Software Engineer, Onchain (Infrastructure)

About the Company

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.

The Department: Onchain

The Role: Software Engineer (Infrastructure)

The infrastructure team at Gemini creates and manages tools and platforms, automates the creation and support of this infrastructure, helps integrate complex processes, and supports secure data access. We take a software-first mindset to use code to make and maintain our software infrastructure. We seek engineers who think of themselves as a software engineer first, with correlated expertise in back-end engineering. 

Our team builds and operates environments for the purpose of digital asset access. There are three main pillars of work including building and running network nodes, building and running validators, and supporting our next generation wallet infrastructure. In these pillars, we use and implement tools and software to support our cloud-based infrastructure. Given the need to build and integrate more of our software in the cloud, the ideal engineer will have extensive experience in developing, automating, and building software with associated cloud expertise (e.g., AWS or GCP). This engineer will also work closely with various teams including various teams such as Protocols, Product Security, On-chain, and Custody. 

We are a dynamic group with both entrepreneurial spirit and security engineering experience. We have incredibly high aspirations, and we are looking for like-minded individuals who want to guide the transition to a new more decentralized world where access to digital assets is normalized and ubiquitous.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and deploy infrastructure in our three areas of focus 1) building and running network nodes, 2) building and running validators, and 3) building and running our next generation wallet infrastructure
• Develop tools and automation that integrate these systems in a secure way
• With a focus on our next generation wallet infrastructure, improve the capabilities of the existing infrastructure with a mindset towards infrastructure as code
• Improve availability and reliability while maintaining acceptable security 
• Integrate the use of cloud-based security mechanisms into the build infrastructure. Example security mechanisms include identity and access management and key management
• Participate in disaster recovery (DR) scenarios to validate operability of physical and digital material

Minimum Qualifications:

• 5+ years implementing software 
• Experience in at least one area of software development, operating systems or device driver development, hardware, secure protocols, encryption, authentication, key management, or applied cryptography – has expertise beyond automation
• Hands-on experience in at least one or more cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure, or others)
• Hands-on expertise with one or more of the following including ansible, puppet, docker, KMS, IAM, jenkins
• Experience implementing software automation processes applied in a cloud environment
• Proficiency in a common scripting language including but not limited to Python, Ruby, etc.
• Able to troubleshoot and debug issues, and demonstrate a methodical approach to root cause analysis
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; attentive to details

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous experience in one of the three focus areas of blockchain node operations, validators as a service, and wallet infrastructure
• 1+ year Golang experience
• 2+ years implementing software in the cloud (e.g., AWS)
• 1+ years using monitoring, alerting, and automation tooling 
• Experience in a code-first environment, developing automated solutions to solve support and operational issues
• Experience working with engineering teams, teaching, training, and mentoring on how to implement best-practice technical solutions
• Ability to read and write code written in Python, Java, Scala, C/C++, and Golang
• Demonstrated ability to convert theoretical security concepts into production
• Solid understanding of Product Management and Product Ownership, Agile practices and methodologies

It Pays to Work Here

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