Galaxy

VP, Algo Trading / SOR Developer

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Base Salary

$180k - $230k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop low-latency, high-throughput EMS and Smart Order Router systems.
  • Implement intelligent routing algorithms based on execution quality, liquidity, latency, and cost.
  • Collaborate with traders, product managers, stakeholders, and external partners to refine routing logic and deliver algorithmic trading capabilities.
  • Monitor and optimize system performance under real-world trading conditions.
  • Contribute to system resilience and business continuity.
  • Provide support for production trading issues.
  • Thoughtfully adopt AI tools and automation to improve productivity, decision-making, and business outcomes.

Requirements

  • Minimum 8 years of experience developing market-specific routing strategies in Java, such as for FX markets or crypto exchanges.
  • Knowledge of tick-data analytics and real-time market-data processing.
  • Experience in high-frequency or algorithmic trading environments and with low-latency systems.
  • Experience working with multicast and unicast market-data feeds.
  • Understanding of the application and infrastructure stack used in electronic and algorithmic trading.
  • Proficiency with trading-system architecture, including OMS/EMS and market gateways.
  • Strong understanding of concurrency, networking, and memory management.
  • Experience with Linux systems and performance-profiling tools.
  • Ability to understand system architecture and technical workflows in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
  • Preferred experience with DeFi or crypto, trade internalization, crossing networks, regulatory or compliance-driven environments, cloud infrastructure such as AWS or GCP, or DevOps processes.

Benefits

  • Competitive base salary, discretionary bonus, and equity incentives.
  • Hybrid or flexible working arrangements.
  • Flexible paid time off.
  • 3% 401(k) company contribution.
  • Company-paid health and protective benefits for employees, partners, and dependents.
  • Generous paid parental leave and family-planning benefits for US employees.
  • Opportunities to learn about the crypto industry.
  • Free daily snacks and weekly breakfasts or lunches.
  • Employee Resource Groups.
  • Free coaching and counseling sessions through Headspace.
  • New York-based role with a global working environment.
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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