Software Engineer, Nifty Gateway (Fullstack)

Gemini; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grant

Paid holidays

Retirement plan matching

Parental leave

Health plans

Training and professional development

Job summary

Gemini, a global crypto and Web3 platform, is seeking a Software Engineer (Fullstack) to help build the Nifty Gateway codebase from London. You’ll translate designs into robust features, scale core systems, and collaborate with product, design, and marketing to deliver user‑facing experiences.

We value a customer‑focused mindset, clean, secure code, and independence in a fast‑paced environment. The ideal candidate has 4+ years as a software engineer, strong TypeScript/React and Python skills,

Qualifications

• 4+ years experience as a software engineer, full stack, at scale.
• Ability to write secure, high‑performing code in a fast‑paced environment.
• Strong English communication and collaboration across disciplines.
• Proven experience with TypeScript/React and Python.
• Experience with databases and cloud/DevOps tools (PostgreSQL, MySQL, BigQuery, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes).

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for removing roadblocks, ensuring processes are lean and efficient.
• Refactor and maintain core systems to prepare them to scale.
• Deliver projects with high coding standards and on-time delivery.
• Ideate and implement new features aligned with business goals to grow customer base.
• Troubleshoot technical issues leveraging deep systems knowledge and tooling.
• Interface with team members to build critical portions of the app.
• Embrace DevOps culture: you build it, you run it.
• Work cross-functionally and earn trust from colleagues at all levels.

Skills

4+ years experience

Secure code

Customer mindset

Independent

TypeScript

React

Python

Next.js

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

PostgreSQL

BigQuery

MySQL

Jest

Cypress

pytest

Tools

PostgreSQL

BigQuery

MySQL

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

GitHub

CircleCI

AWS

Job description

About the CompanyGemini 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 London, we have a remote work policy.

The Department: Nifty GatewayNifty Gateway Studio brings together artists and their communities through NFTs. We work with today’s leading creative minds to push the boundaries of human experiences through the development of extraordinary creative experiences built on-chain. Nifty Gateway was founded by Duncan and Griffin Cock Foster in 2018, and acquired by Gemini in 2019, with the belief that crypto networks and the blockchain have the power to fundamentally change the art world by creating greater choice, independence, and opportunity for artists, creators, and collectors.

The Role: Software Engineer (Fullstack)As we are building out Nifty'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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Requirements

• 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 among 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

Tech stack

• Python
• Django
• TypeScript
• React
• Next.js

It Pays to Work HereWe take a holistic approach to compensation at Gemini, which includes: Competitive Compensation Long-term incentive in the form of a new hire equity grant Up to 28 paid holidays (in addition to public/bank holidays) Retirement Plan Matching Generous Parental leave Comprehensive health plans Training and professional development

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