Senior Ledger Systems Engineer – FinTech & On‑Chain

Bitgo; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company-paid medical, dental, and vis

Catered lunches and snacks

Caltrain passes

Stock options and 401k

Flexible vacation

Hybrid friendly

Top-end computer equipment

Job summary

BitGo in Palo Alto is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build and evolve ledger systems supporting client balances, trading positions, and financial reporting. You will design double-entry ledger primitives and ensure financial correctness from day one, bridging software engineering with accounting principles.

You will own core ledger components, including accounts and posting structures, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to model legal entities, reconciliation paths, and new

Qualifications

• 5+ years backend software engineering with data-model design experience.
• Experience with event-driven architectures or Kafka-based systems.
• Crypto or blockchain infrastructure experience (on-chain balance models, custody, or wallet architecture).
• Strong knowledge of accounting fundamentals: double-entry bookkeeping and financial reporting implications.
• Ability to critique designs across multiple systems and advocate extensible data models.

Responsibilities

• Design and extend the core ledger data model, including accounts, postings, and ledger structures.
• Own the chart-of-accounts and reporting surface linking engineering data to financial statements.
• Align designs with on-chain/off-chain balance verification and reconciliation workflows.
• Collaborate with Finance, Data Engineering, and Product early in the design process to model ownership and reconciliation paths.
• Develop scalable schemas and APIs to accommodate new financial products and migrations.

Skills

Backend development

Data-model design

Event-driven architecture

Kafka

Crypto / blockchain

Accounting fundamentals

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Kafka

Job description

BitGo in Palo Alto is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build and evolve ledger systems supporting client balances, trading positions, and financial reporting. You will design double-entry ledger primitives and ensure financial correctness from day one, bridging software engineering with accounting principles.

You will own core ledger components, including accounts and posting structures, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to model legal entities, reconciliation paths, and new