CD pipelines

Testing frameworks

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, mathematics, or related field

Tools

GitHub Actions

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, as well as 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 our website.

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

What We're Looking For:

We're seeking a thoughtful problem-solver who can anticipate engineering challenges before they arise and develop elegant solutions that delight our engineering teams. You'll join a team that defines best practices, creates innovative tooling with security in depth, and serves as the technical conscience of our organization. Our focus is on building experiences that improve developer velocity while maintaining the highest security standards through thoughtful design and abstraction.

Responsibilities:

• Proactively identify pain points in engineering processes and ship solutions before problems impact productivity.
• Connect deeply with engineering teams to understand their workflows, challenges, and unspoken needs.
• Design and build highly usable platform services, tools, and frameworks that make complex tasks simple, secure, and safe through automation and abstraction.
• Drive engineering excellence by creating testing frameworks, build systems, and deployment pipelines that enhance product quality and developer velocity.
• Bridge technical solutions to business objectives, ensuring all work delivers measurable organizational impact.
• Serve as a subject matter expert across TypeScript, GitHub Actions, Rust, and emerging AI technologies.
• Consult across teams to establish and evolve standards for best practices, system architecture, and maintainable codebases.

Required:

• At least 5 years of proven back-end and server-side development experience.
• Deep expertise in npm and TypeScript.
• Willingness to learn Rust.
• Strong testing and debugging skills.
• Ability to understand users' needs beyond what they explicitly articulate.
• Proficiency in designing and implementing developer tooling and internal platforms, focusing on reliable backend systems.
• Experience with testing frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment automation.
• Skill in connecting technical solutions to meaningful business outcomes.
• Eagerness to learn continuously and improve without ego.
• Ability to work effectively with diverse stakeholders and communicate complex ideas clearly.
• Strong foundation in software engineering fundamentals and system design.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, mathematics, or a related technical field.

Preferred:

• Experience with Rust and Kotlin.
• Experience developing AI agents, prompt engineering, or other AI-based automation tools.
• Background in optimizing build systems.
• Experience with containerized microservices in Kubernetes.
• Experience using event-driven systems and platforms like Kafka.

Why You'll Love This Role:

• Create tools and systems that save engineering teams hundreds of thousands of hours of effort.
• Work with autonomy to identify problems and propose creative solutions.
• Join a team of humble, smart, continuous learners who value excellence.

Why Join BitGo

Disrupting an industry takes vision, innovation, passion, technical expertise, drive to deliver, collaboration, and execution. Join a team of great people who strive for excellence and embody our values of ownership, craftsmanship, and open communication. We seek colleagues who bring innovative thinking and problem-solving skills and who embrace risk as part of changing the world's financial markets.

Pay Transparency Notice: Depending on your level and location, the compensation for this role averages between $180,000 - $240,000 CAD base salary. Equity and an annual performance bonus are also part of this package.

Cryptocurrencies are the most disruptive change in the financial services industry in years. Join us and be part of the team that transformed investing.

Required Experience:

Senior IC

Key Skills:

Spring, .NET, C / C++, Go, React, OOP, C#, AWS, Data Structures, Software Development, Java, Distributed Systems

Employment Type: Full Time

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1

Monthly Salary: 180,000 - 240,000