Software Engineering Manager

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.

In London, we have a remote work policy.

The Department: Nifty Gateway

Nifty Gateway Studio brings together artists and their communities through NFTs. We work with today’s leading creative minds to push the boundaries of human experiences through the development of extraordinary creative experiences built on-chain. 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.

The Role: Manager, Software Engineering

Responsibilities:

• Create and evolve a structure and organization design for your team
• Create maintainable software, execute code review and testing, using Python, Django & Next.js up to 30% of your time
• Provide technical input and knowledge to the planning, design, security review and requirements process for new products and features
• Drive performance for your team and hold them accountable to externally and internally imposed deadlines and targets
• Drive hiring plans, help source strong candidates and hiring decisions
• Provide timely frequent feedback and coaching to your team members, coordinating with people from around the company to get a full understanding of your team’s performance
• Provide a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment for your team to execute on its priorities and evolve its capabilities over time
• Communicate at all levels from senior leaders to individual contributors, including technical and non-technical audiences
• Adapt the team’s plans and goals to changing realities in a fast-moving industry
• Effectively resolve ambiguity, helping the team to analyze complex requirements and break down features and initiatives into tasks
• Own the team’s output, taking responsibility for everyone’s performance

Minimim Qualifications:

• 8+ years of experience in software development & delivery
• 3+ years of managing engineering teams, delivering high quality software for customers
• Technical aptitude to ask engineers good questions about architecture and product decisions
• Experience with modern software engineering concepts
• Interest and/or expertise in Scala or a similar backend programming language
• Experience establishing successful partnerships with key stakeholders such as product managers, project managers, and executives

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of Python and Django
• Knowledge of Next.js
• Zeal to innovate new technologies

It Pays to Work Here

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

• Competitive Compensation
• Long-term incentive in the form of a new hire equity grant
• Up to 28 paid holidays (in addition to public/bank holidays)
• Retirement Plan Matching
• Generous Parental leave
• Comprehensive health plans
• Training and professional development

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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