Role in brief
Gemini is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for its Money Team. This role involves developing and maintaining the financial infrastructure, including ledger and payment services, that supports all crypto and fiat transactions on the platform. Ideal candidates have strong backend engineering experience with distributed systems and a focus on data integrity, ready to contribute to a critical financial ecosystem.
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About the role
The Senior Software Engineer on the Money Team will focus on the core financial infrastructure at Gemini. This includes designing, developing, and deploying ledger and payment services that accurately track all crypto and fiat movements. The role also involves building and evolving settlement and reconciliation pipelines that link Gemini with external banking partners and payment rails.
A key aspect of this position is ensuring the integrity and reliability of financial systems. This means applying engineering principles to identify and mitigate correctness, consistency, and operational risks before they lead to incidents. The engineer will collaborate closely with finance, reconciliation, and treasury teams to translate real-world financial workflows into robust, auditable system behaviors.
Success in this role requires developing scalable APIs and data models capable of supporting new transaction types, products, and regulatory demands without increasing operational complexity. The engineer will write production-grade code, monitor system health, proactively address issues, and participate in incident response. Mentoring teammates and contributing to on-call rotations are also part of the responsibilities.
The salary range for this role is between $140,000 and $200,000 USD.
Skills that matter here
- Scala: This role uses Scala as a primary backend language for developing ledger and payment services.
- Go: Go is another primary backend language used for building and supporting financial infrastructure.
- AWS: Familiarity with AWS is relevant for managing and deploying cloud-based infrastructure components.
- GCP: Experience with GCP is applicable for working with the company's cloud-based infrastructure.
- Azure: Knowledge of Azure is useful for operating within the company's cloud environment.
- distributed, stateful systems: The role requires experience in designing and operating these systems, with a strong emphasis on data integrity.
Who this role suits
- A person with at least five years of experience building backend systems in a production setting.
- Someone who prioritizes data integrity and can debug complex system behaviors across multiple services.
- An individual who can effectively communicate and collaborate with cross-functional teams, including finance and treasury.
- A candidate proficient in backend languages like Scala or Go, or willing to learn them, with a focus on writing well-tested, production-grade code.
From the employer
- Design, develop, deploy, and support ledger and payments services that accurately record all crypto and fiat money movement across the platform
- Build and evolve bank settlement and reconciliation pipelines that connect Gemini to external payment rails and banking partners
- Apply sound engineering principles to identify correctness, consistency, and operational risks — and implement safeguards in software before they become incidents
- Partner with finance, reconciliation, and treasury teams to understand real-world workflows and translate them into robust, auditable system behavior
- Design scalable APIs and data models that support new transaction types, products, and regulatory requirements without increasing operational burden
- Write well-tested, production-grade code that other critical systems depend on
- Monitor and communicate the health of ledger and payment systems, proactively identify issues, and participate in incident response and remediation
- Mentor teammates; participate in on-call rotations as needed
- 5+ years of experience building backend systems in a production environment
- Strong experience designing and operating distributed, stateful systems where data integrity is critical
- Proficiency in at least one backend language — we primarily use Scala and Go, but are open to candidates willing to learn
- Experience with unit testing, integration testing, and CI/CD pipelines
- Familiarity with cloud-based infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
- Ability to reason about and debug complex system behavior across services and data stores
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with cross-functional partners
Questions about this role
What is the remote work policy for this position?
This is a fully remote position.
What level of seniority is expected for this role?
This position is for a Senior Software Engineer.
What are the primary programming languages used in this role?
The primary backend languages used are Scala and Go, though candidates willing to learn are considered.
✓ Direct apply: you message the hiring person on Telegram. No ATS.