Galaxy
VP/Director, Tech Lead – Operations Technology (Middle & Back Office Systems)
New York, NY · Vp
Sponsorship not specified$180k-$240kDetected 75 days ago
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About the role
- 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.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a senior engineering point of contact for Operations Technology in USA, helping drive initiatives across trade booking, reconciliation, settlement, and other post-trade workflows.
- Partner closely with global leadership to align priorities, manage dependencies, and ensure consistent execution across regions.
- Lead and mentor a primarily US-based engineering team, fostering technical excellence and ownership.
- Collaborate across time zones to ensure alignment between USA and Asia teams, driving communication cadence and follow-through.
- Provide technical guidance and oversight on system design, architecture, and best practices for scalable and resilient trade systems.
- Build Dream Teams.
Requirements
- You are a seasoned engineering leader with strong technical depth and a solid understanding of the trade lifecycle in finance.
- You're equally comfortable discussing systems architecture with engineers as you are representing technology to senior business stakeholders.
- 12+ years of experience in software engineering, including significant leadership and stakeholder-facing experience.
- Strong background in financial services, with hands-on experience in trade lifecycle systems (middle/back office, settlements, reconciliations, etc.).
- High degree of ownership, professionalism, and follow-through.
Nice to have
- Experience in digital assets, DeFi, or crypto markets.
- Familiarity with both traditional finance and emerging market infrastructures.
- Experience scaling global engineering teams or driving operational/process maturity.
- Exposure to trade capture and settlement systems in multi-asset environments.
- Prior experience working in a global organization with 24/7 business operations.
Compensation
- $180,000 - $240,000 USD
Benefits
- Competitive base salary and discretionary bonus
- Flexible Time Off (i.e. unlimited paid vacation days)
- Company paid sick leave
- Company-paid health and protective benefits for employees, partners, and other dependents
- Generous paid Parental Leave
- Smart, entrepreneurial, and fun colleagues
Company info
- 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 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.
- 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.
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