Job description
Working At Bitso
We are a diverse team that takes pride in understanding the perspectives of others. We fully embrace working remotely and we are eager to act, improve and accelerate progress inside and outside of our organization.
To drive revolutionary changes in society and make crypto useful, we delight our customers with world-class products, deep care, and intentional empathy.
Your Purpose
As a Platform Engineer, you will contribute to building and maintaining scalable, secure, and reliable systems. You will play a key role in designing and optimizing CI/CD pipelines, managing deployments, and ensuring the stability of our infrastructure.
Your work will directly impact the delivery of high-quality solutions that drive innovation and business success. Additionally, you will collaborate with multiple stakeholders to develop solutions that enable financial inclusion for millions of Latin American customers.
Reports To
Engineering Manager
Who You Are
- 8+ years of experience writing code in multiple programming languages (e.g., Java, TypeScript, Bash, Go), with a strong focus on delivering scalable and maintainable solutions.
- Proven expertise in designing and optimizing CI/CD pipelines for large-scale, complex systems, including advanced Gradle optimizations, JVM performance tuning, and multi-application orchestration.
- Extensive hands-on experience with multiple CI tools, such as AWS CodeBuild, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and GitLab CI/CD, with the ability to evaluate and implement the best solutions for a given context.
- 8+ years of experience working with Cloud Technologies, with expertise in architecting secure, cost-optimized, and scalable cloud-native solutions.
- Advanced proficiency with CD tools, such as Spinnaker and ArgoCD, with the ability to design and implement sophisticated deployment workflows.
- Deep experience managing Kubernetes clusters at scale, including multi-region deployments, advanced networking, and implementing service meshes.
- Expertise in infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like Terraform, Crossplane, or Pulumi, with a focus on modular and reusable design patterns.
- Technical leadership: Proven track record of mentoring engineers, driving architectural decisions, and leading complex projects from ideation to delivery.
- Strategic influence: Ability to align technical execution with business priorities and provide thought leadership to influence technical direction at an organizational level.
Preferred qualifications:
- Database and Storage Optimization: Strong experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL)
- Networking in Cloud Environments: In-depth knowledge of VPCs, service meshes (e.g., Istio), and API gateways.
What You Will Do
- Lead the design and development of scalable and reliable platform technologies.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and deliver new features.
- Optimize and enhance existing systems for performance and scalability.
- Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines to ensure smooth and efficient software delivery.
- Drive best practices in code quality, testing, and deployment.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers.
Research in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion suggests that individuals may hesitate to apply for jobs if they do not meet all the listed criteria. At Bitso, we value diversity and your unique strengths could be just what we’re looking for. If this role excites you but you don’t match every point in the description, we still want to hear from you.
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Who We Are
With over 8 million users, Bitso is the leading cryptocurrency platform in Latin America. We are developing the cryptocurrency ecosystem in the region and enabling financial inclusion. We believe crypto is the future of finance, and we’re committed to making it useful by providing equal access to safe and intuitive financial products.
When we hire people for our team, we specifically test for the following traits in addition to our cultural values:
Mission-Driven: We seek individuals who are passionate about crypto and Bitso’s mission and resilient in facing industry challenges
High Sense of Urgency: We prioritize candidates who demonstrate a high sense of urgency and responsibility.
Exceptional Hard Skills: We seek individuals who possess exceptional skills in their respective fields, with no room for mediocrity.
Self-Management: We look for individuals who can independently manage their work, career, and professional development.
Compensation & Benefits
At Bitso, you are taking the front seat on the edge of crypto innovation, creating the next generation of crypto-powered products.
So for those willing to commit, adapt and pioneer the most important change of the century we offer:
- Me Time program, including unlimited paid time off.
- Remote-first work environment.
- Employee Stock Option program.
- Zero trading fees through our Bitso Alpha app.
- Extended Family Leave Policy: all birthing parents, non-birthing parents and adopting parents are eligible for a 4-months leave.
- Premium health, dental and life insurances in Mexico, Gibraltar, Colombia, USA, Brazil and Argentina.
- Volunteering days.
- Monthly stipend for gym memberships, relaxation activities, sports equipment, cooking classes, books, entertainment and more.
Want to leave an undoubtedly legacy with us? Fasten your seatbelt and join this spaceship, where you will find exponential growth and the opportunity to thrive!
- These are the applicable requisites, although equivalent competencies in any of the above will also be considered.
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