VP, Trading Systems Developer

Galaxy Digital
UK
29 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Java (Programming Language) Artificial Intelligence Algorithmic Trading Amazon Web Services Application Layers C++ (Programming Language) Encodings Network Congestion Distributed Systems Memory Management Fault Tolerance Network Layer
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Linux Kernel Automation of Marketing Multicasting Networking Basics Routing Performance Tuning Remote Direct Memory Access Software Engineering Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Multithreading System Availability Concurrency Build Management Kubernetes Low Latency Docker

Job description

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:

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.

Requirements

  • 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

Benefits & conditions

  • 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

About the company

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.

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