Director of Engineering, Bitgo
Growth
CA$280-360k
Equity and an annual performance bonus are also a part of this role's package
5 days a week in office
Digital asset financial services for instuitutions
Be an early applicant
Digital asset financial services for instuitutions
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
CA$280-360k
Equity and an annual performance bonus are also a part of this role's package
5 days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
BitGo's mission is to deliver trust in digital assets.
Role
Who you are
- Extensive Leadership Experience: 12+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, with at least 6 years in a people management role, and a minimum of 3+ years leading and coaching other Engineering Managers in a rapidly scaling environment, ideally within a growth-focused context
- Technical Depth & Strategic Acumen: Proven ability to provide technical leadership for complex software systems. While not a hands-on coding role, you should possess the technical credibility to guide architectural decisions, challenge assumptions, and ensure sound engineering practices, especially concerning scalable platform infrastructure and user-facing applications designed for growth
- Growth Expertise: Demonstrated experience leading engineering teams towards successful outcomes tied to user acquisition, retention, and engagement
- Passion for Crypto/Fintech: A demonstrable passion for, or deep professional experience in, the cryptocurrency, blockchain, or fintech space. You understand the unique challenges and opportunities in this domain
- Building & Scaling Teams: A strong track record of successfully sourcing, attracting, hiring, and developing exceptional engineering talent, including managers, in a distributed and competitive environment
- Product Partnership: Demonstrated history of effective collaboration with Product Management to define, prioritize, and deliver impactful product roadmaps that balance innovation with pragmatic execution, particularly for products focused on user growth
- Stakeholder Management: Exceptional ability to build trust and influence a diverse range of stakeholders, including executive leadership, business partners, and technical teams. You can articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences
- Driving Engineering-Wide Initiatives: Proven success in defining, leading, and delivering complex, engineering-wide strategic initiatives that result in measurable business outcomes and improvements in engineering practices
- Adaptability & Impact: Experience successfully onboarding into new organizations and quickly making a tangible impact, particularly within dynamic, high-growth technology companies
- Educational Foundation: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- Exceptional Communication: Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate a clear vision, inspire teams, and foster a transparent, collaborative, and inclusive environment across a globally distributed organization
What the job involves
- This role will require being full-time onsite at our Toronto office to support collaborative team dynamics and innovative problem-solving
- BitGo is seeking an experienced Director of Engineering to lead and scale our Growth Engineering division
- This is a pivotal leadership role focused on spearheading initiatives to expand our user base (new and active users), boost retention, and ensure the foundational tools powering our client experiences are truly world-class
- You will be responsible for guiding the Growth Engineering teams by directly managing and developing a team of Engineering Managers
- Your role will involve fostering a culture of excellence, mentoring the next generation of engineering leaders within BitGo, and empowering your direct reports to build and scale high-performing, autonomous teams
- While this role emphasizes leadership and strategy over daily coding, a deep technical understanding and the ability to guide architectural decisions, ensure technical excellence and contribute to our overall technical strategy are crucial
- You will be a key partner in shaping the future of our growth-focused offerings in a dynamic and rapidly evolving industry
- Strategic Leadership & Vision for Growth: Partner closely with Product, Sales, Marketing, and other executive stakeholders to define and champion a compelling technical vision and roadmap for our Growth platform and initiatives. Translate this vision into actionable strategies and drive successful execution across your engineering teams
- Team Development & Mentorship: Lead, mentor, and empower a distributed organization of Engineering Managers and their teams within the Growth division. Coach your managers to become exceptional leaders, fostering an environment where engineers can do their best work and grow their careers
- Drive User & Platform Growth: Directly oversee the Growth Engineering division's efforts to significantly increase new user acquisition, improve active user engagement, and enhance client retention. Own the strategy and execution for building and maintaining world-class foundational tools and services that deliver a seamless, scalable, and reliable client experience
- Champion an Exceptional Client Journey: Be accountable for the overall quality, reliability, and user experience across all our platforms, web and mobile, that are driven by the Growth division. Ensure we deliver intuitive, robust, and best-in-market products by working closely with the teams responsible for the underlying client experience infrastructure
- Foster Our Engineering Culture: Actively cultivate and champion an engineering culture that embodies BitGo’s core values: open communication, radical collaboration, unwavering accountability, meticulous craftsmanship, and a client-first mindset. Promote best practices in software development, agile methodologies, and operational excellence within the Growth Engineering teams
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Build strong, collaborative relationships across the organization, ensuring tight alignment and effective communication between Growth Engineering and other departments to deliver on shared goals
- Talent Acquisition & Growth: Play a key role in attracting, hiring, and retaining top-tier engineering talent, including Engineering Managers, to scale the Growth Engineering teams effectively in a competitive global market
- Outcome-Driven Execution: Establish clear objectives and key results (OKRs) for the Growth division, driving accountability and measuring success through tangible outcomes that align with BitGo’s strategic priorities
Our take
The digital asset industry is maturing, with asset companies looking to shore up their positions by adding secure custody capabilities. This is good news for BitGo, an independent, regulated cryptocurrency custodian company providing security, custody, and liquidity solutions.
BitGo’s flagship multi-signature wallet solution helps its clients mitigate risk and optimize capital efficiency. The company has subsequently expanded to also cover a number of areas that are critical for any holder of major crypto assets - like portfolio and tax management. In this, BitGo was smart to focus exclusively on institutional clients: there’s huge appetite among larger players to expedite the mainstreaming of crypto, and they’ll need precisely BitGo’s tools to get there.
BitGo was in talks to be acquired by PayPal, and most recently Galaxy Digital, which speaks to a strong institutional confidence in the crypto wave. In spite of a rocky year for the digital assets (which now sees BitGo suing Galaxy Digital for pulling out of the acquisition deal), BitGo has manoeuvred itself into a central position to capitalize on what, now, seems a near-inevitable period of mass adoption. Exemplifying this, the BitGo Ventures wing of the company was launched in 2024 to partner with and invest in cutting edge blockchain and fintech startups.
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Insights
-26% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Aug 2023
$100m
SERIES C
Oct 2018
$16m
SERIES B
Total funding: $170.5m
Company benefits
- Company-paid medical, dental, and vision plans
- Catered lunches, fresh snacks, and gourmet coffee
- Commuting made easy with company-paid Caltrain passes
- Competitive compensation, stock options, and 401k plan
- Top-end computer equipment to power your work
- Flexible vacation time
- Remote/hybrid friendly with physical location workspaces
Company HQ
Evergreen Park, Palo Alto, CA
Leadership
Mike Belshe
(CEO)Previously Director of Engineering at Good Technology, who went on to found Cookout Software - and then move to Google as a Software Engineer/Development Manager when the latter company bought out the startup. Has served as BitGo CEO for over a decade.
Ben Davenport
(Advisor)Has spent time as a Software Engineer at Microsoft, Google, and Facebook, and worked on algorithm development at Hudson River Trading. Additionally co-founded and led Beluga, a mobile group messaging solution that was ultimately bought by Facebook, and became Facebook Messenger.
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