Galaxy
Director, Backend Engineering - Brokerage
New York, New York, USA · Director · full-time
Sponsorship not specified$275k-$300kDetected 37 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.
- You will join a team of back-end developers, ensuring the reliability, security, and performance of our platforms while collaborating with front-end, product, and infrastructure teams.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain high-performance back-end systems, APIs, and databases that support the business's web and mobile applications.
- Collaborate with front-end developers, product managers, and DevOps teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery of features and services.
- Implement best practices for code quality, testing, and deployment, including code reviews and automated testing frameworks.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- 10+ years of experience in back-end development, with at least 2 years in a senior role.
- Must have experience from a retail brokerage.
- Experience with Microservices and Event based architecture.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform) and containerization tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) Experience in using Caching and Messaging Queues like Kafka.
- Experience using Postman and Git / Bitbucket.
- Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including candidate experience and expertise.
Nice to have
- Prior experience working in a startup, taking a product from zero to one.
- Strong experience with SQL and some exposure to NoSQL is nice to have.
Compensation
- The base salary ranges included below will be commensurate with candidate experience, expertise and local market.
Benefits
- At Galaxy, we maintain a total compensation philosophy which consists of a competitive base salary, annual bonus, and equity incentives.
- Help foster a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous learning.
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.
- To learn more about our businesses and products, visit 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.
- Seek Excellence.
- Be Selective To Be Effective.
- Be Highly Aligned, Loosely Coupled.
- Disagree Transparently.
- Encourage Independent Decision-Making.
- Build Dream Teams.
- About GalaxyOne GalaxyOne is designed for individual investors who want the best of both traditional and digital markets.
- Its core offerings include competitive yield on cash deposits for U.S.-based individual investors and 8.00% yield through Galaxy Premium Yield for U.S. accredited investors, as well as seamless access to crypto and equities trading and the ability to reinvest earned interest into bitcoin or other supported crypto, all in one precision-built platform.
- GalaxyOne, backed by Galaxy Digital Inc (NASDAQ/TSX: GLXY), benefits from the firm's proven financial expertise, risk management and white-glove client service.
- Additional information about GalaxyOne is available at galaxy.app and you can learn even more here: "The Launch of GalaxyOne with Zac Prince" and "GalaxyOne on FOX Business." Who You Are: This role is a Senior Back End Developer for an exciting new business initiative at Galaxy.
- In this position, you'll design, develop, and optimize robust, scalable software back end that powers our web and mobile applications for a new product offering.
- Your expertise will help drive the architecture of our product offerings, supporting Galaxy's mission to innovate in the crypto economy.
- Architect scalable, secure, and efficient server-side solutions that meet fintech industry standards and handle high transaction volumes.
- Stay current with emerging technologies and trends in back-end development, blockchain, and fintech to recommend innovative improvements.
- 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.
Equal opportunity
- 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.
Visa & Work Authorization
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