Gemini · 11 hours ago
Staff Data Platform Engineer
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$168K/yr - $240K/yr
8+ years expGemini is a global crypto and Web3 platform that offers a wide range of crypto products and services. The Staff Data Platform Engineer will own and evolve the data warehouse infrastructure, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security while leading efforts in cost optimization and governance.
CryptocurrencyFinanceFinancial ServicesFinTechWeb3
Responsibilities
Own the design, build, and operate data infrastructure, including Databricks & AWS
Define standards for storage, compute, orchestration, and metadata management to support analytics, data engineering, and ML use cases
Lead architecture and design for cross-team data platform initiatives, ensuring scalability, resiliency, and performance
Monitor & forecast data platform infrastructure and costs, proactively identifying opportunities for workload optimizations
Partner with security, compliance, and legal teams to meet regulatory requirements and enforce data governance policies
Implement and manage fine-grained access management, role-based access control (RBAC), attribute-based access control (ABAC), and row/column-level security
Drive adoption of metadata management, catalogs, and lineage tooling
Build reusable tooling and frameworks for data engineers and analysts (e.g., templated pipelines, schema migration tools, observability dashboards)
Partner with SREs / DevOps to harden environments and implement disaster recovery
Serve as a technical leader and subject matter expert across the data org, influencing standards and best practices
Mentor senior data platform engineers, conduct design and code reviews, and guide cross-functional platform initiatives
Qualification
Required
8+ years of experience in data engineering, platform engineering, or infrastructure engineering, with at least 3+ years focused on platform-level responsibilities
Strong hands-on experience with Databricks (clusters, jobs, delta lake, Unity Catalog) and AWS data services (S3, Glue, EMR, Athena, IAM)
Deep knowledge of data warehouse and lakehouse architectures (Airflow, ETL, Delta, Parquet)
Strong programming experience with Python, SQL, and infrastructure-as-code frameworks
Proven track record in cost optimization, spend visibility, and scaling cloud-based data workloads
Experience with data governance, security, and access management (RBAC/ABAC, encryption, auditing)
Strong understanding of reliability, monitoring, and observability for distributed data systems
Demonstrated ability to influence cross-team architecture and mentor other engineers
Preferred
Familiarity with blockchain / crypto / Web3 data (e.g., running indexing infrastructure, managing chain APIs, or operating large-scale node infrastructure)
Experience with enterprise data catalog and governance platforms
Experience with advanced access control frameworks (row-level, column-level, tokenized access)
Exposure to ML platform components (feature stores, model registries) or AI/LLM workloads (vector databases, embedding pipelines)
Knowledge of networking, VPC design, and data replication patterns
Experience managing compliance-heavy data environments (SOX, HIPAA, PCI DSS, GDPR, etc.)
Strong performance tuning skills at both infrastructure and query level
Benefits
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
Company
Gemini
Gemini is a licensed digital asset exchange and custodian built for both individuals and institutions.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$499.9MKey Investors
RippleDraper DragonMorgan Creek Digital
2025-09-12IPO
2025-07-10Debt Financing· $75M
2022-06-20Secondary Market· $1M
Leadership Team
Tyler Winklevoss
Co-Founder & CEO
Cameron Winklevoss
Co-founder & President
Recent News
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