ABOUT GEMINI
Gemini is a global crypto and Web3 platform founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss in 2014. We provide simple, reliable, and secure crypto products 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 — creating greater choice, independence, and opportunity for all.
As a publicly traded company, Gemini is poised to accelerate this vision with greater scale, reach, and impact.
DEPARTMENT: PLATFORM SECURITY
The Platform Security team secures Gemini’s infrastructure through service hardening and by developing foundational security tools. We provide:
- Secure-by-default infrastructure
- Consumable security services
- Expert consultation to engineering teams for secure cloud and non-cloud infrastructure
THE ROLE: Principal Platform Security Engineer (Cloud/Kubernetes)
As a Principal Cloud & Kubernetes Security Engineer, you will:
- Architect and build security platforms and frameworks that scale across Gemini
- Define the technical direction for cloud security
- Establish engineering standards for secure infrastructure
- Mentor engineers and influence organizational security culture
- Write production code daily while driving strategic initiatives
This is a hands-on technical leadership role requiring exceptional expertise in cloud security, Terraform, and production-scale service development.
Location: Must be in-person twice a week at either our San Francisco, CA or New York City, NY office.
Responsibilities
- Architect and build security platforms, frameworks, and services for enterprise scale
- Set technical standards and best practices for cloud security and infrastructure-as-code
- Design foundational security services used by multiple engineering teams
- Drive adoption of new technologies and security patterns
- Lead multi-quarter initiatives spanning cloud, container, and infrastructure security
- Mentor engineers on secure architecture and engineering practices
- Participate in on-call rotation for critical security incidents and infrastructure issues
Minimum Qualifications
- Exceptional software development skills in Python or Go
- Deep expertise in AWS security at scale, including IAM, network architecture, and security services
- Mastery of Terraform, including provider development and enterprise-scale module design
- Extensive experience in Kubernetes security (operators, admission controllers, platform extensions)
- Proven ability to architect distributed systems and cloud-native platforms
- Track record of leading technical initiatives that transform organizational capabilities
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience building security platforms adopted by 100+ engineers
- Contributions to open-source security or infrastructure projects
- Experience with GCP, Azure, or multi-cloud architectures
- Expertise in policy-as-code frameworks and compliance automation
- Published research, conference talks, or thought leadership in cloud security
- Experience building developer platforms to improve engineering velocity
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
- Base Salary Range: $192,500 - $275,000 (NY, CA, WA)
- Discretionary annual bonus
- Equity grant for long-term incentives
- Comprehensive health plans
- 401K with company matching
- Paid parental leave
- Flexible time off
- Hybrid work approach for hub offices, with remote options available
Compensation considers skillset, experience, job scope, and market data.
DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
Gemini is committed to building diverse teams and providing equal employment opportunity, regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity, veteran status, or other legally protected categories.
Reasonable accommodations are available upon request.
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