Principal Software Engineer, Security Development

Gemini; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 192,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Gemini as a Principal Software Engineer in Security Development, where you will lead the technical direction for security-critical software. Utilize your extensive backend engineering experience to architect and maintain robust security solutions. Your role will involve collaborating across teams to ensure operational excellence in Gemini's security infrastructure.

Benefits

Competitive starting salary

Discretionary annual bonus

Long-term equity grant

Comprehensive health plans

401K with matching

Paid Parental Leave

Flexible time off

Qualifications

• 10+ years in backend software engineering.
• Expertise in distributed systems and technical leadership.
• Strong experience in Linux and cloud infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build security platforms and tools.
• Collaborate with teams to design robust solutions.
• Provide technical leadership in building new capabilities.

Skills

Backend software engineering

Technical leadership

Distributed systems

Software development

Cloud infrastructure

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

Linux

Job description

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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.

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.

The Department: Security Development

The Role: Principal Software Engineer

You will be the technical lead and a core part of the Security Development team. You will help build, own, and operate critical infrastructure powering Gemini’s security capabilities.

In this Principal-level role, you will set the technical direction for building, owning, and operating security-critical software, platforms, tooling, frameworks, and libraries. Leveraging your deep backend engineering expertise, you will provide hands-on engineering and leadership as the team scales up.

You will collaborate with other security and engineering teams to understand needs, architect solutions, develop robust systems, and support existing tools inherited by the new team. With a security-first mindset, you will establish secure software development patterns and DevSecOps culture.

As the tech lead, you will have wide latitude to craft our security infrastructure while mentoring and growing a world-class engineering team. Your mission is engineering mastery through operational excellence to support security.

This role is required to be in person twice a week at either our Seattle, WA or New York City, NY office.

Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and support security platforms and tools leveraging robust software and systems engineering
• Collaborate with security and engineering teams to gather requirements, design solutions, and develop new capabilities
• Provide technical leadership and hands-on expertise as the founding member of a new engineering team
• Maintain and extend existing security platforms
• Hire and mentor strong backend engineers to build out the team
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in backend software engineering and infrastructure roles
• Expertise designing, building, and operating complex distributed systems
• Demonstrated technical leadership of engineering teams and initiatives
• Strong hands-on software development experience in modern languages
• Deep experience with Linux, networking, containers, and cloud infrastructure (we often use Kubernetes, Docker, and AWS)
• Ability to communicate complex concepts clearly to technical and non-technical audiences
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in information security, security automation, and/or DevSecOps
• Knowledge of cryptographic concepts, secure coding, and threat modeling
• Familiarity with security technologies like SIEM, WAF, EDR, and SAST
• Experience building and/or operating access control, authentication, and/or authorization systems
  
  

It Pays to Work Here

The Compensation & Benefits Package For This Role Includes

• 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 $192,500 - $275,000 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.

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 offices in Seattle and Miami. Employees within the New York, Seattle, and Miami 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, Seattle, and Miami offices increases productivity through more in-person collaboration where possible.

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.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

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