About the position
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. With a global presence and multiple Trust companies, BitGo serves thousands of institutions, including many of the industry's top brands, exchanges, and platforms, and millions of retail investors worldwide. 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. This role will require being full-time onsite at our Palo Alto office to support collaborative team dynamics and innovative problem-solving. We're looking for engineers who have strong opinions but hold them loosely, can give direct feedback constructively, and believe in raising the bar for the entire team. No egos, no defensiveness, just smart people building great software together. We are seeking an experienced full-stack engineer to join our expanding team and contribute to the development of our web application. This role offers the chance to architect solutions, drive technical decisions, and work on a product serving hundreds of thousands of users. We value open communication, transparency, ownership, and a high level of craftsmanship. Our mission is to deliver trust in digital assets, and we are looking for teammates who share this vision.
Responsibilities
- Design and build scalable web applications using our Node.js/TypeScript and React stack
- Collaborate closely with design and product managers to define, architect, and ship new features
- Establish engineering best practices, code standards, and development processes
- Conduct thorough code reviews, provide mentorship to team members and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement
- Draft technical design documents & spearhead major initiatives
Requirements
- Proven experience in modern front-end development using React
- Strong knowledge of JavaScript and related technologies (ES6, TypeScript)
- Experience with unit and /integration testing using frameworks like Vitest, Jest, Enzyme or JUnit
- Demonstrated experience developing and deploying Node.js applications using Express, Redis and other modern backend technologies
- Solid understanding of the software development life cycle
- Knowledge of UI/UX standards and design principles
- Experience in GitHub and git workflows
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment
- We are a 24/7 service that requires participation on an on-call rotation
- We value skills and experience over formal education, degrees are not required
- You don’t need to meet every listed requirement from day one, but you should be able to quickly learn and apply new skills
Nice-to-haves
- Understanding of and strong interest in cryptocurrencies and blockchain
- Experience working in startup or high-growth environments
Benefits
- 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
- Commuter stipend, paid parking
- Free custom lunches, dinners and snacks
- Computer equipment and workplace furniture to suit your needs
- Great colleagues and inspiring startup environment
