Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Gemini is a global crypto and Web3 platform founded in 2014, offering a range of secure crypto products and services. As a Senior Platform Security Engineer, you will build and maintain security controls across diverse environments and partner with engineering teams to enable secure delivery.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain security controls for AWS and Kubernetes (EKS) environments, including guardrails, container security scanning, and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform) security
- Support IAM initiatives by helping to design and maintain access controls, role-based access control (RBAC) models, and identity governance workflows
- Design, deploy, and maintain internal security services and platforms that other engineering teams rely on
- Act as a security partner to engineering teams, helping them make secure architecture decisions without blocking innovation
- Work across functions—partnering with AppSec, Threat Detection, and GRC—to identify and reduce risk across the entire stack
- Participate in on-call rotation for platform security incidents
Skills
- 5+ years of experience in Information Security, SRE, or Systems Engineering
- Strong software development skills in Python or Go with experience building production services
- Solid experience with AWS (or similar cloud providers), including familiarity with IAM roles, VPCs, and native security controls
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes/EKS and containerization concepts, including pod security policies and container lifecycle
- Understanding of IAM principles, RBAC, and least-privilege access models
- Proficiency in Terraform for infrastructure-as-code
- Ability to self-scope and execute technical goals with minimal supervision
- Experience with identity providers (IdP) like Okta and standards like SAML/OIDC
- Experience writing Policy-as-Code (e.g., Open Policy Agent/Rego)
- Background in Linux systems engineering or network security
- Experience building and operating high-availability critical systems
Benefits
- 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
- In the United States, we offer a hybrid work approach at our hub offices, balancing the benefits of in-person collaboration with the flexibility of remote work
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