Backend Software Engineer, Bitwise
$150-180k
+ Equity
Cryptocurrency index funds for investors
Be an early applicant
Cryptocurrency index funds for investors
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
$150-180k
+ Equity
21-100 employees
Company mission
To help investors make the most of the rapidly-emerging cryptocurrency asset class, through index funds and investments products they can trust.
Role
Who you are
- 2-5 years of real world software engineering experience
- Proficiency in at least one modern backend language (e.g., TypeScript, Python, C++, Go, Java)
- Experience with data pipelines, databases, and cloud platforms (e.g., Mongo, Snowflake, AWS, Heroku)
- Familiarity with monitoring tools like Datadog and Sentry along with best CI/CD practices
- (Plus) Experience designing and implementing fault-tolerant distributed systems
- (Plus) Knowledge of job orchestration frameworks and DAG-based workflow systems
- (Plus) Experience with modern ETL/ELT processes and data transformation tools
- (Plus) Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent
What the job involves
- Build backend systems in a modern monorepo. Work hands-on in a TypeScript + Node.js codebase, designing and developing backend services that power APIs, job schedulers, and index calculation engines. You'll write clean, testable code that supports both real-time and batch processing
- Redesign and scale our job orchestration framework. Help the greenfield overhaul of our Node-based jobs infrastructure to create a fault-tolerant system supporting cron-like scheduling, DAG-based dependencies, and cross-language compatibility. Your work will enable scalable execution pipelines that are critical to our business operations
- Maintain and evolve our data pipeline. Own key pieces of our modern data stack—including Fivetran for ELT processes, DBT for transformations, and Snowflake for warehousing—ensuring data integrity and quality for critical analytics purposes. You'll be responsible for the correctness and reliability of our data workflows
- Collaborate directly with leadership. Work closely with the CTO, senior engineers, and business leaders in our tight-knit team to scope, prioritize, and ship improvements to internal tooling and backend systems. You'll help manage timelines and expectations while balancing long-term vision with immediate business needs
- Drive reliability and operational excellence. Join the on-call rotation, monitor system performance, and contribute to observability practices that keep our systems highly available and performant. You'll play a key role in incident response and infrastructure reliability
- Contribute to engineering culture. Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and sprint planning. You'll help set quality standards and mentor others through collaboration and example
Application process
- Recruiter Interview (30 minutes)
- Technical Interview with Hiring Manager (45 minutes)
- Take-home Project
- Interview with CTO (30 minutes)
- Interview with a stakeholder from another department (30 minutes)
- Offer
Our take
Bitwise is the biggest cryptocurrency index fund manager in the world. The company buys up currencies that look promising, allowing people who are interested but wary to gain a little exposure to crypto without in-depth knowledge or major time investment.
This approach seeks to make cryptocurrency more accessible, which has rapidly attracted investors. It specializes in supporting and educating professional investors, and boasts relationships with RIAs, financial advisors and hedge funds alike.
The cryptocurrency market is still viewed as high-risk and volatile (many would say fairly), so these relationships are a demonstration of the company’s established trust. This vote of confidence and connection with traditional financial companies is invaluable for Bitwise's future as a trusted partner.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-13% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Feb 2025
$70m
LATE VC
Jun 2021
$70m
SERIES B
Total funding: $154.5m
Company benefits
- Equity compensation as a component of all offers
- Health insurance, including dental and vision plans
- Health & dependent care Flexible Spending Account
- Company funded 401K plan, no matching required
- Unlimited PTO
- 10 paid company-wide holidays
- Meals and snacks provided in office
- Paid company cell phone or monthly stipend
- Bitwise “Buddy” Program (30 day new hire program)
- Annual birthday and anniversary gifts
- Company-wide events
Company HQ
South Park, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Hunter Horsley
(Founder & CEO)Having studied at the Wharton School, they worked at Lore for 2 years, prior to brief roles at Facebook and Instagram in Product Marketing and Management. They left Facebook in 2016 to co-found Bitwise in November 2016, and have served as CEO since.
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