VP, Senior Backend Developer - Blockchain Infrastructure

Galaxy; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Flexible time off

Health benefits

401(k) contribution

Snacks & meals

Job summary

Galaxy is seeking a VP, Senior Backend Developer to lead backend engineering for blockchain infrastructure in London. You will own end-to-end backend design, APIs, Ethereum data pipelines, and staking infrastructure, while shaping architecture and engineering culture.

The role emphasizes ownership, high performance, and collaboration across remote teams, with hybrid working arrangements and focus on AI-assisted development and scalable systems.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong experience building backend systems in Golang.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems and blockchain.
• Experience with cloud-native infrastructure (AWS, Kubernetes, Helm, GitOps).
• Strong testing practices for complex and stateful systems.
• Experience working in remote, asynchronous teams.
• High agency and accountability; ownership of end-to-end work.

Responsibilities

• Build and own backend systems powering blockchain infrastructure and staking products.
• Design APIs, services, Ethereum data pipelines and indexers, and monitoring tooling.
• Own system design end-to-end: architecture, implementation, testing, deployment, observability.
• Collaborate across Ethereum stack with execution and consensus layer clients.
• Define and uphold engineering standards for reliability, security, and testing.
• Leverage AI-assisted workflows and evolve development practices.

Skills

Golang

Distributed systems

Blockchain

Cloud-native

AWS

Kubernetes

GitOps

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Helm

GitOps

Job description

VP, Senior Backend Developer - Blockchain Infrastructure

London, England

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 individualswhothrive in a culture of builders and overachieversandembrace high performance, transparent feedback, and a mission‑first approach. Our culture shapes our way of working and gets us where we want to be.

• Be Selective To Be Effective.
• Be Highly Aligned, Loosely Coupled.
• Disagree Transparently.
• Build Dream Teams.

Who You Are:

You'll design and build backend systems powering blockchain infrastructure and staking products across Galaxy — spanning Ethereum-based systems, staking infrastructure (native and liquid), and blockchain data systems and APIs. Liquid Collective is one of several key initiatives you'll contribute to.

This is a hands‑on role with significant ownership and influence.You'll play a key part in shaping architecture, development practices, and engineering culture — not just building features, but raising the bar on how the team works.You'll own systems end‑to‑end, from architecture through to observability, and you'll operate in a spec‑first development environment that increasingly leverages AI‑assisted workflows.

Typical time allocation:roughly 60%building systems and features, 20% code review and mentorship, 20% design, architecture, and product collaboration.

What You’ll Do:

• Build and own backend systems
  • Design and build APIs, services, Ethereum data pipelines and indexers, staking and validator infrastructure integrations, and monitoring and operational tooling.
  • O wn system design end-to-end: architecture, implementation, testing, deployment, and observability.
  • W ork across the Ethereum stack, integrating with both execution layer and consensus layer clients.
  • C ontribute to Liquid Collective alongside other staking and blockchain infrastructure projects across Galaxy.
• Define and uphold engineering standards
  • Set and maintain the bar on API design, testing strategies for distributed systems, reliability and fault tolerance, and security and key management practices.
  • O perate in a spec‑first development environment — translate product and protocol requirements into clear technical specs before building.
  • L everage AI‑assisted development workflows ( e.g. Claude Code) and work with emerging paradigms like MCP (Model Context Protocol) and agent‑based tooling.
• Collaborate and contribute to engineering culture
  • W ork cross‑functionally with protocol, product, and infrastructure teams.
  • M entor engineers through code review, design feedback, and raising the overall quality of what the team ships.
  • C ontribute to how the team evolves its practices — not just executing within the current system, but improving it.
• Embrace and champion the thoughtful adoption of AI to improve team performance and business outcomes.
• Leverage AI tools (e.g., generative AI, automation platforms, data copilots) to improve productivity, decision‑making, and output quality in your day‑to‑day work.

What We’re Looking For:

• 7 + years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong experience building backend systems in Golang.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems. Experience working with blockchain systems, preferably Ethereum — including familiarity with execution vs consensus layers, node operation, and data flow.
• Experience with cloud‑native infrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes, Helm, GitOps (e.g. Flux).
• Strong testing practices for complex and stateful systems.
• Experience working in remote, asynchronous teams.
• High agency, low ego — you own your work end‑to‑end and hold yourself accountable for quality.

Bonus Points:

• H ands‑on experience with Ethereum nodes (execution and/or consensus clients) or validator and staking infrastructure.
• Understanding of proof‑of‑stake mechanisms.
• Experience building blockchain indexers, data pipelines, dApps, or smart contracts (Solidity).
• Familiarity with AI‑assisted development workflows: spec‑driven development, code generation tools, MCP, or agent‑based paradigms.
• Contributions to open‑source projects.
• Experience with Rust.

What We Offer:

• Competitive base salary and discretionary bonus
• Hybrid/Flexible Working Arrangements
• Flexible Time Off (paid)
• 3% 401(k) company contribution
• Company‑paid health and protective benefits for employees, partners, and other dependents
• Competitive family planning benefits for US employees
• Opportunities to learn about the Crypto industry
• Smart, entrepreneurial, and fun colleagues
• Free daily snacks and weekly breakfasts/lunches
• Employee Resource Groups
• Free coaching and counseling sessions through Headspace

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 endeavor 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 [e-mail].