Galaxy

Vice President, Data Engineer

Galaxy
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6 months ago
Hong Kong, Hong KongStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Partner across Trading, Custody, Asset Management, and Mining to build and enhance Galaxy’s data platform.
  • Design, build, and maintain scalable batch and streaming data pipelines.
  • Develop and operate high-throughput, low-latency data processing systems.
  • Build cloud-native data solutions on AWS using Databricks and Spark for large-scale workloads.
  • Use dbt for data transformation, modeling, testing, and documentation.
  • Use Airflow or similar tools to schedule and manage data workflows.
  • Write clean, efficient, well-tested code and contribute to technical design discussions.
  • Improve system performance, scalability, and reliability while troubleshooting and supporting production systems.
  • Collaborate with product, analytics, and infrastructure teams to deliver data solutions.
  • Adopt AI tools and automation thoughtfully to improve team performance and business outcomes.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
  • At least 5 years of professional experience in data engineering or distributed systems.
  • Strong hands-on coding experience in Python, Java, or similar languages.
  • Experience building and operating batch and streaming data pipelines.
  • Strong experience with AWS, Databricks/Spark, and modern data architectures.
  • Hands-on experience with dbt and Airflow or similar orchestration tools.
  • Solid understanding of data modeling, data quality, and production data systems.
  • Experience with relational and non-relational databases such as Postgres and SQL Server.
  • Familiarity with CI/CD, testing frameworks, and monitoring tools.
  • Preferred experience with Spring, Guice, or HK2 dependency-injection frameworks; Docker; full lifecycle commercial system development; and crypto.

Benefits

  • Competitive base salary and discretionary bonus; amount not specified.
  • Flexible paid time off.
  • Hybrid working arrangements.
  • Company-paid health and protective benefits for employees and eligible dependents.
  • Free coaching and counseling through Headspace.
  • Generous paid parental leave.
  • Free daily in-office snacks and weekly lunches.
  • Opportunities to learn about the crypto industry and participation in employee resource groups.
  • Benefits may vary depending on location.

Tech Stack

Apache AirflowApache SparkAWSDatabricksdbtDockerJavaMicrosoft SQL ServerPostgreSQLPython

Categories

Data Engineering
Galaxy

About Galaxy

1,001-5,000 employees

Galaxy provides an institutional digital-assets platform spanning trading, advisory, asset management, staking, self-custody, and tokenization, and it builds and operates AI/HPC data-center infrastructure. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in New York, the public company operates the Helios campus in Texas and is developing a multi-gigawatt U.S. capacity pipeline. It monetizes through fees, market activities, and infrastructure services for financial institutions and enterprises across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

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