Senior Software Engineer, Bitgo

Platform

$165-210k

+ Stock options + Annual performance bonus

Docker

Kubernetes

TypeScript

Kafka

Node.js

Git

REST API

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

5 days a week in office

Digital asset financial services for instuitutions

Open for applications

Digital asset financial services for instuitutions

201-500 employees

B2BCryptocurrencyEnterpriseInvestingTradingFinancial ServicesCyber Security

Open for applications

$165-210k

+ Stock options + Annual performance bonus

Docker

Kubernetes

TypeScript

Kafka

Node.js

Git

REST API

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

5 days a week in office

201-500 employees

B2BCryptocurrencyEnterpriseInvestingTradingFinancial ServicesCyber Security

Company mission

BitGo's mission is to deliver trust in digital assets.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Deep expertise in Node.js, npm, and TypeScript, with a focus on developing reliable backend systems
Strong experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs and familiarity with API lifecycle management
Strong testing and debugging skills
Proficient with Git, CI/CD tools, and agile development practices
Excellent problem-solving skills, algorithm design, and complexity analysis
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, mathematics, or a related technical field

Desirable

Experience with microservices and service-oriented architectures
Knowledge of containers and orchestration platforms (Docker, Kubernetes)
Experience improving developer productivity through internal tooling or frameworks
Familiarity with event-driven architecture and experience with event streaming platforms like Kafka
Ability to create clarity and drive alignment across stakeholder groups
A curious and proactive learner

What the job involves

Deeply understand how developers use Node.js and TypeScript at BitGo to create optimal solutions and abstractions for their use cases, driving and evolving recommended practices
Design, build, and optimize scalable platform services and Node.js-based tooling to support BitGo’s high-performance custody, wallet, and financial services platforms
Provide and integrate the libraries, frameworks, and workflows that enable developers to build software efficiently within the BitGo ecosystem
Develop tools and workflows to improve engineering velocity, including deployment pipelines, testing frameworks, and service abstractions
Continuously improve operational excellence through a culture of learning and proactive investments in reliability and resiliency
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to establish and maintain standards for API design, platform performance, and overall system architecture

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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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

-26% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.4)

Trustpilot (1.8)

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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