Director, Protocol Architect

Galaxy; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company at the forefront of the blockchain revolution! As part of a dynamic Blockchain Engineering Team, you will design, deploy, and optimize validator infrastructure across various blockchain networks. This role offers the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and contribute to the evolution of decentralized finance. If you are passionate about blockchain and thrive in a culture of innovation and high performance, this position is perfect for you. Be part of a mission-driven team that values creativity and collaboration while helping shape the future of the crypto economy.

Benefits

Competitive base salary

Discretionary bonus

Paid time off

Company-paid health benefits

Free virtual coaching sessions

Free daily snacks

Opportunities to learn about Crypto

Smart and fun colleagues

Qualifications

• Experience in software engineering with modern programming languages.
• Strong knowledge of blockchain and cloud infrastructure.
• Ability to script and automate processes effectively.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain secure blockchain infrastructure and systems.
• Collaborate to improve monitoring and automation processes.
• Research emerging trends in the web3/blockchain space.

Skills

Software Engineering

Scripting (Python, Perl, Bash)

Blockchain Infrastructure

Troubleshooting

Linux Systems

Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Monitoring Tools (Prometheus, Grafana)

Security Best Practices

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Terraform

Kubernetes

ELK Stack

Datadog

Job description

At Galaxy we are building products and services to help the world invest in economic progress. We believe crypto and blockchain innovations will permeate and improve all aspects of our global economy. Our vision is a society where value and ownership flow as freely as information. Galaxy is a digital asset and blockchain leader helping institutions, startups, and individuals access and navigate the crypto economy. As one of the most well-capitalized and trusted companies in the industry, we provide platform solutions custom-made for a digitally native ecosystem across three complementary operating businesses: Global Markets, Asset Management, and Digital Infrastructure Solutions. Our offerings include, amongst others, trading, lending, strategic advisory services, institutional-grade investment solutions across passive, active and venture strategies, proprietary bitcoin mining and hosting services, network validator services, and the development of enterprise custodial technology. Galaxy’s CEO and Founder Michael Novogratz leads a team of crypto enthusiasts, and institutional veterans focused on the future of finance and Web3. The Company is headquartered in New York City, with global offices across North America, Europe and Asia.

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.

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

Who You Are:

The Blockchain Engineering Team is responsible for deploying, securing, and optimizing validator infrastructure across multiple blockchain networks. Specializing in launching and maintaining validators, we ensure high availability, security, and performance to support decentralized networks.

As part of this team, you will design, deploy, and manage validator nodes, enhance automation workflows, monitor network performance, and implement robust security measures. The team collaborates closely with blockchain protocols, foundations, staking providers, and infrastructure partners to ensure seamless validator operations.

What You’ll Do:

• Design, build, and maintain highly available, scalable, and secure infrastructure and systems related to our blockchain participation and custody offerings.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and implement improvements in infrastructure, monitoring, system automation, and incident response.
• Identify & implement solutions for your domain where process, automation or tooling can significantly improve our ability to operate our infrastructure.
• Develop a present and forward looking view into what’s happening in each part of your domain and how it applies to the business. Establish and communicate views that inform leadership and organizational strategy.
• Continuously research and stay up-to-date with emerging trends in the web3/blockchain space.
• Identify, scope and build on new product opportunities that may bring value to the business.
• Debug complex distributed blockchains and protocols to improve our participation.
• Implement monitoring, observability tools and best practices to ensure the health, performance, and stability of our blockchain infrastructure.
• Participate in and make improvements to, domain specific on-call rotations to ensure the continued reliability and uptime of our services.
• Work through others, to develop and maintain automation scripts and tools to streamline deployment, scaling, and recovery processes.

What We’re Looking For:

You are an experienced Protocol, DevOps or SRE Engineer with:

• Prior software engineering or application development experience in modern programming language (.Net, Go, Rust, C/C++, Java, etc.)
• Ability to script in a high-level scripting language like Python, Perl or bash coupled with an ability to identify human processes that can be scripted and automated.
• Demonstrated experience working with blockchain infrastructure or strong knowledge of the blockchain domain (proof-of-stake consensus, web3, rpc, etc).
• Deep familiarity with compute-infrastructure systems, tooling, observability, debugging strategies along with research aptitude and a desire to never repeat the same problem twice.
• Troubleshooting expertise of complex application flows which span multiple systems along with an ability to identify server, network, and application issues and apply measurable remediations.
• Working knowledge of Linux systems, system performance optimization and command line tooling.
• Expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and virtualization technologies (VMWare, KVM, Docker or similar).
• Hands-on experience with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Datadog, LogDNA, etc.)
• Conceptual knowledge of security best practices, including encryption, access control, and network security (firewalls, traffic filtering).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with an ability to distill information to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong problem solving skills and ability to identify problems, determine their root cause, and see them through to solution.

Bonus Points:

• At-least 6 years of software engineering experience.
• Hands on experience operating Solana, Ethereum or similar validation infrastructure (or RPC).
• Experience with Kubernetes, or similar compute orchestration systems and a familiarity with container orchestration.
• Skill in defining infrastructure as code with Terraform or other infrastructure orchestration tooling.
• Experience participating in or reading/parsing on-chain activity.
• Ability to build backend services in addition to infrastructure.

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 [e-mail].