Backend Engineer E3 - Ecosystem

Bitgo
India
On-site

Who this role is best for

Candidates with enterprise backend experience and a strong interest in financial technology will find this role challenging yet rewarding.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 6+ years of backend experience and a background in financial systems or blockchain
    — “At least 6+ years of back-end, server-side software development”
  • Individuals who can take ownership of features from design to customer integration
    — “Own functionality and scalability features by taking responsibility from inception to deployment and customer integration”
  • Candidates comfortable with global collaboration and potential for night calls
    — “Coordinate with stakeholders in the US and other global locations. This potentially involves taking night calls”

Things to consider

  • Onsite requirement in Bangalore may limit remote flexibility despite potential for global collaboration
    — “Note: This role requires working onsite (Monday to Friday) at the Bangalore office.”
  • Inclusion in on-call rotations is a direct requirement, not optional
    — “Comfortable with inclusion in on-call rotations for system support”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with RESTful API design and microservices in your resume and interview narrative
    — “Strong experience with RESTful API design”
  • Demonstrate your ability to document and expose APIs to internal and external stakeholders
    — “Expose and document functionality to the UI, third-party developers, and our internal and external tooling”
  • Showcase your experience with SQL databases like Postgres or MySQL in your technical projects
    — “Strong experience with SQL databases like Postgres or MySQL”
  • Emphasize your experience with large-scale, real-time, and distributed applications
    — “Experience with large-scale, real-time, and distributed applications”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Design and build strong, resilient, and robust APIs, libraries, and services
Typical background
6+ years of back-end, server-side software development

Skills & requirements

Required

Server-side Software DevelopmentAlgorithm DesignComplexity AnalysisTypescript/node.jsSQL DatabasesRestful API DesignUnit And Functional TestingMicroservicesGit/githubBranching MethodologiesCode Review ToolsCI ToolsJiraConfluence

Preferred

Financial Services ExperienceAsynchronous ProgrammingFunctional ProgrammingFinancial Accounting SystemsDigital Asset TradingReactLarge-scale, Real-time, And Distributed ApplicationsWorking With Clients And/or Business PartnersCryptocurrencies And Blockchain Industry

Stack & domain

TypeScriptNode.jsPostgreSQLMySQLRestful API DesignUnit And Functional TestingMicroservicesGit/githubJiraConfluenceFinancial ServicesFinancial TechnologyAsynchronous ProgrammingFunctional ProgrammingFinancial Accounting SystemsDigital Asset TradingDigital Asset LendingWalletsReactLarge-scale, Real-time, And Distributed ApplicationsClients And/or Business PartnersCryptocurrenciesBlockchain IndustryOpen CommunicationTransparencyTaking OwnershipHigh Level Of CraftsmanshipVision And MissionDeliver Trust In Digital AssetsAbility To Work IndependentlyComfortable With Inclusion In On-call Rotations For System SupportAbility To Work Full-stackUnderstanding And Strong Interest In Cryptocurrencies And Blockchain IndustryFinanceHealthcare

About the role

Original posting from Bitgo via Greenhouse

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.

BitGo is looking for a Backend Engineer - E3 who will join our Engineering team and help us build new features and applications for our enterprise clients. 

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 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

At least 6+ years of back-end, server-side software development

Great at algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis

Strong experience with server-side languages like TypeScript/Node.JS

Strong experience with SQL databases like Postgres or MySQL

Strong experience with RESTful API design

Experience with unit and functional testing and debugging

Experience with microservices and service-oriented architectures

Experience in Git/GitHub and branching methodologies, code review tools, CI tools, JIRA, Confluence, etc.

Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment

Comfortable with inclusion in on-call rotations for system support

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, applied mathematics, or another technical discipline from a top university

Coordinate with stakeholders in the US and other global locations. This potentially involves taking night calls to keep in sync with your geographically distributed team

Preferred

Experience in Financial Services and/or Financial Technology 

Experience with asynchronous programming

Experience with functional programming

Experience developing or supporting financial accounting systems, such as general ledger and bookkeeping functions

Familiarity with digital asset trading, lending, and/or wallets

Ability to work full-stack and familiarity with React 

Experience with large-scale, real-time, and distributed applications

Experience working with clients and/or business partners

Understanding and strong interest in cryptocurrencies and blockchain industry 

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.

Here are some of the benefits of working at BitGo:

Competitive salary

IT equipment support for work

Meal and commute allowance

Medical Insurance

Attractive Well-being allowance (comprised of medical, wellness and fitness aspects)

Snacks: on-the-house in the Bangalore office

Great/Talented workforce to learn and grow with

Cryptocurrencies are the most disruptive change the financial services industry has seen in years. Join us and you'll be able to look back and say you were part of the team that transformed investing.

Note: This role requires working onsite (Monday to Friday) at the Bangalore office.

Source: Bitgo careers (Greenhouse)

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