Gemini is hiring a
Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Join Gemini as Staff Software Engineer in the Funding organization, working on designing, building, and supporting crypto transfers and fiat payments. Improve feedback cycles, deliver high-quality code, and mentor less tenured engineers.

Requirements

• At least 8+ years of software engineering experience
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Expertise in Scala or in a similar backend programming languages, such as Java or C#
• Genuinely passionate about working with developers and improving their experience and velocity
• The ability to work closely across teams and manage dependencies
• A customer and product-focused mindset, with the ability to make well-reasoned tradeoffs between speed and quality
• The ability to adapt and handle multiple competing priorities in collaboration with peers
• Experience leading other engineers on complex projects thereby owning scoping and estimation exercises, project planning and milestone, risk management and reporting, stakeholder management and providing key input to prioritization

Responsibilities

• Improve feedback cycles at all levels of development
• Quickly ramp up on the existing architecture and product features
• Consistently deliver code that sets the standard for quality and maintainability
• Systematically think through potential design impacts on other teams and the company
• Review other software engineers’ code for correctness, style, and information security concerns
• Improve the performance, maintainability, and operations of the Gemini code base by engaging in refactoring and upgrade projects
• Identify and advocate for foundational work and practice improvements in their vertical
• Expertise in removing manual touch points via automated testing
• Experience mentoring less tenured engineers and onboarding new team members

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