About the company
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 worldās 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.
Job Summary
Responsibilities:
šBe accountable for growing BitGoās Prime business, by building the best Prime Brokerage system for Institutions šCollaborate with Product, Trust, Compliance, and other key stakeholders to set the product and technical vision to successfully execute against the same. šProvide regular coaching to your team and the broader engineering department šTake direct responsibility for quality and delivery of the teamās work šManage end-to-end availability and performance of critical services šEncourage best practices in engineering design and usability, leading by example šFacilitate thorough documentation and knowledge sharing šCollaborate with management and product teams to plan, estimate, and prioritize roadmap objectives šWork closely with company leadership to identify upcoming opportunities and risks šActively foster an engineering-wide culture that embodies our values of open communication, collaboration, accountability, craftsmanship, and a client first approach. šCoordinate with stakeholders in the US and other global locations. This potentially involves taking calls in the PST/ EST timezone to keep in sync with your geographically distributed team.
Required Skills & Experience:
š10+ years of professional experience in software engineering, 4+ years in a managerial role. šExperience in crypto, professional or personal, or an interest in the same. šExperience successfully onboarding onto a new organization as a manager. šTrack record of sourcing and hiring top engineering talent, including managerial talent. šProven success leading engineering-wide initiatives. šDemonstrated history of collaborating with product to come up with a product roadmap. šStrong stakeholder management skills, particularly working with business stakeholders. šEngineering degree in Computer Science or equivalent. šStrong written and verbal communication skills.