Software Engineer - Trade

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Toronto, ON, CAN
In-Office
165K-165K Annually
Junior
Blockchain • Fintech • Financial Services • Cryptocurrency • Web3
The Role
Build resilient APIs, libraries, and services for digital asset trading, lending, clearing, and settlement. Own functionality from design through deployment and customer integration, document interfaces, collaborate with engineering and product teams, and mentor peers through code reviews. The role requires backend development, financial accounting systems experience, SQL, REST API design, testing, debugging, Git workflows, and cryptocurrency knowledge. Preferred experience includes microservices, distributed systems, Kubernetes, and financial industry applications.
Summary Generated by Built In

BitGo (NYSE: BTGO) is the digital asset infrastructure company delivering custody, wallets, staking, trading, financing, stablecoins, and settlement services from regulated cold storage. Since 2013, BitGo has focused on accelerating the transition of the financial system to a digital asset economy. BitGo maintains a global presence and multiple regulated entities, including BitGo Bank & Trust, National Association, the first federally chartered digital asset trust bank owned by a publicly traded company. Today, BitGo serves thousands of institutions, including many of the industry's top brands, financial institutions, exchanges, and platforms, and millions of investors worldwide. For more information, visit www.bitgo.com.

This role will require being full-time onsite at our Toronto office to support collaborative team dynamics and innovative problem-solving.

BitGo is looking for a Software Engineer to join our Trade team and help us build resilient, robust services and are responsible for working on critical projects with limited or no supervision.

Responsibilities:

  • Design and build strong, resilient, and robust APIs, libraries, and services to power our financial services: clearing and settlement, digital asset lending, trading and liquidity
  • Own functionality and scalability features by taking responsibility from inception to deployment and customer integration
  • Expose and document functionality to the UI, third-party developers, and our internal and external tooling
  • Collaborate closely with all engineering teams and product managers to ensure consistency in understanding of technical requirements and overall work quality
  • Provide mentorship to your peers in the broader engineering team through code reviews and education on best practices

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 coworkers who share our vision and mission: deliver trust in digital assets. 

Required:

  • Experience with server-side languages like Golang, TypeScript/Node.JS, Java, Python, etc.
  • Experience developing or supporting financial accounting systems, such as general ledger and bookkeeping functions
  • Experience with SQL databases like MySQL or Postgres
  • Confident with RESTful API design
  • Great with unit and functional testing and debugging
  • Experience in Git/GitHub and branching methodologies, code review tools, CI tools, etc.
  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, applied mathematics, or another technical discipline from a top university
  • Understanding of and strong interest in cryptocurrencies and blockchain
  • Great at algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis
  • Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment

Preferred:

  • At least 1 years of back-end, server-side software development
  • Experience with microservices and service-oriented architectures
  • Experience with large-scale, real-time, and distributed applications
  • Familiarity with Containers and Kubernetes
  • Understanding of and experience working in the financial industry
  • Familiarity with any of the following: digital wallets, clearing and settlement, lending, trading, accounting systems, etc

Why Join BitGo?

Disrupting an industry takes vision, innovation, passion, technical chops, drive to deliver, collaboration, and execution. Join a team of great people who strive for excellence and personify our corporate values of ownership, craftsmanship, and open communication. We are looking for new colleagues who bring innovative ways of thinking and problem solving, and who want risks to be part of the team that changes the world’s financial markets.

Pay Transparency Notice: The compensation for this role is 165,000 CAD base salary. Equity and an annual performance bonus are also a part of this role's package. 

Skills Required

  • Experience with server-side languages such as Golang, TypeScript/Node.js, Java, or Python
  • Experience developing or supporting financial accounting systems, including general ledger and bookkeeping functions
  • Experience with SQL databases such as MySQL or PostgreSQL
  • Confidence with RESTful API design
  • Experience with unit testing, functional testing, and debugging
  • Experience with Git, GitHub, branching methodologies, code review tools, and CI tools
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, applied mathematics, or another technical discipline from a top university
  • Understanding of and strong interest in cryptocurrencies and blockchain
  • Strong algorithm design, problem-solving, and complexity analysis skills
  • Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment
  • At least 1 year of backend or server-side software development experience
  • Experience with microservices and service-oriented architectures
  • Experience with large-scale, real-time, and distributed applications
  • Familiarity with containers and Kubernetes
  • Understanding of and experience working in the financial industry
  • Familiarity with digital wallets, clearing and settlement, lending, trading, or accounting systems

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The Company
HQ: Palo Alto, CA
293 Employees
Year Founded: 2013

What We Do

BitGo is the leader in digital asset financial services, providing institutional investors and crypto platforms with liquidity, custody, and security. In 2020, the company reached new milestones with the launch of BitGo Prime, the first and only deeply integrated, full-stack solution with custody, trading and lending. With the launch of BitGo Portfolio and BitGo Tax, the company also manages activities across wallets, exchanges and service providers. In 2018, it launched BitGo Trust Company, the first qualified custodian purpose-built for storing digital assets. BitGo processes over 20% of all global Bitcoin transactions, and supports over 250 coins and tokens. BitGo’s customer base includes the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges and spans more than 50 countries, including qualified custodial entities in Switzerland and Germany. BitGo is backed by Goldman Sachs, Craft Ventures, Digital Currency Group, DRW, Galaxy Digital Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, and Valor Equity Partners.

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