Senior Software Engineer - Post Trade

Overview  Bit Go 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, Bit Go 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, Bit Go handles a significant portion of Bitcoin network transactions and is the largest independent digital asset custodian, and staking provider, in the world. For more information, visit
This role will require being full-time onsite at our Toronto office to support collaborative team dynamics and innovative problem-solving.
Responsibilities    Architecture & Development:  Design and build scalable APIs and atomic settlement workflows. Implement fund encumbrance processes, multi-currency settlement, and robust state machines across event-driven microservices.
Financial Integrity:  Prioritize correctness over speed. Ensure data quality by implementing strategic database locking, defense-in-depth invariant checking, and clear audit trails for financial reconciliation.
Testing & Scientific Debugging:  Write rigorous tests (unit, integration, load) covering edge cases, idempotency guarantees, and invariant violations. Methodically debug distributed systems issues, including race conditions, transaction isolation conflicts, and deadlocks.
Mentorship & Code Quality:  Write clean code adhering to DRY and SoC principles. Mentor peers through thorough code reviews, catching precision bugs, concurrency issues, and architectural anti-patterns.
End-to-End Ownership:  Own features from architectural design to deployment. Document system architecture, account relationships, and workflows for internal teams and third-party developers.
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 staff who share our vision and mission: deliver trust in digital assets.
Required

Experience:

6+ years of backend development, with 2+ years specifically in complex financial systems (trading platforms, order management, clearing/settlement, or payment processing).
Tech Stack:  Strong proficiency in Type Script, Node.js, and/or Golang.
Database & Messaging:  Deep expertise in Postgre

SQL (transaction management, locking, query optimization) and event-driven architectures using Kafka.
Distributed Systems:  Strong command of microservices architecture, inter-service communication, data consistency patterns, and concurrency.
AI Tool Fluency:  Experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Git Hub Copilot, Cursor) in daily workflows, coupled with the rigorous ability to validate AI-generated code for correctness and security in financial contexts.
Fundamentals:  Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Math, or a related field. Exceptional algorithm design, problem-solving, and API design skills.
Domain Passion:  Strong interest in the trading industry, crypto markets, and blockchain technology.
Preferred   Advanced Kafka knowledge (consumer patterns, retry policies, dead letter queue/DLQ handling).
Deep understanding of compliance controls, audit trail requirements, and two-operator approval workflows.
Proven experience building high-scale, public-facing APIs in a production environment.
Ability to work full-stack, with familiarity in React.
Experience developing consumer-facing crypto products or working directly with client operations.
Why Join Bit Go?  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 to be part of the team that changes the world’s financial markets.
Benefits  Here are some of the benefits of working at Bit Go:
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 commuter/parking pass
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.

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