BitGo is the leading infrastructure provider of digital asset solutions, offering custody, wallets, staking, trading, financing and settlement out of regulated cold storage. Founded in 2013, BitGo is the first digital asset company to focus exclusively on serving institutional clients.

BitGo is dedicated to advancing a digital financial services economy that is borderless and accessible 24/7. With multiple Trust companies around the world, BitGo is the preferred security and operational backbone for more than 1,500 institutional clients in 50 countries, including many of the world’s top brands, cryptocurrency exchanges and platforms. BitGo also secures approximately 20% of all on-chain Bitcoin transactions by value and is the largest independent digital asset custodian. For more information, please visit www.bitgo.com.

BitGo is looking for a Senior Software Engineer (Full-Stack) who will join our Bitcoin Team. BitGo processes a significant amount of cryptocurrency transactions so our applications need to be fast, accurate, scalable and secure. Our integrated platforms interact with a number of exchanges, agencies, and governments around the world, and we use the best technology the industry offers to build them.

Responsibilities

• Enhance our multi-signature Bitcoin wallets with the latest Bitcoin features, at the scale of billions of dollars per month
• Own the functionality, scalability and performance of the systems which support our Bitcoin products
• Improve, extend and maintain existing backend software which integrates with the Bitcoin blockchain
• Contribute Bitcoin knowledge and expertise throughout the engineering team
• Expose and document functionality to the UI, third-party developers, and our internal and external tooling

Skills & Experience

We are looking for teammates who share and practice our values of open communication, collaboration, accountability, and craftsmanship, and who feel passionate about  our mission to deliver trust in digital assets.

Required

• 5+ years of Full-Stack software development experience
• Thoughtful, minimalistic and sound API design philosophy
• Comfortable with git and Github-based code review
• Passion for enabling cutting-edge Bitcoin features at scale
• Believes in testing twice (or more), and shipping once
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment

Preferred

• Strong understanding of fundamental Bitcoin blockchain mechanics
• Programming and debugging skills using Node.JS, JavaScript, and Typescript
• Familiarity with emerging Bitcoin features, such as Taproot, Descriptors, Lightning
• Non-trivial contributions to Bitcoin-related open source software
• Experience with developing containerized applications running in Kubernetes

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.

Here are some of the benefits* of working at BitGo:

• Competitive base salary, bonus and stock options
• 100% company paid health insurance for employee, partner and dependents
• Up to 4% 401k company match
• Paid parental leave, Paid vacation
• Free commuter/parking pass
• Free custom lunches, dinners and snacks 
• Computer equipment and workplace furniture to suit your needs
• Great colleagues and inspiring startup environment

*Benefits may vary based on location. 

Pay Transparency Notice: Depending upon your leveling and location, the compensation for this role averages between $165,000 - $210,000 USD base salary. Equity, an annual performance bonus and the benefits outlined above 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.