Job description
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.
The Department: Threat Detection & Response
The Role: Staff Security Engineer
The Threat Detection and Response (TDR) team builds and operates the detection pipelines, response workflows, and engineering tools that keep Gemini secure. As a Staff Security Engineer on TDR, you will lead complex projects, own detection infrastructure, and mentor a growing team of security engineers. This is a hands-on role that combines software engineering with deep security expertise.
You’ll work closely with partners across Security, Infrastructure, and Product to ensure we’re catching real threats without burning the team out on noise. You’ll help us shift detection left, push logic into code, and build scalable response tooling.
We’re looking for high-velocity engineers who can lead by example, write production-grade code, and improve the signal-to-noise ratio across our detection stack.
This role is required to be in person twice a week at either our Seattle, WA or New York City, NY office.
Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, and own detection logic and alerting pipelines across diverse data sources
- Lead investigations of high-severity incidents and postmortem reviews
- Build and maintain automation that enables scalable response and analysis
- Mentor engineers across the team on detection engineering, response workflows, and code quality
- Develop internal tools that help us test, tune, and improve detections
- Partner with teams across Gemini to expand coverage and context in our security data
Minimum Qualifications:
- Strong experience in threat detection, incident response, or security engineering
- Proficiency in Python, Go, or similar languages used for automation and detection logic
- Deep familiarity with detection platforms (e.g., Splunk, EDR tools) and log pipelines including developing and deploying custom detection rules and pipelines
- Hands-on experience with containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes
- Comfort with CI/CD systems, infrastructure as code, and distributed systems
- Clear written and verbal communication, especially under pressure
Preferred Qualifications:
- Familiarity with forensics (host, memory, or network) across major operating systems
- Understanding of common attacker techniques and frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK
- Exposure to workflow engines (e.g., Argo, Airflow) and data engineering patterns
- Experience working in cloud-native environments (AWS preferred)
- History of mentoring and supporting engineers in technical growth
It Pays to Work Here
The compensation & benefits package for this role includes:
- Competitive starting salary
- 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 $168,000 - $240,000 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 have a flexible hybrid work policy for employees who live within 30 miles of our office headquartered in New York City and our offices in Seattle and Miami. Employees within the New York, Seattle, and Miami metropolitan areas are expected to work from the designated office twice a week, unless there is a job-specific requirement to be in the office every workday. Employees outside of these areas are considered part of our remote-first workforce. We believe our hybrid approach for those near our NYC, Seattle, and Miami offices increases productivity through more in-person collaboration where possible.
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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