Backend Engineer

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.

BitGo is looking for a Backend Engineer - E3 to join our team who designs and ships the core trading, risk and fund-flow services and help us launch crypto products.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end flow of funds for INR onboarding, deposits, withdrawals and collateral, with strong attention to correctness, reconciliation and auditability.
• Design and build scalable, secure backend APIs and services for retail derivatives trading (futures and perpetuals), including order management, margin, positions, liquidation, funding and settlement flows.
• Model and manage risk in the product: leverage limits, margin requirements, mark price, liquidations and exposure controls.
• Integrate with exchanges, liquidity venues and market data providers; build reliable, low-latency market connectivity.
• Partner with mobile engineers and Product to define APIs and ship features on a standalone mobile app.
• Provide technical leadership: set architecture and engineering standards, run design and code reviews, and mentor engineers.
• Take ownership of the availability, performance and quality of the services you build, from design through deployment and support.
• Coordinate with stakeholders in the US and other global locations, including occasional calls in ET hours.

Required Skills & Experience

• 6+ years of professional back-end and server-side development experience 
• Strong experience with TypeScript and Node.js, RESTful API design, and microservices / service-oriented architectures.
• Strong experience with PostgreSQL and MongoDB, and with designing for correctness in financial or transactional systems.
• Knowledge of derivatives (futures, options, perpetuals): order types, margin, funding, liquidation and settlement.
• Familiarity with fund flows, risk, and security considerations in trading or financial platforms.