Software Engineering Intern - Settlement Systems/Go Network (Winter 2027) at BitGo

BitGo 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, BitGo 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, BitGo handles a significant portion of Bitcoin network transactions and is the largest independent digital asset custodian, and staking provider, in the world. For more information, visit www.bitgo.com.

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As the most trusted name in digital assets, BitGo’s Go Network team is uniquely positioned to serve a best-in-class Settlement product: BitGo processes a significant amount of cryptocurrency transactions, including 20% of all global Bitcoin transactions, and our integrated platforms integrate with a number of leading exchanges, agencies, and governments around the world. Go Network also owns the Link product line, which enables connectivity and fund transfers between BitGo and various other exchanges; as well as the OES (Off-Exchange Settlement) product, which eliminates counterparty risk by enabling clients to custody their assets with BitGo while trading directly on other exchange platforms.

About our stack

• Frontend - React, Typescript, NextJS
• Backend - Go, Typescript, PostgreSQL
• DevOps - Kubernetes, Docker, AWS

Responsibilities

• Design and build strong, resilient, and robust services, APIs, and libraries, to power our link, clearing and settlement financial services
• Develop functionality and scalability features in conjunction with the engineering and product teams
• Improve resilience of services through documentation, testing, and tooling
• Collaborate closely with the engineering team to ensure consistency in understanding of technical requirements and overall work quality

Requirements

• Pursuing a bachelor's degree in computer science or related field
• Fluency in at least one modern backend programming language
• AI proficiency
• Comfortable working full-stack
• Solid engineering fundamentals and passion for high quality code
• Product intuition, user empathy, ability to make sound UX decisions
• Strong work ethic
• Interest in crypto and blockchain preferred
• Interest in the financial industry

If you will be working from Canada: the current target rate for 2027 interns in Canada is $70 CAD per hour. If the market indicates this needs to change, we would share this with you during your interview process.

*Please note that we are required by law to pay you in the currency of the country you will be working from.*