Data Engineering Manager - M3

Bitgo
India
On-site

Who this role is best for

Strong fit for data engineering leaders who build and scale teams while mastering event-driven systems and financial data platforms, with a focus on on-site collaboration in India.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with team leadership experience and a background in data pipeline architecture
    — “Build, lead, and scale engineering teams focused on data related services and infrastructure”
  • Individuals with deep expertise in event-driven systems and real-time data processing
    — “Strong experience with systems design and event driven systems (Kafka)”
  • Professionals who have worked in financial services or fintech and understand data governance
    — “Experience in Financial Services and/or Financial Technology”

Things to consider

  • On-site presence is mandatory in the Bangalore office, with no remote flexibility mentioned
    — “This role requires working onsite (Monday to Friday) at the Bangalore office.”
  • The role demands a high level of craftsmanship and ownership in engineering practices
    — “teammates who share and practice our values: open communication, transparency, taking ownership, and a high level of craftsmanship”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with financial reporting platforms and data governance frameworks
    — “Own the design, delivery, and operation of our data platform and financial reporting platform”
  • Emphasize leadership in complex project breakdowns and iterative delivery
    — “Break down complex projects into iterative milestones and lead delivery”
  • Showcase familiarity with SQL databases and RESTful API design in technical summaries
    — “Strong experience with SQL databases like Postgres or MySQL”
  • Demonstrate a track record of mentoring engineers and driving career growth
    — “Coach and mentor engineers, supporting career growth while driving measurable organizational impact”
  • Include specific examples of managing large-scale distributed applications
    — “Experience with large-scale, real-time, and distributed applications”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • build, lead, and scale engineering teams focused on data related services and infrastructure
  • translate vision into quarterly roadmaps
Typical background
8+ years of work experience in data engineering2+ years of experience managing engineering teams

Skills & requirements

Required

Data EngineeringTeam ManagementData Platform DesignRestful API DesignMicroservices

Preferred

Financial ServicesCryptocurrenciesBlockchain Industry

Stack & domain

TypeScriptNode.jsPythonKotlinPostgreSQLMySQLRestful APIData PipelinesETLSnowflakeBigQuerySparkPrestoDruidKafka

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.

Responsibilities:

Build, lead, and scale engineering teams focused on data related services and infrastructure

Coach and mentor engineers, supporting career growth while driving measurable organizational impact

Partner with product managers, designers, and leadership to translate vision into quarterly roadmaps. Break down complex projects into iterative milestones and lead delivery

Make thoughtful architectural decisions, uphold engineering best practices, and foster a culture of high-quality code and design

Own the design, delivery, and operation of our data platform and financial reporting platform

Set the long term direction and evolution of the data platform

Collaborate closely with recruiting to identify and attract world-class engineering talent.

Roll up your sleeves when needed — from reviewing designs and code to triaging incidents or joining on-call rotations

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: delivering trust in digital assets. 

Required

Engineering degree in Computer Science or equivalent

8+ years of work experience in data engineering

2+ years of experience managing engineering teams

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

Strong experience with SQL databases like Postgres or MySQL

Strong experience with RESTful API design

Experience building data pipelines/ETL and familiarity with design principles

Experience with data warehouse technologies and relevant data modeling best practices (Snowflake, BigQuery, Spark, Presto, Druid, etc)

Strong experience with systems design and event driven systems (Kafka)

A self-starter capable of adapting quickly and being decisive

Experience leading projects and other engineers

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

Effective written and verbal communication skills

Preferred

Experience in Financial Services and/or Financial Technology 

Experience with microservices and service-oriented architectures

Understanding and strong interest in cryptocurrencies and blockchain industry

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

Experience with data governance, handling PII, data masking

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 & Commute allowance

Medical Insurance

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

Snacks: on-the-house in the Bangalore office

Great/Talented workforce to learn and grow with

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

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.

Source: Bitgo careers (Greenhouse)

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