Vice President, Trading Systems Developer

Galaxydigitalservices; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary and discretionary bonus

Company-paid health benefits

Free daily snacks in-office

Opportunities to learn about the Crypto industry

Job summary

Galaxydigitalservices in Hong Kong seeks a Trading Systems Engineer to design and develop high-performance systems for trading workflows. This role focuses on minimizing latency and maximizing throughput across critical trading functions.

The ideal candidate will possess strong Java skills, experience with low latency trading systems, and understanding of AI applications to enhance team outcomes. Competitive salary, generous benefits, and a collaborative culture await you at Galaxy.

Qualifications

• Experience in developing low latency trading systems with Java.
• Strong analytical skills to resolve issues independently.
• Familiarity with AI tools to enhance productivity.

Responsibilities

• Design and build high-performance trading systems.
• Support multiple businesses including OTC and Market Making.
• Champion the adoption of AI for improving outcomes.

Skills

Core Java skills

Java Application and Garbage Collection optimization

Concurrency and multithreaded programming

Low latency pricing and trading systems development

Low latency messaging knowledge

Networking fundamentals

Linux internals

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

Overview

Who We Are: Galaxy is a global leader in digital assets and data center infrastructure, delivering solutions that accelerate progress in finance and artificial intelligence. We believe that blockchain and digital asset innovation will transform how value moves through the world – and we’re building the products and services to make that future a reality. Our institutional digital assets platform spans trading, investment banking, asset management, staking, self-custody, and tokenization technology. We also invest in and operate cutting-edge data center infrastructure to power AI and high-performance computing, addressing the growing demand for scalable energy and compute in the U.S. We work at the intersection of finance and technology, helping institutions, startups, and developers navigate a digitally native economy. Led by CEO and Founder Michael Novogratz, our team blends deep crypto expertise with institutional experience and a shared commitment to shaping the future of Web3 and AI. Galaxy is headquartered in New York City, with offices across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. To learn more about our businesses and products, visit 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.

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

Who You Are

This role sits at the intersection of software engineering and infrastructure, with a primary objective of minimizing latency, maximizing throughput, and ensuring deterministic performance across critical trading workflows.

We are looking for a Trading Systems Engineer to design and build high performance trading systems in support of market data ingestion, order routing and execution. The ideal candidate will have worked on the development of low latency trading systems and have experience of high-performance messaging in Java, though similar experience in C++ will be considered. Further to the above, the candidate will have experience of optimizing multiple layers of the technology-stack, from the application layer, through to the OS, network layers and supporting hardware.

What You’ll Do

• This role will provide cross-cutting solutions in support of multiple businesses, including OTC, Market Making, Prop and Systematic Trading.
• 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.
• 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

• Excellent core Java skills
• Extensive experience of Java Application and Garbage Collection optimization
• Exceptional knowledge of concurrency and multithreaded programming
• Experience of developing low latency pricing and trading systems
• Knowledge of low latency messaging (e.g. Aeron, 29West)
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/UDP, multicast, routing, switching, congestion control) and use of kernel bypass technologies (e.g., DPDK, Solarflare/OpenOnload, RDMA).
• Familiarity with Linux internals, to include scheduling, memory management, and performance tuning.

Bonus Points

• eFX development experience in a low latency, zero GC environment
• Knowledge of institutional encodings (FIX, SBE)
• Fault tolerant, high availability, distributed computing
• Docker / Kubernetes / AWS

What We Offer

• Competitive base salary and discretionary bonus
• Competitive paid time off
• Company-paid health and protective benefits for employees and their eligible dependents
• Free virtual coaching sessions through Headspace
• Free daily snacks in-office
• Opportunities to learn about the Crypto industry
• Smart, entrepreneurial, and fun colleagues

*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 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 careers at galaxy dot com.