Gemini
Principal Software Engineer, Tooling (Product)
$192K–$275K
New York, New York +1 · Principal · Full-time · Posted Jul 21, 2026
- Location
- New York, New York
Gemini North America - Experience
- 12+ years of software engineering experience.
About the job
Sets technical direction and architecture for Gemini’s customer-facing platform and leads company-wide engineering initiatives across onboarding, compliance, and customer support.
What you'll do
- Own platform architecture and technical vision, prioritizing scale, reliability, and long-term needs.
- Lead complex cross-organizational programs and critical technical designs from ambiguity through production and ongoing operation.
- Set engineering practices and AI-assisted development direction while mentoring engineers and raising organizational quality, security, and reliability.
What they ask for
- 12+ years of software engineering experience building and operating complex production systems at scale.
- Track record of company-level technical ownership, cross-team architecture leadership, and strategic technical vision.
- Fluency across backend plus web and/or mobile; proficiency in a typed language and comfort with JavaScript/TypeScript on web and mobile.
- Experience building consumer-facing applications, using AI coding tools and automation, and developing engineers and leaders.
Nice to have
- Experience in crypto or fintech, or with onboarding, identity/KYC, compliance, or customer support tooling.
- Experience operating AI agents or agentic workflows in production at scale; familiarity with React/React Native and cloud/microservices architecture.
Pay
$192,500 - $275,000 USD base salary
Tools
TypeScript, Scala, Java, Go, JavaScript, React, React Native
AI focus
Shape Gemini’s AI-assisted, agentic software development lifecycle; establish patterns and operational guidelines for agents that plan, implement, and review work under human gates.
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