Senior Software Engineer, Security

Summary

Join Gemini as a Senior Software Engineer and contribute to building, owning, and operating critical infrastructure powering Gemini's security capabilities.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in backend software engineering and infrastructure roles
• Experience designing, building, and operating distributed systems
• Hands-on software development experience in modern languages
• Knowledge of Linux, networking, containers, and cloud infrastructure
• Ability to collaborate cross-functionally to understand needs
• Strong communication and documentation skills
• Experience developing front-end web applications

Responsibilities

• Build, improve, and support security platforms and tools leveraging solid software engineering
• Work with security and engineering teams to gather requirements and deliver capabilities
• Adopt and promote secure coding patterns, security automation, and DevSecOps
• Receive mentoring and develop hands-on engineering skills as an early team member
• Assist in maintaining and extending existing security platforms and tools owned by the team
• Partner with engineering teams to balance features and operational excellence

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

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