About the company
BitGo is the leader in digital asset financial services, providing institutional investors with liquidity, custody, and security solutions. Founded in 2013, BitGo pioneered the multi-signature wallet and is the first digital asset company to focus exclusively on serving institutional clients. Active in both centralized and decentralized finance, BitGo offers market leading trading, lending, and borrowing services through its prime brokerage services and acts as the custodian for WBTC, the leading global stablecoin for Bitcoin. In 2020, BitGo launched BitGo Portfolio and Tax, providing clients with a full-stack solution for digital assets. In 2018, it launched BitGo Trust Company, the first qualified custodian purpose-built for storing digital assets. BitGo processes approximately 20% of all global Bitcoin transactions, and supports over 600 coins and tokens. BitGo provides the security and operational backbone for more than 1500 institutional clients in 50 countries, including many regulated entities and the world’s top cryptocurrency exchanges and platforms. BitGo is backed by Goldman Sachs, Craft Ventures, Digital Currency Group, DRW, Galaxy Digital Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, and Valor Equity Partners.
Job Summary
This role will require being full-time onsite at our Toronto office to support collaborative team dynamics and innovative problem-solving.
BitGo is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build the next generation of trade settlement infrastructure for institutional crypto trading. You will design robust state machines and event-driven microservices that power order management and double-entry accounting.
Responsibilities: Architecture & Development: Design and build scalable APIs and atomic settlement workflows. Implement fund encumbrance processes, multi-currency settlement, and robust state machines across event-driven microservices. Financial Integrity: Prioritize correctness over speed. Ensure data quality by implementing strategic database locking, defense-in-depth invariant checking, and clear audit trails for financial reconciliation. Testing & Scientific Debugging: Write rigorous tests (unit, integration, load) covering edge cases, idempotency guarantees, and invariant violations. Methodically debug distributed systems issues, including race conditions, transaction isolation conflicts, and deadlocks. Mentorship & Code Quality: Write clean code adhering to DRY and SoC principles. Mentor peers through thorough code reviews, catching precision bugs, concurrency issues, and architectural anti-patterns. End-to-End Ownership: Own features from architectural design to deployment. Document system architecture, account relationships, and workflows for internal teams and third-party developers. 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 staff who share our vision and mission: deliver trust in digital assets. Required:
Experience: 6+ years of backend development, with 2+ years specifically in complex financial systems (trading platforms, order management, clearing/settlement, or payment processing). Tech Stack: Strong proficiency in TypeScript, Node.js, and/or Golang. Database & Messaging: Deep expertise in PostgreSQL (transaction management, locking, query optimization) and event-driven architectures using Kafka. Distributed Systems: Strong command of microservices architecture, inter-service communication, data consistency patterns, and concurrency. AI Tool Fluency: Experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor) in daily workflows, coupled with the rigorous ability to validate AI-generated code for correctness and security in financial contexts. Fundamentals: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Math, or a related field. Exceptional algorithm design, problem-solving, and API design skills. Domain Passion: Strong interest in the trading industry, crypto markets, and blockchain technology. Preferred: Advanced Kafka knowledge (consumer patterns, retry policies, dead letter queue/DLQ handling). Deep understanding of compliance controls, audit trail requirements, and two-operator approval workflows. Proven experience building high-scale, public-facing APIs in a production environment. Ability to work full-stack, with familiarity in React. Experience developing consumer-facing crypto products or working directly with client operations.




