Senior Software Engineer, Crypto Core (Backend)

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: Crypto Core

The Role: Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

As an engineer in the Asset Transfer Team, you’ll be working as part of the core team of engineers responsible for designing, building, and supporting crypto wallets. The team supports everything related to accepting deposits, issuing withdrawals, and the secure storage of cryptocurrency on the platform.

Responsibilities:

• Improve feedback cycles at all levels of development (examples: improving the experience of iterating on code locally, deploying to test environments, deploying to production)
• Quickly ramp up on relevant industry and competitive trends
• Consistently deliver code that sets the standard for quality and maintainability
• Build secure contract protocols and backend services to connect Gemini users with the crypto ecosystem
• Systematically think through potential design impacts on other teams and the company
• 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 refactoring and upgrade projects

Qualifications:

• At least 5 years of software engineering experience
• Expertise in Scala or in a similar backend programming languages, such as Java or C#
• Identify and advocate for foundational work and practice improvements in their vertical
• Genuinely passionate about working with developers and improving their experience and velocity
• Technical aptitude around Blockchain Technology
• The ability to work closely across teams and manage dependencies
• A customer and product-focused mindset, with the ability to make well-reasoned tradeoffs between speed and quality
• The ability to adapt and handle multiple competing priorities in collaboration with peers
• Can successfully plan and execute projects involving multiple developers and complex requirements, prioritizing strategically

• 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 $152,000 - $190,000 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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