Senior Software Engineer, Gemini

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$152-190k

New York, the State of California and the State of Washington salary, may vary for other locations. Offers equity and discretionary annual bonus

TypeScript
Scala
C++
Senior level
Remote in US
New York

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Gemini

Cryptocurrency exchange platform

Open for applications

Gemini

Cryptocurrency exchange platform

1001+ employees

FintechB2CCryptocurrencyMarketplaceInvestingTradingBlockchain

Open for applications

$152-190k

New York, the State of California and the State of Washington salary, may vary for other locations. Offers equity and discretionary annual bonus

TypeScript
Scala
C++
Senior level
Remote in US
New York

More information about location

1001+ employees

FintechB2CCryptocurrencyMarketplaceInvestingTradingBlockchain

Company mission

To unlock the next era of financial, creative and personal freedom

Role

Who you are

  • If you get excited about solving technical challenges that directly impact our customers, and the rest of the Gemini team, we’d love to hear from you
  • At least 5 years of software engineering experience
  • Advanced proficiency in at least one language. We use mostly Scala and C++ 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
  • 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

Desirable

  • Experience working with or being a power user of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and/or blockchain technology
  • Work experience or knowledge of the finance industry, payments, trading and/or exchange systems

What the job involves

  • As an engineer on our team, you’ll architect and solve complex problems that will directly influence the direction of the credit card space
  • There's a wide range of challenges to tackle – from ensuring the secure handling of millions of dollars worth of customer transactions, to developing innovative new credit card features, to optimizing our API response times to enhance the customer experience
  • 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
  • As we scale and grow our business, we are committed to building the best credit card products in the industry
  • Use engineering principles to identify and measure risk and to implement quantitative and technical risk management solutions in software
  • Understand business needs, facilitate and develop process workflows, data requirements, and specifications required to support implementation of our real time exchange
  • Develop scalable architecture for the future state of our exchange and contribute towards improving the trading infrastructure
  • Write robust code and APIs to support the company’s vital business
  • Keep everyone informed about the health and viability of the platform by reporting known issues and status of ongoing investigations
  • Identify and advocate for changes vital to the stability and supportability of the system
  • Mentor and advise teammates to ensure new features are efficient, highly available, and fault tolerant
  • Provide continuity and stability to the production environment
  • Provide quick response to production issues to help eliminate down time thereby ensuring high availability and performance of our trading platform
  • Coordinate, prioritize and plan the changes to our trading software thereby ensuring smooth exchange migrations, quick time to market for new features and software

Our take

Gemini is a cryptocurrency exchange platform that's known for offering excellent security as well as being available across the US, including in 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. They 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 with the recent announcement of its official registration as a digital asset service provider in Europe (where it serves more than a dozen countries), 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.

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Insights

Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

-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 values

  • At Gemini, each of us is a captain of our spaceship and free to come up with new ideas to improve our journey. We’re empowered to make decisions for ourselves, for our team, and even for our leaders in order to innovate and build trust.

Company HQ

New York, NY

Leadership

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.

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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