Principal Software Engineer, Security

About the Company

Gemini is a global crypto and Web3 platform founded by Tyler Winklevoss and Cameron Winklevoss in 2014. Gemini offers a wide range of crypto products and services for individuals and institutions in over 70 countries.

Crypto is about giving you greater choice, independence, and opportunity. We are here to help you on your journey. We build crypto products that are simple, elegant, and secure. Whether you are an individual or an institution, we help you buy, sell, and store your bitcoin and cryptocurrency. 

At Gemini, our mission is to unlock the next era of financial, creative, and personal freedom.

In the United States, we have a flexible hybrid work policy for employees who live within 30 miles of our office headquartered in New York City and our office in Seattle. Employees within the New York and Seattle metropolitan areas are expected to work from the designated office twice a week, unless there is a job-specific requirement to be in the office every workday. Employees outside of these areas are considered part of our remote-first workforce. We believe our hybrid approach for those near our NYC and Seattle offices increases productivity through more in-person collaboration where possible.

The Department: Security Development

The Role: Principal Software Engineer

As the founding engineer and tech lead for the new Security Services team, you will help shape and deliver core infrastructure to power Gemini’s security capabilities.

In this Principal-level role, you will set the technical direction for building, owning, and operating security-critical software, platforms, tooling, frameworks, and libraries. Leveraging your deep backend engineering expertise, you will provide hands-on engineering and leadership as the team scales up.

You will collaborate with other security and engineering teams to understand needs, architect solutions, develop robust systems, and support existing tools inherited by the new team. With a security-first mindset, you will establish secure software development patterns and DevSecOps culture.

As the tech lead, you will have wide latitude to craft our security infrastructure while mentoring and growing a world-class engineering team. Your mission is engineering mastery through operational excellence to support security.

Responsibilities:

• Architect, build, and support security platforms and tools leveraging robust software and systems engineering
• Collaborate with security and engineering teams to gather requirements, design solutions, and develop new capabilities
• Provide technical leadership and hands-on expertise as the founding member of a new engineering team
• Maintain and extend existing security platforms
• Hire and mentor strong backend engineers to build out the team

Minimum Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in backend software engineering and infrastructure roles
• Expertise designing, building, and operating complex distributed systems
• Demonstrated technical leadership of engineering teams and initiatives
• Strong hands-on software development experience in modern languages
• Deep experience with Linux, networking, containers, and cloud infrastructure. We often use Kubernetes, Docker, and AWS
• Ability to communicate complex concepts clearly to technical and non-technical audiences

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in information security, security automation, and/or DevSecOps
• Knowledge of cryptographic concepts, secure coding, and threat modeling
• Familiarity with security technologies like SIEM, WAF, EDR, and SAST
• Experience building and/or operating access control, authentication, and/or authorization systems

• 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 $198,000 - $247,000 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.

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.

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