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Senior Software Engineer, Risk Engineering

New York, New York, United StatesHybridFull TimeSenior$140,000–$200,000 /yrPosted 2 months agoVisa sponsorship available

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Role summary

Gemini, a global crypto and Web3 platform, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for its Risk Engineering team. This role focuses on enhancing fraud detection capabilities, developing distributed systems, and contributing to technical direction and engineering culture. The engineer will work on user-facing systems with a focus on safety, security, and user experience. Responsibilities include designing, developing, and deploying new features, ensuring system reliability, participating in code reviews, and mentoring junior engineers. The position requires a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field, 6+ years of experience in software development with typed languages, and a proven track record with large-scale distributed systems. Familiarity with cloud technologies and microservices is expected. The role is hybrid, requiring in-office presence twice a week in San Francisco or New York City.

About the Company

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. As a publicly traded company, Gemini is poised to accelerate this vision with greater scale, reach, and impact.

The Department: Risk Engineering

The Role: Senior Software Engineer

As a Senior Software Engineer in the Risk Engineering domain, you will work with talented engineers to enhance and expand the instrumentation and fraud detection capabilities across Gemini products, controls and mitigations, automation and operational tooling to support risk. You will contribute to the technical direction and engineering culture within your product team, leveling-up junior engineers in the process. You will also help drive operational excellence in our systems and processes. Our goal is to design, develop, deploy, and support user-facing distributed systems that serve millions of users, with a focus on safety, security, and user experience. We believe in fixing what's broken, automating wherever possible, and constantly improving our processes.

This role is required to be in person twice a week at our New York City, NY office.

Responsibilities:

  • Participate in the design, development, and deployment of new features for your team
  • Contribute to the high availability, reliability, and security of our systems
  • Participate in code reviews, mentor junior engineers, and share best practices
  • Stay up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies in the crypto and blockchain space
  • Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
  • 6+ years of experience in software development with typed languages such as: Scala, Go, Java or C# C++
  • Proven track record of developing and maintaining large-scale, distributed systems
  • Experience with agile development methodologies and a commitment to following best practices in code health, testing, and maintainability
  • Excellent communication and teamwork abilities
  • Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work under pressure
  • Familiarity with cloud technologies and microservices architecture
  • Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience in the crypto or fintech industry
  • Understanding of blockchain technologies and crypto wallets
  • Leadership experience or a strong interest in mentoring junior team members
  • It Pays to Work Here
    The compensation & benefits package for this role includes:
  • Competitive starting pay
  • 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
  • Salary Range: The base salary range for this role is between $140,000 - $200,000 in the State of New York, the State of California and the State of Washington. This range is not inclusive of our discretionary bonus or equity package. When determining a candidate’s compensation, we consider a number of factors including skillset, experience, job scope, and current market data.

    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. Expectations may vary by location and role, so candidates are encouraged to connect with their recruiter to learn more about the specific policy for the role. Employees who do not live near one of our hubs are part of our remote workforce.

    At Gemini, we strive to build diverse teams that reflect the people we want to empower through our products, and we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. 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.

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    Sample Gemini interview questions

    • 1

      Build a service for log management across distributed systems.

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    • 2

      Perform a vertical order traversal of a binary tree. Input: root = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7] Output: [[4],[2],[1,5,6],[3],[7]] Explanation: Traverses the tree maintaining column indices, seamlessly grouping nodes that share the exact same vertical alignment.

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    • 3

      Palindromes in Base-10 and Base-k Return the first n integers that are palindromes in both base-10 and base-k. Input: n = 2, k = 4 Output: [1, 5] Explanation: 1 is '1' in base 4, and 5 is '11' in base 4. Both are perfect palindromes in decimal and base 4 simultaneously.

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    • 4

      Valid Word Abbreviation Determine if a string matches a valid word abbreviation. Input: word = "apple", abbr = "a2e" Output: FALSE Explanation: The abbreviation claims exactly 2 characters are skipped between 'a' and 'e', but "ppl" is actually 3 characters long.

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    • 5

      Alien Dictionary Order Derive the alien dictionary order from a sorted list of alien words. Input: words = ["z","x","z"] Output: "" (Empty String) Explanation: The letter 'z' cannot come before 'x' and then suddenly after 'x', creating a cycle and making the dictionary invalid.

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