Senior Software Engineer, Bitwise
Providing cryptocurrency index funds for investors
Open for applications
Providing cryptocurrency index funds for investors
21-100 employees
Open for applications
21-100 employees
Company mission
To help investors make the most of the rapidly-emerging cryptocurrency asset class, through index funds and investments products they can trust.
Role
Who you are
- The idea of being early on a small team where things change rapidly and everyone pitches in excites you
- Your style is like ours: high energy, positive, caring, deliberate, self-aware, curious, and open-minded, inclined to take ownership to get the best outcome but happy to transfer or share ownership with others. You’re proactive in pursuing what you want, you take pride in your ability to communicate and connect with others, and you’re always looking to improve
- You’re an analytical thinker. You love detail, but also don’t let preparation get in the way of action
- You are a great communicator, in writing and conversation, and can convey details with clarity and coherence
- You care about relationships, both within the team and with external partners. You want to understand others, to help others understand you, to enjoy interactions, to form career-long partnerships, and to be “best-in-class.”
- Our sites and web servers are built with React and Node. Index calculation-related backend is written in Scala using Spark and Kinesis. Research-related analytical scripts are written in Python. Databases used are Firebase, MongoDB, and Postgres. Most of our infrastructure runs on Heroku and AWS. You are comfortable working across the stack, have experience in at least a few of these, and are enthusiastic to learn those you’re less familiar with
- You have 2+ years of experience in software development, ideally at a fintech, asset management, financial data, or financial services firm
- Though not needing to be an expert, you’re interested in crypto and investments and enthusiastic about making it part of your career
- You have the willingness and enthusiasm to learn new topics and be dynamic in a rapidly evolving company and space
What the job involves
- You’ll build products from the ground up — from data infrastructure to backend APIs to UIs. You will be able to manage your own work by deciding what needs to be built, communicating with stakeholders directly, and managing your own time. You will be given the autonomy to get work done efficiently without unnecessary bureaucracy
- As a member of a small team, you will contribute meaningfully to building our engineering organization. This includes playing an important role in making technical decisions, defining Bitwise’s engineering standards, and determining best practices. We are not set in our ways and are always willing to explore new technologies and tools
- You will have the opportunity to experience rapid growth and work on the highest impact initiatives within the company. In the process, you will shape product and engineering strategy at the company
- You will have the opportunity to spend time learning about crypto and building expertise in a nascent, rapidly changing, and growing industry
- You will wear many hats, contribute to many projects, and adapt to the needs of a growing organization
Otta's take
Sam Franklin
CEO of Otta
Bitwise is the biggest cryptocurrency index fund manager in the world. The company buys up currencies that look promising and could store them for its investors. This allows people who are interested in investing but wary of cryptocurrency to gain a little exposure without in-depth knowledge or major time investment. Bitwise is therefore making cryptocurrency more accessible, and the number of investors is growing fast.
Bitwise offers Bitwise Asset Management, which provides index and beta crypto funds to investors. The firm specializes in supporting and educating professional investors, and it has relationships with RIAs, financial advisors, hedge funds, etc. The cryptocurrency market is often viewed as high-risk and volatile, so these relationships are a demonstration of the company’s established trust. This vote of confidence and connection with traditional financial companies is invaluable for Bitwise's future as a trusted partner.
Insights
-13% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jun 2021
$70m
SERIES B
May 2019
$10.5m
SERIES A
Total funding: $84.5m
Company benefits
- Equity compensation as a component of all offers
- Health insurance, including dental and vision plans
- Health & dependent care Flexible Spending Account
- Company funded 401K plan, no matching required
- Unlimited PTO
- 10 paid company-wide holidays
- Pending COVID, office spaces in San Francisco and New York
- Meals and snacks provided in office
- Paid company cell phone or monthly stipend
- Bitwise “Buddy” Program (30 day new hire program)
- Annual birthday and anniversary gifts
- Company-wide events
Company HQ
South Park, San Francisco, CA
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Founders
Hunter Horsley
(CEO)Having studied at the Wharton School, they worked at Lore for 2 years, prior to brief roles at Facebook and Instagram in Product Marketing and Management. They left Facebook in 2016 to co-found Bitwise in November 2016, and have served as CEO since.
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