Staff Software Engineer, Onchain
Gemini
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Job summary
Gemini is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Onchain team to design, develop, and deploy blockchain-based features across Staking, Transfers, and Custody products. You will help set technical direction and coach junior engineers while ensuring security and reliability in distributed systems.
You will collaborate with an engineering manager to promote operational excellence, fix issues, and drive innovation in the crypto space.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 8+ years of experience in software development with languages such as: Java, C++ or Scala.
- Proven track record of developing and maintaining large-scale, distributed systems.
- Experience with agile development methodologies and a commitment to following best practices in code health, testing, and maintainability.
- Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work under pressure
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, development, and deployment of new features for your product team’s systems.
- Research and integrate new blockchain technologies, concepts, and solutions.
- Ensure high availability, reliability, and security of our systems.
- Work with your team’s Engineering Manager to drive a team culture focused on Operational Excellence.
- Maintain the high quality of your team’s code through code reviews.
- Grow the capabilities of the team by mentoring junior engineers to level-up their technical and engineering skills.
- Stay up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies in the crypto and blockchain space
Skills
Education
Job description
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.
Our team’s mission is to enable Gemini’s internal and external users to seamlessly interact with blockchain networks in a stable, secure, straightforward way. The Onchain group builds Gemini’s onramps to the blockchain “from CSS to ECDSA.” Our teams are solving problems across the entire crypto product user journey, including the user experience of crypto transfers, custody and staking down to the lowest levels of blockchain protocols and cryptographic signing algorithms. Our systems facilitate on-chain transactions for billions of USD worth of digital assets using state-of-the-art technology and security. We have openings across many of our teams, including Asset Transfers, Staking, Cloud Wallets, Protocols, Signing, and Blockchain Infrastructure. The teams are small, capable, agile, and have extensive ownership of the systems and solutions. We are continually growing, solving unique problems, and discovering new opportunities.
As a Staff Software Engineer in the Onchain domain, you will work with talented engineers to enhance and expand the features of our blockchain-based products and the supporting platforms, including the Staking, Transfers, and Custody products. You will participate in solutioning for new features and products, helping to drive innovation to bring new value to users. You will help set the technical direction and engineering culture within your product team and the broader Onchain group, leveling-up junior engineers in the process. You will also help drive operational excellence in our systems and processes. Our goal is to design, develop, deploy, and support user-facing distributed systems that serve millions of users, with a focus on safety, security, and user experience. We believe in fixing what's broken, automating wherever possible, and constantly improving our processes.
- Lead the design, development, and deployment of new features for your product team’s systems
- Research and integrate new blockchain technologies, concepts, and solutions
- Ensure high availability, reliability, and security of our systems
- Work with your team’s Engineering Manager to drive a team culture focused on Operational Excellence
- Maintain the high quality of your team’s code through code reviews
- Grow the capabilities of the team by mentoring junior engineers to level-up their technical and engineering skills
- Stay up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies in the crypto and blockchain space
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- 8+ years of experience in software development with languages such as: Java, C++ or Scala
- Proven track record of developing and maintaining large-scale, distributed systems
- Experience with agile development methodologies and a commitment to following best practices in code health, testing, and maintainability
- Excellent communication and teamwork abilities
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work under pressure
- Familiarity with cloud technologies and microservices architecture
- Experience in the crypto or fintech industry
- Understanding of blockchain technologies and crypto wallets
- Leadership experience or a strong interest in mentoring junior team members
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
- Lead the design, development, and deployment of new features for your product team’s systems
- Research and integrate new blockchain technologies, concepts, and solutions
- Ensure high availability, reliability, and security of our systems
- Work with your team’s Engineering Manager to drive a team culture focused on Operational Excellence
- Maintain the high quality of your team’s code through code reviews
- Grow the capabilities of the team by mentoring junior engineers to level-up their technical and engineering skills
- Stay up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies in the crypto and blockchain space
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- 8+ years of experience in software development with languages such as: Java, C++ or Scala
- Proven track record of developing and maintaining large-scale, distributed systems
- Experience with agile development methodologies and a commitment to following best practices in code health, testing, and maintainability
- Excellent communication and teamwork abilities
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work under pressure
- Familiarity with cloud technologies and microservices architecture
- Java
- C++
- Scala
- Distributed Systems
- Microservices
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