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Posted December 29, 2021
Gemini

Principal Software Engineer, Site Lead

Toronto, Canada; Remote Remote Full Time

Gemini has about one hundred software engineers spread across a dozen project teams. We are seeking an Engineering Manager and Site Lead to help...

Gemini has about one hundred software engineers spread across a dozen project teams. We are seeking an Engineering Manager and Site Lead to help build out and oversee a team of engineers for our TOR office. This is a new position, created as the Gemini engineering team has grown in different office locations. In this role, you’ll be responsible for helping these teams define their roadmaps, plans, and goals, helping them achieve those goals, and guiding each team member to develop their career at Gemini.

Responsibilities:

  • Create and evolve a structure and organization design for your team
  • Drive performance for your team and hold them accountable to externally and internally imposed deadlines and targets
  • Make hiring plans and hiring decisions
  • Give frequent feedback and coaching to your team members, coordinating with people from around the company to get a full understanding of your team’s performance
  • Provide a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment for your team to execute on its priorities and evolve its capabilities over time.
  • Communicate at all levels from senior leaders to individual contributors, including technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Adapt the team’s plans and goals to changing realities in a fast-moving industry
  • Effectively resolve ambiguity, helping the team to analyze complex requirements and break down features and initiatives into tasks
  • Own the team’s output, taking responsibility for everyone’s performance
  • Quickly ramp up on relevant industry and competitive trends

Minimum Qualifications:

  • You have 6+ years of experience in software development & delivery
  • You have 2+ years of managing engineering teams, delivering high quality software for customers
  • You're technical enough to ask engineers good questions about architecture and product decisions
  • You have experience with modern software engineering concepts
  • Ideally, you have expertise in Scala or in a similar backend programming languages, such as Java
  • You have experience establishing successful partnerships with key stakeholders such as product managers, project managers, and business owners.

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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