Senior Software Engineer Post Trade

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.

• Design and build scalable APIs and atomic settlement workflows.
• Implement fund encumbrance processes, multi‑currency settlement, and robust state machines across event‑driven microservices.
• Prioritize correctness over speed, ensuring data quality through strategic database locking, defense‑in‑depth invariant checking, and clear audit trails for financial reconciliation.
• 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.
• Write clean code adhering to DRY and SoC principles, mentor peers through code reviews, and take end‑to‑end ownership from architectural design to deployment.
• Document system architecture, account relationships, and workflows for internal teams and third‑party developers.

• 6+ years of backend development, with 2+ years specifically in complex financial systems (trading platforms, order management, clearing/settlement, or payment processing).
• Strong proficiency in Type Script, Node.js, and/or Golang.
• Deep expertise in Postgre
  
  SQL (transaction management, locking, query optimization) and event‑driven architectures using Kafka.
• Strong command of microservices architecture, inter‑service communication, data consistency patterns, and concurrency.
• Experience using AI‑assisted development tools (e.g., Git Hub Copilot, Cursor) and rigorously validating AI‑generated code for correctness and security in financial contexts.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Math, or a related field.
• Exceptional algorithm design, problem‑solving, and API design skills.
• Strong interest in the trading industry, crypto markets, and blockchain technology.

• 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.

Disrupting an industry takes vision, innovation, passion, technical chops, drive to deliver, collaboration, and execution. Join a team that strives for excellence and embodies our core values of open communication, collaboration, accountability, craftsmanship, and a client‑first approach. Cryptocurrencies are the most disruptive change the financial services industry has seen in years, and you can be part of the team transforming finance.

Compensation for this role averages between $180,000 – $220,000 CAD base salary, plus equity, an annual performance bonus, and employee benefits.