Senior Application Support Engineer

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Empower the Individual Through Crypto

Gemini is a crypto exchange and custodian that allows customers to buy, sell, store, and earn more than 30 cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, bitcoin cash, ether, litecoin, and Zcash. Gemini is a New York trust company that is subject to the capital reserve requirements, cybersecurity requirements, and banking compliance standards set forth by the New York State Department of Financial Services and the New York Banking Law. Gemini was founded in 2014 by twin brothers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss to empower the individual through crypto.

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 want to help you buy, sell, and store your bitcoin and cryptocurrency. Crypto is not just a technology, it's a movement.

At Gemini, our mission is to empower the individual and that includes giving our employees flexibility of choice — our Office Optional Policy allows employees to choose to work from one of our physical locations or from home.

Select roles that are location-specific will still be eligible for flexible schedules.
The Department:
Support

Our Customer Support team is a group of highly talented and dynamic contributors. Each individual ensures that our customers have the best experience possible when they need help, have a question, or provide feedback. The team efficiently manages all inbound service requests and communications with customers during the onboarding process, and are increasingly contributing to outbound communications.  While their main focus is retail customers, they are progressively interacting with institutional customers. During periods of low-service volume, the team also eagerly takes on support-centric projects. 

The Role: Senior Application Support Engineer

This position is full-time at Gemini’s office in London, and will report to the Associate Director of Technical Exchange Services.

Gemini is establishing itself as the industry leading exchange for institutional trading of digital assets. This is an opportunity to enter on the ground floor of a rapidly growing organization where you will have the ability to shape the future of providing technical support to our growing customer base.

You will be at the forefront of providing support to Gemini’s customer base and will work closely with our engineering teams on the continuous improvement of the Gemini platform. You are customer focused and have a track record of being an application support expert within the Financial Technology space. Building and configuring internal operational tools is something that you enjoy and excel in. You will leverage your experience to help Gemini bridge the gap between traditional Financial Service platforms and our world class digital asset exchange.

Responsibilities:

  • Provide technical support services to Gemini’s institutional and retail customer base as well as partnered vendors, with a focus on Gemini APIs, network connectivity, and application support
  • Investigate and precisely communicate application issue referencing appropriate logs to Gemini development teams
  • Gather requirements from clients and write up specifications for features
  • Maintain and deploy API documentation, accounting for relevant engineering changes for all Gemini APIs
  • Assist Retail support teams with operational tools to help the overall Support service at Gemini
  • Clearly articulate issues to customers in a way that instills confidence and reliability
  • Assist in the on-boarding and certification process of FIX and Web API customers
  • Provide second level support to sales and business development teams
  • Create and customize operational and monitoring tools to facilitate customer support operations

Qualifications:

  • BA/BS degree in technical or engineering concentration
  • 3 years of experience in a technical support role at an Exchange, OMS or other Financial Services Technology provider
  • Deep understanding of FIX protocol and underlying network connectivity approaches
  • Working knowledge of SQL databases and writing well-formed queries
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Well versed in navigating systems, running commands from a Unix terminal, and measuring system performance
  • Working knowledge of Python or other scripting languages

Qualifications (preferred):

  • 5 years of experience in a technical support role at an Exchange, OMS or other Financial Services Technology provider
  • Experience with cryptocurrency/blockchain (chain forks, block explorers, smart contracts)
  • Highly skilled in identifying and solving FIX application issues
  • Extensive project management experience, a PMP certification or equivalent.
  • Experience with Splunk, Looker, ZenDesk, Grafana

It Pays to Work Here

We take a holistic approach to compensation at Gemini, which includes:

  • Competitive Compensation and Profit-Sharing Equity
  • Flexible vacation policy
  • Retirement Plan Matching
  • Generous Parental leave
  • Comprehensive health plans
  • Training and professional development

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 and affirmative action employer. If you have a specific need that requires accommodation, please let a member of the People Team know.

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More Information on Gemini
Gemini operates in the Blockchain industry. The company is located in New York, NY. Gemini was founded in 2014. It has 660 total employees. It offers perks and benefits such as Volunteer in local community, Open door policy, OKR operational model, Team based strategic planning, Open office floor plan and Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff. To see all 51 open jobs at Gemini, click here.
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