Gemini

Principal Software Engineer, Tooling (Product)

New York, New York · Principal

Sponsorship not specified$193k-$275kDetected 12 hours ago

JavaScriptTypeScriptJavaGoScalaReactReact NativeBackend DevelopmentAgentic AICustomer SupportCommunicationCollaboration

About the role

This is a role for an engineer who operates at the level of the technology itself:
If you're energized by owning ambiguous, company-critical technical bets and multiplying the engineers around you, we'd love to talk.

Review critical designs across organizations and drive the designs for projects involving the hardest technical challenges at the company
act as a key driver of demos and technical direction beyond your own team.
Be accountable for one or more core company initiatives spanning onboarding, compliance (KYC/identity), and customer support - carrying them from ambiguity through production and long-term operation.
Plan and deliver large, complex, cross-org programs with interdependencies across teams and systems, spanning months to years
Act as a technical multiplier: mentor and develop engineers and future leaders, share knowledge, delegate to grow others, and lead initiatives across domains, including outside your core area of expertise.
Review critical designs across organizations and drive the designs for projects involving the hardest technical challenges at the company; act as a key driver of demos and technical direction beyond your own team.

Recognized expertise in one or two core technical domains, with a track record of being accountable for company-level systems or initiatives end to end.
Proficiency in a typed language (e.g., TypeScript, Scala, Java, Go) and comfort with JavaScript/TypeScript on web and mobile surfaces.
This role is required to be in person twice a week at our New York City, NY office.

Experience in the crypto or fintech industry, or as a user of crypto products.
Deep experience with onboarding, identity/KYC, compliance, or customer support tooling.
Experience architecting and operating AI agents or agentic workflows in production at scale.
Familiarity with React/React Native and cloud/microservices architecture.
A record of driving product and technical strategy with data and experimentation.
Experience representing engineering externally (talks, writing) or in cross-company technical collaboration.
It Pays to Work Here
Competitive starting pay

The base salary range for this role is between $192,500 - $275,000 in the State of New York.
When determining a candidate's compensation, we consider a number of factors including skillset, experience, job scope, and current market data.

As a publicly traded company, Gemini is poised to accelerate this vision with greater scale, reach, and impact.
Drive the organization toward a strategic vision for strong systems, sustainable practice, and healthy engineering culture; play a critical role in recruiting and bar-raising.
someone accountable for company-level initiatives, who drives the hardest technical challenges across organizational boundaries, and who creates the architectural vision that other teams build against.
Own the technical vision and architecture for the customer-facing platform, designing for scale and reliability with a multi-year horizon and anticipating needs before they arrive.
This range is not inclusive of our discretionary bonus or equity package.

Gemini is a global crypto and Web3 platform founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss in 2014, offering a wide range of simple, reliable, and secure crypto products and services to individuals and institutions in over 70 countries.
Our mission is to unlock the next era of financial, creative, and personal freedom by providing trusted access to the decentralized future.
We envision a world where crypto reshapes the global financial system, internet, and money to create greater choice, independence, and opportunity for all - bridging traditional finance with the emerging cryptoeconomy in a way that is more open, fair, and secure.
The Department: Tooling
In the United States, we offer a hybrid work approach at our hub offices, balancing the benefits of in-person collaboration with the flexibility of remote work.

Equal Opportunity is the Law, and Gemini is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
If you have a specific need that requires accommodation, please let a member of the People Team know.

al employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status

This listing is sourced directly from Gemini's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.