Senior Software Engineer, Product Engagement (Backend) at Gemini

San Francisco, California, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

02 Mar, 26

Salary

200000.0

Posted On

02 Dec, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Software Engineering, Cloud Technologies, AWS, GCP, Azure, Scala, Typescript, Code Reviews, Security, Product Development, Collaboration, Performance Optimization, Anomaly Detection, Refactoring, High-Scale Systems, Customer Focus

Industry

Financial Services

Description

About the Company Gemini is a global crypto and Web3 platform founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss in 2014, offering a wide range of simple, reliable, and secure crypto products and services to individuals and institutions in over 70 countries. Our mission is to unlock the next era of financial, creative, and personal freedom by providing trusted access to the decentralized future. We envision a world where crypto reshapes the global financial system, internet, and money to create greater choice, independence, and opportunity for all — bridging traditional finance with the emerging cryptoeconomy in a way that is more open, fair, and secure. As a publicly traded company, Gemini is poised to accelerate this vision with greater scale, reach, and impact. The Department: Product Engagement The Role: Senior Software Engineer (Backend) As a Senior Engineer, you’ll help solve complex problems that will directly influence the direction of the digital asset space. We are a team of self-starters, self-driven owners. There’s a wide range of problems to solve at Gemini – from properly securing millions of dollars worth of customer funds, to developing innovative new blockchain products, to building highly-available and high-scale systems on the cloud, to building anomaly detection models to identify risky behavior. We have a strong culture of code reviews, and a focus on security, with the end goal of writing and shipping high-quality code by getting things right the first time. We want to continue building the best product we can as we scale and grow our business. If you get excited about solving technical challenges that directly impact our customers, clients, and the rest of the Gemini team, we’d love to hear from you. This role is required to be in person twice a week at either our San Francisco, CA or New York City, NY office. Responsibilities: Develop new products and product features on the Gemini platform, as part of a tight knit team of about eight developers, as well document designs. Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers to design and deliver high-quality features on the website. Build efficient and reusable UI components and architect reliable, performant, and maintainable solutions. Review other software engineers’ code for correctness, style, and information security concerns. Author high quality code, and review other software engineers’ code for correctness, style, and information security concerns. Improve the performance, maintainability, and operations of the Gemini code base by engaging in occasional refactoring and upgrade projects. Minimum Qualifications: At least 6 years of software engineering experience. A customer and product-focused mindset, with the ability to make well-reasoned tradeoffs between speed and quality. Experience with Cloud technologies and providers like AWS, GCP, or Azure. Advanced proficiency in at least one language. We use mostly Scala on our backend and Typescript on the frontend – it’s great if you’re comfortable in those or if you’re willing to learn. The ability to work closely across teams and manage dependencies. The ability to adapt and handle multiple competing priorities in collaboration with peers. Preferred Qualifications: Work experience or knowledge of the finance industry, payments, trading and/or exchange systems. Demonstrated expertise in full-stack product development. It Pays to Work Here The compensation & benefits package for this role includes: Competitive starting salary A discretionary annual bonus Long-term incentive in the form of a new hire equity grant Comprehensive health plans 401K with company matching Paid Parental Leave Flexible time off Salary Range: The base salary range for this role is between $140,000 - $200,000 in the State of New York, the State of California and the State of Washington. This range is not inclusive of our discretionary bonus or equity package. When determining a candidate’s compensation, we consider a number of factors including skillset, experience, job scope, and current market data. In the United States, we offer a hybrid work approach at our hub offices, balancing the benefits of in-person collaboration with the flexibility of remote work. Expectations may vary by location and role, so candidates are encouraged to connect with their recruiter to learn more about the specific policy for the role. Employees who do not live near one of our hubs are part of our remote workforce. At Gemini, we strive to build diverse teams that reflect the people we want to empower through our products, and we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. Equal Opportunity is the Law, and Gemini is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. If you have a specific need that requires accommodation, please let a member of the People Team know. #LI-AH1

Responsibilities

Develop new products and features on the Gemini platform while collaborating with a team of developers. Engage in code reviews and improve the performance and maintainability of the code base.