VP, Java Electronic Trading Engineer

Galaxy Digital

Greater London

On-site

GBP 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

2 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary
Health benefits
Coaching sessions
Crypto industry exposure
Smart colleagues
Employee resource groups

Job summary

Galaxy Digital Inc. in London is seeking a senior software engineer with a deep Java background to help build the next generation of crypto trading systems. You will work on low-latency components and market connectivity, striving for high performance in a Linux environment.

You will join a team that values independence, analytical thinking and ownership, with opportunities to learn about crypto and work with Docker, Kubernetes and AWS in a fast-moving setting.

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of relevant software development experience.
  • Excellent core Java skills.
  • Exceptional knowledge of concurrency and multithreaded programming.
  • Experience building low-latency pricing and trading systems in Linux.
  • Experience with performance profiling and optimization.

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to the London trading technology teams to build next-gen crypto trading systems.
  • Own issues from identification to resolution with analytical, proactive approach.

Skills

Java
Concurrency
Multithreading
Linux experience
Problem solving

Tools

Docker
Kubernetes
AWS

Job description

Who We Are

Galaxy Digital Inc. (Nasdaq: GLXY) is a global leader in digital assets and data center infrastructure, growing the economy that runs on code. Galaxy delivers the onchain infrastructure that connects institutions to digital assets, including trading, advisory, asset management, staking, self-custody, and tokenization. Galaxy also develops and operates data center infrastructure to power AI and HPC workloads. Anchored by its Helios campus in Texas, Galaxy is building a multi-gigawatt pipeline of more than 5.7 GW of potential capacity, positioning it among the largest and fastest-growing data center developers in North America.

The Company is headquartered in New York City, with offices across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

Additional information about Galaxy's businesses and products is available on www.galaxy.com.

What We Value

We are a diverse team of free thinkers, and fast movers united to help investors and creators energize the global economy. We are looking for individuals who thrive in a culture of builders and overachievers and embrace high performance, transparent feedback, and a mission-first approach. Our culture shapes our way of working and gets us where we want to be.

  • Seek Excellence.
  • Be Selective To Be Effective.
  • Be Highly Aligned, Loosely Coupled.
  • Disagree Transparently.
  • Encourage Independent Decision-Making.
  • Build Dream Teams.
Who You Are

We are looking for talented software engineers to join our London trading technology teams to build the next generation of crypto trading systems.

You will have a strong server-side Java development background, with experience in one or more of order management systems, market connectivity, low latency messaging or price distribution.

You will have the ability to work independently, have strong analytical and problem solving skills, with a desire to own issues and see them through to resolution.

What We’re Looking For
  • 10+ years' relevant development experience
  • Excellent core Java skills
  • Exceptional knowledge of concurrency and multithreaded programming
  • Experience of developing low latency pricing and trading systems in a Linux environment
  • Application performance profiling and optimisation
Bonus Points
  • eFX development experience in a low latency, zero GC environment
  • Knowledge of institutional encodings (FIX, SBE)
  • Fault tolerant, high availability, distributed computing
  • Knowledge of low latency messaging (e.g. Aeron, 29West)
  • Docker / Kubernetes / AWS
  • Knowledge of Crypto
What We Offer
  • Competitive base salary and discretionary bonus
  • Company-paid health and protective benefits for employees and their eligible dependents
  • Free virtual coaching and counseling sessions
  • Opportunities to learn about the Crypto industry
  • Smart, entrepreneurial, and fun colleagues
  • Employee Resource Groups

*Benefits may vary depending on location.

Galaxy respects diversity and seeks to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and job applicants for employment without regard to actual or perceived age, race, color, creed, religion, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital or partnership or caregiver status, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, disability, military or veteran status, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information or predisposing genetic characteristic, or other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances.

We will endeavour to make a reasonable accommodation to the known limitations of a qualified applicant with a disability unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. If you believe you require such assistance to complete the application process or to participate in an interview, please contact careers@galaxy.com.

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