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 worldās 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
Responsibilities:
šBuild strong, resilient, and robust APIs, libraries, and services to power our wallet services: hot and cold wallets, indexing, staking, and SDK services šOwn functionality and scalability features by taking responsibility from inception to deployment and customer integration šExpose and document functionality to the UI, third-party developers, and our external tooling šImprove internal workflows by adding tooling to make it easier for BitGoās client facing teams to service customers better šConstantly working on security features so that the Bitcoin we have in custody is always safe šCollaborate closely with all engineering teams to ensure consistency in understanding of technical requirements and overall work quality šProvide mentorship to your peers in the broader engineering team through code reviews and education on best practices šCoordinate with stakeholders in the US and other global locations. This potentially involves taking night calls to keep in sync with your geographically distributed team šLead the end-to-end technical strategy and execution for BitGoās core products, ensuring alignment with business objectives. šProvide architectural oversight for system design, ensuring that solutions are scalable, secure, and align with best practices. šEnsure the implementation of robust coding standards, code reviews, and continuous integration practices across the team. šLead initiatives to refactor existing systems for improved performance, maintainability, and scalability.
Skills & Experience:
šWe 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 coworkers who share our vision and mission: deliver trust in digital assets.
Required:
šAt least 8+ years of back-end, server-side software development šPrior experience in a Technical Lead or similar leadership role šDemonstrated ability to design and architect scalable, high-performance, and secure systems from the ground up. šStrong understanding of software architecture patterns, microservices, and RESTful API design.
