Software Fullstack Engineer, Gemini
Nifty Gateway
Offers long-term incentive in the form of a new hire equity grant
Cryptocurrency exchange platform
Job no longer available
Cryptocurrency exchange platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
Offers long-term incentive in the form of a new hire equity grant
1001+ employees
Company mission
To unlock the next era of financial, creative and personal freedom
Role
Who you are
- 4+ years experience as a software engineer, working as a Full Stack at scale
- You can write secure code that works quickly and efficiently in a fast-paced environment
- A customer-focused and product-focused mindset. You’re interested in using the right tool for the job and you understand, and can speak to, the “why” behind your choices
- You can operate independently, be detail oriented, and deliver results in an organized manner
- Prefer simple solutions and designs over complex ones
- Enjoy working with a diverse group of people with different areas of expertise
- You are comfortably organized amongst chaos
- Be familiar with our tech stack:
- TypeScript, React, styled-component
- Python
- PostgreSQL, BigQuery, MySQL
- Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress, pytes
- AWS, GCP
- Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, GitHub, CircleCI
- Next.js (Preferred)
- AR/VR (Preferred)
- Embrace differences and know that when we can be ourselves at work, we are happier, more motivated, and creative. We want to be able to bring our whole selves to work, have our own perspectives and know that we belong. As such, through your behaviors at work, we expect you to reflect and actively sustain a healthy engineering environment that looks like this:
- A wide range of voices heard to the benefit of all
- Teams that are clearly happy, engaged, and laugh together
- Perceivable safety to have an opinion or ask a question No egos - people listen to and learn from others at all levels, with strong opinions held loosely
What the job involves
- As we are building out Nifty Gateway's engineering team, we're looking for you to work wherever you can contribute the most on the Nifty Gateway codebase. You’ll get the opportunity to build out the frontier of an emerging field and build tools for some of the pieces that go on to be enormously popular in the digital collectible space!
- This is a very hands-on role where you'll work with smart, creative people to build the foundation of Nifty Gateway! An ideal candidate will have a strong aptitude for identifying opportunities to improve user experience, robust experience translating design frameworks into code to improve user- facing applications, and a proactive desire to collaborate with fellow developers, designers, and marketing managers to present a shared artistic vision
- Be responsible for removing roadblocks, ensuring processes are lean, efficient, and helping develop members
- Help refactor and maintain our core systems to prepare them to scale
- Work with the team to deliver projects by insisting on the highest standards of coding and ensuring on-time delivering
- Understand our core business objectives, then ideate and implement new features that will help us achieve our exciting goals to grow our customer base
- Troubleshoot technical issues by leveraging your deep understanding of the systems and experience with technologies we leverage
- Interface with other team members to build the critical portions of the app
- Embrace our DevOps culture: You build it, you run it
- Work well cross-functionally and earn trust from co-workers at all levels
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Gemini is a cryptocurrency exchange platform that's known for offering excellent security as well as being available across the US, including New York - a state not often covered by crypto exchanges.
As a trading platform, Gemini is one of many, but a dedication to innovation and a commitment to working within FCA regulations are what make it stand out from the crowd. After acquiring Blockrize in 2021, the company launched a credit card for US customers that enables them to earn a small percentage of spending back in bitcoin rewards. It also launched the Gemini dollar, a 1:1 USD-backed stablecoin, that combines the price stability of the US dollar with the technological advantages of a cryptocurrency.
The crypto exchange market is crowded with exchange platforms, and Gemini's competitors include giants like Coinbase. However, by operating within regulations and maintaining its status as a registered digital asset service provider in Europe (with plans to expand further in the region very soon), Gemini is in a strong position to face the continued crackdown on unauthorized activity in this market and make a space for itself in the DeFi future.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-13% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Nov 2021
$400m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $400m
Company benefits
- Flexible vacation policy
- Retirement plan matching
- Generous parental leave
- Comprehensive health plans
- Training and development
- Health and wellness perks
- Community events
Company HQ
New York, NY
Leadership
Tyler Winklevoss
(Co-Founder & CEO)Principal at Winklevoss Capital. Studied Economics at Harvard. Notorious for their role in the founding of Facebook, they co-founded Gemini with brother Cameron in 2014.
Cameron Winklevoss
(Co-Founder & President)Principal at Winklevoss Capital. Studied Economics at Harvard. Notorious for their role in the founding of Facebook, they co-founded Gemini with brother Tyler in 2014.
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