Software Engineering Manager

Summary

Join Gemini, a global crypto and Web3 platform, as a Manager, Software Engineering. You will lead a team of software engineers, defining roadmaps, plans, and goals, while guiding their career development. This role involves deep involvement in system architecture, improving engineering practices, driving team performance, and making hiring decisions. You will provide feedback and coaching, foster a diverse and inclusive environment, and communicate effectively across all levels. The position requires significant experience in software development and team management, along with expertise in specific technologies. Gemini offers a competitive compensation and benefits package, including a competitive salary, annual bonus, equity grant, comprehensive health plans, 401k matching, paid parental leave, and flexible time off.

Requirements

• You have 8+ years of experience in software development & delivery
• You have 3 + years of managing engineering teams, delivering high quality software for customers
• You're technical enough to ask engineers good questions about architecture and product decisions
• You have experience with modern software engineering concepts
• You have expertise in full stack systems built with Scala or Java (or similar) and React Native
• You have experience establishing successful partnerships with key stakeholders such as product managers, project managers, and business owners

Responsibilities

• Create and evolve a structure and organization design for your team
• Deeply involved with system architecture of the team, guiding the team through new systems being built, or integrating into existing systems. Using prior design experience to identify pitfalls in scaling, performance, availability and helping the team navigate it
• Help raise the bar on engineering practices through high quality code review feedback, design reviews, testing, and CICD practices
• Drive performance for your team and hold them accountable to externally and internally imposed deadlines and targets
• Make hiring plans and hiring decisions
• Give frequent feedback and coaching to your team members, coordinating with people from around the company to get a full understanding of your team’s performance
• Provide a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment for your team to execute on its priorities and evolve its capabilities over time
• Communicate at all levels from senior leaders to individual contributors, including technical and non-technical audiences
• Adapt the team’s plans and goals to changing realities in a fast-moving industry
• Effectively resolve ambiguity, helping the team to analyze complex requirements and break down features and initiatives into tasks
• Own the team’s output, taking responsibility for everyone’s performance
• Quickly ramp up on relevant industry and competitive trends

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