Backend Engineer E3 - India

BitGo; India; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 8,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

IT equipment support for work

Meal & Commute allowance

Medical Insurance

Well-being allowance

Snacks in Bangalore office

Great/Talented workforce to learn and

Job summary

BitGo in Bangalore is seeking a Backend Engineer (E3) to design and ship core trading, risk, and fund-flow services. You will own INR onboarding flows, build scalable APIs for derivatives, and help manage risk with robust auditability.

You will collaborate with data providers and mobile teams to deliver secure, low-latency systems. The role demands 6+ years in backend development, strong TS/Node.js, PostgreSQL and MongoDB expertise, and a passion for crypto and financial tech.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional back-end and server-side development experience.
• Strong experience with TypeScript and Node.js, RESTful API design, and microservices.
• Knowledge of derivatives (futures, options, perpetuals) and risk concepts.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end funds flow for INR onboarding, deposits, withdrawals and collateral with accuracy and auditability.
• Design scalable secure APIs and services for retail derivatives trading (futures/perpetuals), including orders, margin, liquidation and settlement.
• Model and manage risk: leverage limits, margins, mark price, liquidations and exposure controls.
• Integrate with exchanges and market data providers to ensure low-latency connectivity.
• Collaborate with mobile engineers to define APIs and ship mobile app features.
• Provide technical leadership: architecture, reviews, and mentorship.
• Own availability, performance and quality from design to deployment.
• Coordinate with stakeholders across the US and global teams, including ET calls.

Skills

TypeScript

Node.js

REST APIs

Microservices

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Risk management

Algorithms

Testing & CI

Git workflows

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Tools

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

GitHub

CI/CD

Job description

BitGo (NYSE: BTGO) is the digital asset infrastructure company delivering custody, wallets, staking, trading, financing, stablecoins, and settlement services from regulated cold storage. Since 2013, BitGo has focused on accelerating the transition of the financial system to a digital asset economy. BitGo maintains a global presence and multiple regulated entities, including BitGo Bank & Trust, National Association, the first federally chartered digital asset trust bank owned by a publicly traded company. Today, BitGo serves thousands of institutions, including many of the industry's top brands, financial institutions, exchanges, and platforms, and millions of investors worldwide. For more information, visit www.bitgo.com.

BitGo is looking for a Backend Engineer - E3 to join our team who designs and ships the core trading, risk and fund-flow services and help us launch crypto products.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end flow of funds for INR onboarding, deposits, withdrawals and collateral, with strong attention to correctness, reconciliation and auditability.
• Design and build scalable, secure backend APIs and services for retail derivatives trading (futures and perpetuals), including order management, margin, positions, liquidation, funding and settlement flows.
• Model and manage risk in the product: leverage limits, margin requirements, mark price, liquidations and exposure controls.
• Integrate with exchanges, liquidity venues and market data providers; build reliable, low-latency market connectivity.
• Partner with mobile engineers and Product to define APIs and ship features on a standalone mobile app.
• Provide technical leadership: set architecture and engineering standards, run design and code reviews, and mentor engineers.
• Take ownership of the availability, performance and quality of the services you build, from design through deployment and support.
• Coordinate with stakeholders in the US and other global locations, including occasional calls in ET hours.

Required Skills & Experience

• 6+ years of professional back-end and server-side development experience
• Strong experience with TypeScript and Node.js, RESTful API design, and microservices / service-oriented architectures.
• Strong experience with PostgreSQL and MongoDB, and with designing for correctness in financial or transactional systems.
• Knowledge of derivatives (futures, options, perpetuals): order types, margin, funding, liquidation and settlement.
• Familiarity with fund flows, risk, and security considerations in trading or financial platforms.
• Solid algorithm design, problem solving and complexity analysis skills.
• Experience with unit and functional testing, Git/GitHub workflows, code review and CI tooling.
• Ability to move quickly and adjust course in a fast-paced environment; strong written and verbal communication.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline.
• Understanding of or strong interest in cryptocurrencies and blockchain.

Preferred

• Experience building futures or perpetuals products at a crypto exchange or trading platform
• Crypto experience is preferred, and strong traditional-finance derivatives experience is welcome.
• Mobile development knowledge (React Native, iOS or Android), or full-stack familiarity with React.
• Experience leading or mentoring engineers, or acting as a tech lead / engineering manager.
• Experience building consumer-facing financial or crypto products and public-facing APIs in production.

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 open communication, collaboration, accountability, craftsmanship, and a client first approach. We are looking for new colleagues who bring innovative ways of thinking and problem solving, and who want to be part of the team that changes the world’s financial markets.

Here are some of the benefits of working at BitGo:

• Competitive salary
• IT equipment support for work
• Meal & Commute allowance
• Medical Insurance
• Attractive Well-being allowance (comprises of medical, wellness and fitness aspects)
• Snacks : on-the-house in the Bangalore office
• Great/Talented workforce to learn and grow with

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 finance.

Note: This role requires working onsite (Monday to Friday) at the Bangalore office.

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