Staff Data Platform Engineer, Gemini
$168-240k
+ Discretionary annual bonus + New hire equity grant
2 days a week in office
Cryptocurrency exchange platform
Open for applications
Cryptocurrency exchange platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$168-240k
+ Discretionary annual bonus + New hire equity grant
2 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To unlock the next era of financial, creative and personal freedom
Role
Who you are
- Deep expertise in data and storage technologies, including RDBMS (e.g., Postgres), NoSQL, and other database types (e.g., columnar, document, key-value, and unstructured), Object Storage (S3), with a strong understanding of tradeoffs and use cases for each
- Demonstrated experience with advanced database scaling strategies for relational systems
- Strong knowledge of high-availability architectures and proficiency with monitoring tools to support uptime and incident response
- Experience with cloud-based database and data processing platforms, such as Amazon Aurora, Databricks, AWS RDS, Redshift, BigQuery, Snowflake, and managed services like AWS EMR and Google Cloud Dataflow
- Hands-on experience with modern data transport and streaming platforms such as Kafka, Kinesis, and Pulsar, including building and operating real-time data pipelines
- Familiarity with traditional ETL workflows, scheduled batch pipelines, and message queuing systems (e.g., RabbitMQ, SQS), and how they integrate with streaming architectures
- Strong programming skills (e.g., Python, Bash, SQL) and experience with CI/CD practices
- Experience in an on-call rotation and handling incident response
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a proven ability to work effectively with data and product engineering teams
What the job involves
- As a Staff Data Platform Engineer, you're a part of the Data/Database Engineering Team and you’ll be instrumental in leading building, scaling, and maintaining our data infrastructure with a focus on architecture, reliability, availability, and performance
- This role will work closely with both data engineering and product engineering teams, providing a robust infrastructure foundation that enables them to build, maintain, and scale data-driven products and solutions
- An immediate priority will be implementing advanced scaling strategies for our relational database systems to support a highly scalable infrastructure
- This role also requires a strong commitment to uptime and incident response, including participation in an on-call rotation
- You’ll bring expertise in database technologies (relational, columnar, document, key-value, and unstructured) and familiarity with core data infrastructure components like message queues, ETL pipelines, and real-time processing tools to support a resilient, high-performing data platform
- Database Scaling and Optimization: Design and implement scaling strategies for relational systems to ensure they meet the high availability and scalability needs of data and product engineering teams
- Availability and Uptime Management: Proactively monitor and optimize database systems to meet stringent uptime requirements. Participate in an on-call rotation to respond to incidents, troubleshoot issues, and restore service promptly during disruptions
- Architect and Optimize Database Infrastructure: Manage a variety of database technologies, balancing tradeoffs across relational, columnar, document, key-value, and unstructured data solutions, providing a foundation for data warehousing and supporting data-driven product needs
- Integration with Data Engineering and Product Pipelines: Collaborate with data and product engineering teams to implement and optimize data pipelines, including message queues (e.g., Kafka), ETL workflows, and real-time processing, ensuring efficient and reliable data movement
- Infrastructure Automation and Reliability: Utilize infrastructure as code (IaC) to automate deployment, scaling, and maintenance, creating a consistent, reliable environment that supports high availability and deployment efficiency for both data and product teams
- Performance Tuning and Incident Response: Conduct performance tuning, establish monitoring and alerting, and address potential issues quickly to ensure a responsive platform that meets the needs of all engineering workloads
- Documentation and Knowledge Sharing: Document processes, including scaling strategies, monitoring setups, and best practices, to support alignment with engineering requirements and ensure smooth handoffs in on-call situations
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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