BitGo is the leader in digital asset financial services, providing institutional investors with liquidity, custody, and security solutions. Founded in 2013, BitGo pioneered the multi-signature wallet and is the first digital asset company to focus exclusively on serving institutional clients. Active in both centralized and decentralized finance, BitGo offers market leading trading, lending, and borrowing services through its prime brokerage services and acts as the custodian for WBTC, the leading global stablecoin for Bitcoin. In 2020, BitGo launched BitGo Portfolio and Tax, providing clients with a full-stack solution for digital assets. In 2018, it launched BitGo Trust Company, the first qualified custodian purpose-built for storing digital assets. BitGo processes approximately 20% of all global Bitcoin transactions, and supports over 600 coins and tokens. BitGo provides the security and operational backbone for more than 1500 institutional clients in 50 countries, including many regulated entities and the world’s top cryptocurrency exchanges and platforms. BitGo is backed by Goldman Sachs, Craft Ventures, Digital Currency Group, DRW, Galaxy Digital Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, and Valor Equity Partners.

BitGo is looking for an Engineering Manager to join our Prime organization and help us build resilient, robust services and are responsible for working on critical projects with limited or no supervision.

This is a hybrid role. We work from the NYC office on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Tuesdays and Thursday you'd have the option to be remote.

Responsibilities:

Build, lead, and develop a team of talented and high-impact engineers, providing cultural, technical, and hands-on leadership
Grow the team and actively help shape the culture of open communication, craftsmanship, and ownership
Take direct responsibility for quality and delivery of the team’s work
Own all technology and services that power BitGo Prime, including trading, lending, settlement and more
Act as a strong, positive bridge between engineering teams and product operations, support, compliance, and business stakeholders
Own, drive, and be accountable to KPIs pertaining to efficiency of internal operations, aspects of client experience, and service uptime
Facilitate thorough documentation and knowledge sharing
Collaborate with management and product teams to plan, estimate, and prioritize roadmap objectives
Align the team to broader company objectives and client expectations

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

Work experience as a manager or similar senior-level position at an engineering department
Significant professional experience with any of the following: digital wallets, clearing and settlement, lending, trading, accounting systems, etc.
8+ years of professional experience as a software engineer, 2+ years in a managerial role leading engineers
Strong desire to automate where possible and build tooling for a more efficient workflow
Strong debugging skills and ability to grasp the interconnected nature of complex systems
Proven experience sourcing and hiring top engineering talent
Experience working in a cross-team environment, collaborating with and enabling other functions to drive broader departmental goals
A self-starter capable of adapting quickly and being decisive
Engineering degree in Computer Science or equivalent
Effective written and verbal communication skills
Understanding of and strong interest in cryptocurrencies and blockchain

Preferred

Experience with NodeJS, TypeScript, Go, Postgres, React and Kafka
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

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 base salary, bonus and stock options
100% company paid health insurance for employee, partner and dependents
Up to 4% 401k company match
Paid parental leave, Paid vacation
Free custom lunches, dinners and snacks
Computer equipment and workplace furniture to suit your needs
Great colleagues and inspiring startup environment

*Benefits may vary based on location

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.

Pay Transparency Notice: Depending upon your leveling and location, the compensation for this role averages between $185,000 - $235,000 USD base salary. Equity, an annual performance bonus and the benefits outlined below are also a part of this role's package.

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