Galaxy

Director, Head of Execution

Galaxy
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Remote, United StatesStaff+
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Base Salary

$220k - $250k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and lead development of a low-latency, high-throughput algorithmic trading and Smart Order Router system.
  • Implement routing algorithms based on execution quality, liquidity, latency, and cost.
  • Collaborate with traders and product managers to refine routing logic and develop algorithmic capabilities.
  • Integrate the Smart Order Router with trading, booking, and reporting systems.
  • Monitor and optimize production performance and improve resilience and failover mechanisms.
  • Mentor junior developers, enforce code quality standards, and contribute to architectural decisions.
  • Provide support for production trading issues.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience developing routing strategies for specific markets such as U.S. equities, European markets, or crypto exchanges.
  • Knowledge of tick data analytics and real-time market data processing.
  • Experience in high-frequency or algorithmic trading environments.
  • Experience building low-latency systems and working with multicast and unicast market data feeds.
  • Proficiency with FIX protocol and trading system architecture, including OMS/EMS and market gateways.
  • Familiarity with concurrency, networking, memory management, Linux systems, and performance profiling tools.
  • Understanding of application stacks, infrastructure, system architecture, and technical workflows for electronic and algorithmic trading.
  • Familiarity with cloud-based market access or hybrid deployments.
  • Bonus experience includes electronic trading, order types, market microstructure, DeFi or crypto, regulatory or compliance-driven environments, AWS, GCP, or DevOps processes.
  • Ability to solve problems proactively and work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Benefits

  • Competitive base salary and discretionary bonus.
  • Company-paid health and protective benefits for employees and eligible dependents.
  • Free virtual coaching and counseling sessions.
  • Opportunities to learn about the crypto industry, smart and entrepreneurial colleagues, and Employee Resource Groups.
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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