GK8 by Galaxy

GK8 by Galaxy

Forward Deployed Lead

New York, NY

Sponsorship not specified$25k-$40kDetected 23 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

  • Own product and technical direction: translate institutional needs - custody, settlement, tokenization, trading, and regulatory context - into a buildable roadmap
  • set the technical bar, make hard design calls, and stay in the code when it matters
  • Drive commercial and account growth: run your account like a business, identify expansion opportunities, advise senior client stakeholders (CTO, COO, Head of Digital Assets), and convert delivered trust into the next engagement
  • Lead client and executive relationships: run discovery from engineers to the C-suite, define success in their terms (adoption, risk, cost, time-to-value), and navigate complex regulated organizations to alignment
  • Rotate into R&D and Innovation: lead 0-to-1 product creation on frontier blockchain and AI, and codify learnings into reusable components and playbooks that feed back into client delivery
  • Serve as the voice of the customer back into Galaxy's product organization, translating delivered insights into what the firm builds next
  • Real technical depth - you've shipped production software and can lead engineers credibly
  • Own product and technical direction: translate institutional needs - custody, settlement, tokenization, trading, and regulatory context - into a buildable roadmap; set the technical bar, make hard design calls, and stay in the code when it matters
  • Build Dream Teams.
  • translate institutional needs - custody, settlement, tokenization, trading, and regulatory context - into a buildable roadmap; set the technical bar, make hard design calls, and stay in the code when it matters

Requirements

  • Proven track record of owning outcomes end to end in ambiguous, high-stakes settings
  • Typically 6+ years across forward-deployed/solutions engineering, technical PM, and client-facing delivery

Nice to have

  • Experience in digital assets or blockchain infrastructure
  • Prior delivery experience into Tier-1 financial institutions
  • Hands-on production LLM or AI agent experience
  • Technical founder or quota-carrying solutions architect background
  • Fluency in custody, settlement, payments rails, tokenization, or trading systems

Compensation

  • $215,000 - $285,000 USD

Benefits

  • Competitive base salary and discretionary bonus
  • Flexible Time Off (paid)
  • Company-paid health and protective benefits for employees, partners, and other dependents
  • Generous paid Parental Leave
  • Competitive family planning benefits for US employees
  • Smart, entrepreneurial, and fun colleagues
  • Hybrid/Flexible Working Arrangements

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.

Visa & Work Authorization

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