Principal Software Engineer, Nifty Gateway

Gemini is a crypto exchange and custodian that allows customers to buy, sell, store, and earn more than 30 cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, bitcoin cash, ether, litecoin, and Zcash. Gemini is a New York trust company that is subject to the capital reserve requirements, cybersecurity requirements, and banking compliance standards set forth by the New York State Department of Financial Services and the New York Banking Law. Gemini was founded in 2014 by twin brothers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss to empower the individual through crypto.

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 want to help you buy, sell, and store your bitcoin and cryptocurrency. Crypto is not just a technology, it's a movement.

At Gemini, our mission is to empower the individual and that includes giving our employees flexibility of choice — our Office Optional Policy allows employees to choose to work from one of our physical locations or from home.

About Nifty Gateway 

Nifty Gateway is the premiere, all-in-one platform that makes it easy to buy, sell, and store digital art and collectibles, otherwise known as Nifties (or NFTs). Nifty Gateway was founded by Duncan and Griffin Cock Foster in 2018, and acquired by Gemini in 2019, with the belief that crypto networks and the blockchain have the power to fundamentally change the art world by creating greater choice, independence, and opportunity for artists, creators, and collectors.

Select roles that are location-specific will still be eligible for flexible schedules.

 The Role: Principal Software Engineer

We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced Principal Engineer to lead the design, build and architecture of mission critical systems as part of Nifty Gateway’s product lines and services. The NFT space is constantly shifting and evolving, and one of our biggest challenges is creating and maintaining a technical foundation that can keep up with those changes. Even more so than in other engineering roles, this individual must be an outstanding communicator and bridge-builder across different parts of the technology organization and the business. You’ll put your experience to work with helping development teams design and implement their solutions. This role can be fully remote or based at any of our US office hubs (New York area preferred, Chicago, Portland, OR, San Francisco, or Los Angeles).

Responsibilities:

• Independently scope, architect, and deliver solutions for Nifty Gateway’s largest, most complex technical challenges.
• Provide technical input and knowledge to the planning, design, and requirements process for new products and features.
• Review other software engineers’ code for correctness, style, and information security concerns.
• Improve the performance, maintainability, and operations of the code base by engaging in occasional refactoring and upgrade projects.
• Support your team’s production software by responding to an occasional alert or bug report.

Qualifications:

• At least 10 years of previous software engineering experience
• Experience working with high-performing teams of engineers on new problem areas for product development.
• Demonstrated ability to lead the design and development of complex, innovative software solutions, cultivate product technology visions.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills with the ability to work closely across sub teams and manage dependencies.
• Sound business judgment, with a proven ability to influence others and make excellent business and technical decisions.
• The ability to adapt and handle multiple competing priorities in collaboration with peers.
• A customer focused empathy and understanding of the challenges that developers face when using an application development platform, and a vision for how great products can help.

 Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with our technologies (Python, Django, PostgreSQL, Redis, TypeScript, React, React Native, Containers, AWS)
• Familiarity and experience with NFTs, smart contract development, cryptocurrencies, blockchains, or applied cryptography.
• An interest in and general understanding of art, fashion, sports, e-sports and/or collectibles industries.

It Pays to Work Here

We take a holistic approach to compensation at Gemini, which includes:

• Competitive Compensation and Profit-Sharing Equity
• Flexible vacation policy
• Retirement Plan Matching
• Generous Parental leave
• Comprehensive health plans
• Training and professional development