BitGo

Senior Software Engineer - Accounting & Ledger Systems

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6 hours ago
Palo Alto, CA, USASenior
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Base Salary

$180k - $220k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and extend the core ledger, including accounts, postings, and account-type and ledger structures.
  • Own the chart of accounts and reporting surfaces connecting engineering data to financial statements and downstream reporting.
  • Build mechanisms for balance verification, reconciliation, and proof-of-reserve-style workflows across on-chain and off-chain data.
  • Partner with engineering, Finance, Data Engineering, and Product teams to ensure new features model legal entity ownership, pricing, ledger placement, and reconciliation paths correctly.
  • Design extensible data models for margin, lending, staking, tokenized assets, and other financial products.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of backend software engineering experience with ownership of data-model design for correctness-critical systems.
  • Working knowledge of double-entry bookkeeping, chart-of-accounts design, financial statements, reconciliation, and audit requirements.
  • Strong system-design skills, including extensible schemas and APIs.
  • Ability to read and critique technical designs across multiple systems.
  • Strong cross-functional communication skills.
  • Preferred: experience with crypto or blockchain infrastructure, on-chain balance models, custody, wallet architecture, event-driven or Kafka-based service architectures, or embedded accounting architecture and financial-systems design reviews.

Benefits

  • Full-time onsite work at the Palo Alto office.
  • Competitive base salary, bonus, and stock options.
  • Company-paid health insurance for the employee, partner, and dependents.
  • Up to 4% 401(k) company match.
  • Paid parental leave and paid vacation.
  • Free commuter or parking pass.
  • Free custom lunches and snacks.
  • Computer equipment and workplace furniture to suit employee needs.

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About BitGo

51-200 employees

BitGo builds digital asset infrastructure for institutions, offering qualified custody, multi-signature and MPC wallets, trading, settlement, and staking services. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Sioux Falls, it operates regulated trust companies in the U.S. and powers wallets and financial operations for exchanges, fintechs, and asset managers through fee-based custody and prime services.

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