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 world’s 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.
Responsibilities
- Manage and oversee inbound order flow requests from clients while effectively handling the trade book and exchange inventories.
- Use a variety of trading products including spot, options, perps and futures to hedge positions.
- Oversee the full trade life cycle, including client interactions, execution, hedging, and settlement, while monitoring algorithmic trading pricers and dashboards.
- Work closely with internal teams and cross-functional departments to ensure trade processes are properly executed and finalized and provide insights on how processes can be built out, automated and improved.
- Provide valuable insights to support and cross-sell BitGo’s product range including Custody, lending, margining and staking
- Foster relationships with both existing and new trading counterparties, ensuring a high standard of institutional-grade service and adherence to best practices.
Requirements
- A Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Finance, Business, Computer Science, or a related field.
- A minimum of 2-3 years of experience in trading or sales trading at a leading financial institution, brokerage or OTC trading desk, ideally involving one or more of the following: digital assets, commodities, equities, FX, fixed income, or derivatives.
- Strong experience in OTC / Voice Trade trade execution and risk management, strong understanding of electronic trading systems, covering front-to-back processes.
- Communicative team player with a genuine passion for the cryptocurrency industry.
- Client-facing trading experience is strongly preferred.
- Borrowing and Lending experience is a plus.
- Willingness to work on weekends and holidays when necessary.
Why Join BitGo?
Disrupting an industry takes vision, innovation, passion, technical chops, drive to deliver, collaboration, and execution. Join a team of great people who strive for excellence and personify our corporate values of ownership, craftsmanship, and open communication. We are looking for new colleagues who bring innovative ways of thinking and problem solving, and who want risks to be part of the team that changes the world’s financial markets.
Here are some of the benefits* of working at BitGo:
- Competitive base salary, bonus and stock options
- 100% company paid health insurance for employee, partner and dependents
- Up to 4% 401k company match
- Paid parental leave, Paid vacation
- Free commuter/parking pass; 5 min from Caltrain
- Free custom lunches, dinners and snacks
- Computer equipment and workplace furniture to suit your needs
- Great colleagues and inspiring startup environment
- *Benefits may vary based on location
Cryptocurrencies are the most disruptive change the financial services industry has seen in years. Join us and you’ll be able to look back and say you were part of the team that transformed investing.
Pay Transparency Notice: Depending upon your leveling and location, the compensation for this role averages between $80,000 - $120,000 USD base salary. Equity, an annual performance bonus and the benefits outlined below are also a part of this role's package.
