BitGo

Senior Software Engineer - Accounting & Ledger Systems

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17 hours ago
Palo Alto, CA, USASenior
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$180k - $220k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and extend the core ledger, including accounts, postings, account types, and ledger structures.
  • Own the chart of accounts and reporting surfaces connecting engineering data to financial statements and downstream reporting.
  • Develop balance verification, reconciliation, and proof-of-reserve mechanisms across on-chain and off-chain books.
  • Partner with engineering teams to ensure products correctly model legal-entity ownership, ledger placement, pricing, and reconciliation paths.
  • Design extensible data models for financial products such as margin, lending, staking, and tokenized assets.
  • Review technical designs across multiple systems and collaborate with Finance, Data Engineering, and Product.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of backend software engineering experience.
  • Practical knowledge of double-entry bookkeeping, chart-of-accounts design, financial statements, reconciliation, and audit requirements.
  • Experience owning data-model design for systems where correctness is a core product requirement.
  • Strong extensible system-design skills, including schemas and APIs that support evolving requirements.
  • Ability to read and critique technical designs across multiple systems.
  • Strong cross-functional communication skills.

Benefits

  • Competitive base salary, bonus, and stock options.
  • 100% 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 individual needs.
  • Full-time onsite work at the Palo Alto office.

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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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