Principal Software Engineer, Tooling (Product) at Gemini
New York, NY
$192,500–$275,000from the description
Jul 20, 2026
New York, NY
Jul 22, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A principal-level engineering role responsible for the technical architecture of a customer-facing crypto platform, covering areas such as onboarding, identity/compliance, and customer support systems. The position involves setting multi-year architectural direction, leading complex cross-team programs, and shaping how AI-assisted and agentic development practices are adopted across the engineering organization. It suits a deeply experienced engineer with a strong record of company-wide technical leadership and mentoring other engineers and leaders.
Principal level · 12+ years · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 1,500 people in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 790–1,950
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $170,499 (middle half $133,523–$210,499). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (5)
The alt SOC (11-3021 Computer and Information Systems Managers) is a genuine runner-up: the role carries strong org-wide technical leadership, mentoring, and recruiting responsibilities, but the JD explicitly frames it as an individual-contributor Principal engineer role (no direct-report or budget ownership language), so 15-1252 is the primary classification.
TypeScript is listed in the minimum qualifications alongside Scala, Java, and Go as acceptable typed languages — all are interchangeable for that requirement; TypeScript is named first and is also called out separately for web/mobile surfaces alongside JavaScript.
AI coding tools and agentic SDLC fluency are stated as a minimum qualification ('Fluency in using AI coding tools and automation, and a point of view on how to advance an agentic development practice'), so they are marked required.
React/React Native, microservices architecture, KYC/identity/compliance tooling, and AI agents in production appear only under Preferred Qualifications and are marked preferred accordingly.
The salary range ($192,500–$275,000) is stated as the New York base only and explicitly excludes the discretionary bonus and equity grant.
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