Growth Leads

Growth Leads

Software Engineer - Platform Growth

New York · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$160k-$200kDetected 56 days ago
TypeScriptGoKotlinReactNode.jsExpressFull-Stack DevelopmentAlgorithmsCode ReviewGitPostgreSQLMongoDBCI/CDAPI DevelopmentRESTLLMsCollaborationProblem Solving

About the role

  • BitGo is the leading infrastructure provider of digital asset solutions, delivering custody, wallets, staking, trading, financing, and settlement services from regulated cold storage.
  • Since our founding in 2013, we have focused on enabling our clients to securely navigate the digital asset space.
  • As the operational backbone of the digital economy, BitGo handles a significant portion of Bitcoin network transactions and is the largest independent digital asset custodian, and staking provider, in the world.

Responsibilities

  • Architect and build high-scale APIs, libraries, and services that power custody and growth products used by the world's most sophisticated crypto institutions
  • Design and document developer-facing APIs that delight third-party builders and internal teams alike
  • Ship with AI at your side. Leverage LLMs, AI coding agents, and intelligent tooling to dramatically accelerate design, implementation, and review cycles
  • Partner with PMs, designers, and engineers across the stack to define and deliver experiences that raise the bar
  • Sharp instincts for algorithm design, problem decomposition, and complexity tradeoffs
  • Deep expertise in RESTful API design and the principles behind great developer experience
  • Experience building institutional crypto products (custody, wallets, trading infrastructure)
  • Experience working directly with clients or business partners to shape requirements

Requirements

  • 3+ years of backend/server-side engineering experience, with a track record of shipping production systems at scale
  • You actively use tools like GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or Claude to accelerate your workflow, and you know when to trust them and when not to
  • Familiarity with AI agent frameworks or autonomous coding tools and how to supervise, evaluate, and course-correct their outputs
  • Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL and MongoDB in production environments
  • Practical experience with microservices and service-oriented architectures
  • Ability to move fast, make decisions under ambiguity, and recalibrate quickly
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, or a related technical field

Nice to have

  • Proven track record shipping and maintaining public-facing production APIs
  • Strong command of Golang, Kotlin or TypeScript, Node.js, and Express
  • Full-stack capability with React, comfortable owning a feature end-to-end

Skills

  • Hunt down performance bottlenecks, squash bugs, and leave the codebase better than you found it
  • Mentor peers through code reviews, architectural guidance, and a culture of continuous craft improvement

Compensation

  • Notice: Depending upon your leveling and location, the compensation for this role averages between $160,000 - $200,000 USD base salary.
  • Equity, an annual performance bonus and the benefits outlined below are also a part of this role's package.
  • Competitive base salary, bonus and stock options

Benefits

  • Equity, an annual performance bonus and the benefits outlined below are also a part of this role's package.
  • Here are some of the benefits* of working at
  • Competitive base salary, bonus and stock options
  • 100% company paid health insurance for employee, partner and dependents
  • Paid parental leave, Paid vacation
  • Free commuter/parking pass; near subway

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