Principal Platform Security Engineer

Summary

Join Gemini's Platform Security team as a Staff Platform Security Engineer and contribute to securing Gemini's infrastructure. You will design, deploy, and maintain security services and platforms, build security controls, and collaborate with engineering teams on security architecture. This role requires significant experience with container orchestration, distributed systems, and software development. The ideal candidate will also possess expertise in AWS, Linux environments, and cryptographic infrastructure. Gemini offers a competitive salary, annual bonus, equity grant, comprehensive health plans, 401k matching, paid parental leave, and flexible time off. A hybrid work policy is available for employees within 30 miles of the New York City or Seattle offices.

Requirements

• Significant experience with container orchestration technologies and relevant security considerations. We often use Kubernetes and EKS
• Experience in SRE, systems engineering, or network engineering
• Experience with distributed systems or cloud computing. We often use AWS
• Significant software development experience. We often use Python or Go
• Experience building and owning high-availability critical systems or cloud-based services
• Able to self-scope, define, and manage short and long term technical goals
• Familiarity with computer security principles and practices

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain services/platforms for security and engineering teams
• Build and improve security controls and capabilities at all layers of infrastructure
• Partner with engineering teams on security architecture and implementation decisions
• Collaborate with AppSec, Threat Detection, Incident Response, GRC and similar security functions to identify, understand, and reduce security risk

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience securing AWS and Linux environments, both native and third-party
• Experience designing and implementing cryptographic infrastructure such as PKI, secrets management, authentication, or secure data storage/transmission
• Experience designing and implementing systems for identity and access management
• Experience with configuration management and infrastructure as code. We often use Terraform

Benefits

• 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